Fritz Spiegl Fritz Spiegl died suddenly during a Sunday lunch in Liverpool with his wife, Ingrid Frances Spiegl, and some friends. As a composer, Spiegl scored a popular success with the original theme from the TV series "Z-Cars", based on "Johnny Todd", a Liverpool sea shanty. He also composed the original theme for the "Z Cars" spin-off series "Softly, Softly"; the song was also released as a single on Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate record label in 1966. His BBC Radio 4 "UK Theme", in which national songs from each of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom are combined, was heard
Theme music uses orchestra scores or original music set mood for the show, such as the "" theme song, which was drawn from the theme for the 1989 "Batman" film created by Danny Elfman and sets the mood for the cartoon. Another example is Ron Grainer's theme music for "Doctor Who". Other shows use remixes or covers of older songs, such as the theme song of "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" (1994–1998), which featured a reworked cover of the theme song from the classic Spider-Man cartoon from the 1960s. The song was performed by Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry. In the early years