| "Hawaii Five-O" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Morton Stevens | |
| from the album Hawaii Five-O (Original Television Soundtrack) | |
| Released | 1968 |
| Genre | Instrumental rock |
| Songwriter(s) | Morton Stevens |
| Audio | |
| "Hawaii Five-O" on YouTube | |
"Hawaii Five-O Theme" is an instrumental composed by Morton Stevens as the theme music for the CBS television series Hawaii Five-O,[1] which aired from 1968 to 1980. It is considered by many to be one of the best television themes of all time.[2][3][4] The cover version by The Ventures was one of the band's biggest hits.
An early copy of the pilot of the Hawaii Five-0 reboot series in 2010 initially used a synthesizer and guitar-based version of the theme, but it was later replaced by a shortened copy of the original theme. In 2015, Stevens' children filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against CBS over its use of the theme in the rebooted series.[5]
- ^ "Emmy-Winning Composer Morton Stevens Dies". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 1991. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ Troy Brownfield (March 11, 2019). "The 50 Greatest TV Theme Songs of All Time: Live-Action". The Saturday Evening Post. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020. Rank: #1
- ^ Andy Greene (September 21, 2011). "Readers Poll: The Best Television Theme Songs". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 13, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020. Rank: #2
- ^ Jeff Mezydlo (May 13, 2019). "The 25 best TV show theme songs of all time". MSN. Rank: #4
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