#Television tunes series
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#Television tunes tv

We dug deep into the dusty corners of Spotify and unearthed iconic themes such as the Henry Mancini classics 'Peter Gunn' and 'Pink Panther,' lush evocative titles like Angelo BadlamentiвЂ™s theme from 'Twin Peaks' and indulgent schmaltz like 'Laverne and Shirley.' We mixed newer tracks like the Blind Boys of AlabamaвЂ™s 'Way Down in the Hole' from season one of 'The Wire' with 90s faves like the RembrandtsвЂ™ perpetually irritating 'IвЂ™ll Be There For You' from friends.ДЇor the purpose of this playlist we decided to use only original versions of TV themes despite the fact that thereвЂ™s apparently an entire industry of artists who exist to record covers of TV songs. Team 360 took to the task with a surprising amount of enthusiasm and a somewhat questionable display of taste. This weekвЂ™s playlist, a collection of old and new school TV theme songs is a hat tip to both the ATX Television Festival which kicks off next Thursday, and the time-honored summertime tradition of lazy parenting via the wonders of cable. If you havenвЂ™t gotten around to watching Ramy, make sure you bump it up to the top of your watchlist! And lucky for you, I Shazamed all the standout tracks so that you donвЂ™t have to.EditorвЂ™s note: This article was originally published June 2, 2013 Dissecting real conversations like internal spiritual conflicts and cultural dual identities through musical selection is an unparalleled talent and the curators of this soundtrack encapsulate it perfectly. With every new track, you can hear the genuine attention to detail placed into song selection for each scene. We hear soundtracks from TV shows every single day, but RamyвЂ™s soundtrack has found a special place in my heart. By intentionally spotlighting Arabic gems the audience gets to directly peer into a world that they normally wouldnвЂ™t be exposed to. The importance of RamyвЂ™s soundtrack cannot be understated enough. New age Arabic music featured in the show like вЂњScoo ScooвЂќ by Cairo-based rapper Abo El Anwar is a prime example of the way that Arabic music embraces todayвЂ™s generation just as much as older generations. But I am not ashamed to say that I found myself even more excited to listen to songs IвЂ™ve never come across before. When coming across artists familiar like Umm Kulthum, I felt like I was listening to a cassette tape that my dad would put together for me. This artistic element is one that we see repeatedly in the show as Youssef often lets the music speak on the behalf of the script. Artistically and cinematically this selection helps reflect the range of second-generation Arabic millennials like Youssef himself.ДЄs an audience, we see that when YoussefвЂ™s character Ramy feels more traditional and closer to his roots, the scene plays classical Egyptian music while when Ramy is more in touch with his American side we hear a track like вЂњCome OverвЂќ by The Internet. While these endings tracks remain memorable to the ear, to me, the most remarkable aspect of RamyвЂ™s soundtrack is the incorporation of a dizzying range of music, covering 70s-80s Arabic funk to todayвЂ™s Indie hits.Д«y mixing popular songs like вЂњEgyptian LuvrвЂќ by Rejjie Snow in with songs like old Arabic hits like вЂњKhosaraвЂќ by legendary Abdel Halim Hafez, the soundtrack does not shy away from any genre in particular. In fact, almost every episode ends with a piercing song, intentionally woven into the script to deliver the build-up desired by writer and director Ramy Youssef.

The вЂњneedle-dropвЂќ endings arenвЂ™t uncommon in Ramy whatsoever. The credits start rolling and the audience hears вЂњNouh Al Hamam,вЂќ a biting and evocative Arabic song about inherited misery by Egyptian singer/songwriter Maryam Saleh.

In this final scene, Dena stands alone on a sidewalk under the belief that she has been cursed by the evil eye and the screen turns black.

#Television tunes series

Well into the second season of Ramy, a series following an Egyptian-MuslimвЂ™s spiritual journey, we find RamyвЂ™s sister Dena fall prey to the вЂњevil eye.вЂќ The evil eye is a curse from an envious or malevolent stare and is a common superstition believed by many African and Asian countries. Warning: This article contains a few spoilers from Ramy Seasons 1 & 2