How to Use theme song in a Sentence

theme song

noun
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the theme song of which the 36-year-old knows by heart.
    Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The clip ends with the voiceover singing the first few notes to Big Time Rush's theme song.
    Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2021
  • In the pilot, there is an homage to the Fresh Prince theme song.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2022
  • And sure, Kenan and Kel were all the rage, but that theme song?
    Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • At one point, the dancers skate to the theme song of Succession.
    Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Bel-Air takes the premise of this theme song to a whole new level.
    Anatola Araba Pabst, ELLE, 14 Feb. 2022
  • And, the Boy Meets World theme song is still one of my favorites.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 10 July 2023
  • By teaming up to rap the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2022
  • But sometimes, as the old theme song goes, a horse is just a horse.
    Richard Rys, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Play the theme song to get a dose of feel-good nostalgia.
    Michella Oré, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The non-diegetic theme song plays in the background one last time.
    Delia Casadei, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
  • The theme song is a little bit scary and a little bit fun.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Some may know it best as the theme song for the U.S. version of The Apprentice.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • Yes, there are some weird, wild creatures and one banger of a theme song.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
  • The geeks, well, geek out (the use of the Rocky theme song here is a nice touch), but Mr. Fredricks’s reaction seems the purest.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Esmail spoke with Rolling Stone about bringing a book to the screen, end times, and the Friends theme song.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Did Andy Kaufman come to save the day by lip-syncing the 'Mighty Mouse' theme song?
    Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The nine-episode series opens in black-and-white with a 1950s sitcom-style theme song.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The song was a huge hit and was used as the theme song for a telenovela that shared the same name.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • For many kids who grew up in the 80s, this is a line from a theme song that’s been seared into their brains.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The trailer is here, and even the original theme song is back!
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Nobody will be humming the Dune theme song in 20 years.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Sullivan isn’t the only celeb with a bomb theme song for the year though.
    Brande Victorian, Essence, 29 June 2021
  • The Home Depot theme song playing in the background was a nice touch, too.
    Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 27 June 2022
  • Little bits of The Walking Dead theme song play over the action.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
  • His walk-up music is the theme song to the cartoon SpongeBob Square Pants.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Youssef agrees to participate — and even comes up with a theme song for the show.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 31 Mar. 2024
  • To be able to score the theme song to a film that is part of such a legendary series is a huge honor.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Oct. 2020
  • From the original Halloween flick, this theme song will get you in the mood to watch scary movies.
    Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 28 Oct. 2022
  • By all rights, that vow should’ve been punctuated with the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song.
    Eliza Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024

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