"Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme" is an instrumental piece composed by Charlie Dennis, Parry Gripp, and Steve Sherlock from Nerf Herder for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. It plays in the opening title and closing credits of 143 of the 144 episodes of the television show and during the episode "Prophecy Girl."
An orchestral version of the track was produced under the name "Main Title" for the musical episode "Once More, with Feeling."
Production[]
According to Joss Whedon, Alyson Hannigan introduced the Nerf Herder's music to him.[1] Parry Gripp described how the band got to produce the theme:[2]
- "[The production staff] had hired some guy in Hollywood, some famous theme song composer to come up with a theme, and they didn't like the one he came up with. So, they were kind of on a low budget, and what they did was asked a bunch of bands, local bands — we live about an hour and a half away from Hollywood — to come up with theme song ideas."
Nerf Herder wrote the original melody before they were asked to submit a demo for a theme tune, which was not written specifically for the show:[3]
- "We did the theme song before the show was on the air. It was a song that had already been written, but we really didn't know where to take it. I had some ideas — it was originally going to have some kind of science fiction theme, which is weird, because we don't do songs like that. I remember having the title of 'Outer Space Rock' or something like that; that was a working thing."
A second version of the theme was used for the opening titles from season three on.
Releases[]
- The Album
- The Complete First Season on DVD (episodes)
- The Complete Second Season on DVD (episodes)
- The Complete Third Season on DVD (episodes)
- The Complete Fourth Season on DVD (episodes)
- Radio Sunnydale (performed by The Breeders)
- The Complete Fifth Season on DVD (episodes)
- The Complete Sixth Season on DVD (episodes)
- The Complete Seventh Season on DVD (episodes)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Soundtrack Collection
References[]
- ↑ Joss Whedon, The Complete First Season on DVD; audio commentaries for "Welcome to the Hellmouth." 20th Century Studios, January 15, 2002.
- ↑ "Nerf Herder Interview." Members.lycos.co.uk. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008.
- ↑ Matt Springer, "Slayerpalooza." Buffy the Vampire Slayer Magazine (UK) #1, October 1999.