The theme music to which 1960s TV series was based on the folk song Johnny Todd?
Theme from Z-Cars the 1960s. Sunderland A.F.C. were also known to have played the song as their players ran out to the field during their days playing at Roker Park. Theme from Z-Cars "Theme from "Z-Cars"" was the theme tune to the long-running BBC television drama "Z-Cars". Based on the traditional folk song "Johnny Todd", which was in a collection of traditional tunes by Frank Kidson dated 1891 called "Traditional Tunes: A Collection of Ballad Airs". Kidson's notes for this song say: "Johnny Todd is a child's rhyme and game, heard and seen played by Liverpool children. The air is somewhat pleasing, and
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