HBO intro 1983

HBO music intro 1983. This one came from the Little River Band concert. It's a bit shorter than the movie intro. I also have the "making of" video posted. Check it out.

[@sgzartan]

You knew something good was about to come on when you heard this song.

[@daminmancejin]

sgzartan hell yea! ^_^

[@mynameisfior82]

yaaaasssss

[@touya]

Ikr!!

[@bksonny]

sgzartan exactly lol

[@ta4life27]

Hell ya

[@PantherCrane]

I use to get so excited when this music came on as a child. You didn't know which movie was coming on but, you were happy!

[@denniegray6212]

Taken From Ture Blood

[@kingbreezy04]

This alone use to make me wanna watch the movie. I wouldn't care what movie it was.

[@theonlyoned6409]

Who ever posted this, thanks it put a smile on my face. Reminded me of being happy as a kid because you knew something good was about to come on.

[@allykatt1849]

Yes, so true! I miss those times. 😭

[@gerardmcmillan8591]

HBO was the pioneer. I miss the old days when HBO was the only network that stayed on to about 2am. Good times!!!!

[@denniegray6212]

They Should Play This When Sesame Street Comes On Because The 1983 HBO Logo Can Be Seen Right Before The Current Sesame Street Intro

[@denniegray6212]

They Should Play This When Sesame Street Comes On Because The 1983 HBO Logo Can Be Seen Right Before The Current Sesame Street Intro

[@TaraTara-ld2xb]

In the early 90's when I was a little kid, I would run from my room to the living room when I heard this music. I didn't care what movie was coming on, I just loved the music and imagery.

[@oofahman]

WOW! A BLAST FROM THE PAST!! (When TV was GOOD!)

[@trillfa9774]

Man this theme song brings back such good memories! Really wish they’d bring this back because it didn’t matter if what was about to come on was good or not that intro made it 10 times better.

[@versiefranklin67]

This theme makes feel like im flying through space! Just beautiful! Teary eyed!

[@truebrewjones108]

Mannn!!! This brings tears of nostalgia to my eyes hearing this! What a time to be alive!!

[@TroyGoodwin]

They should play this before Game of Thrones.

[@PoxyBear]

Troy Goodwin Final season, the full HBO city before each episode.

[@denniegray6212]

HBO A Divison OF Warner Bros. Entertainment A WarnerMedia Company

[@generichumor]

It was awesome back then and it's still cool today.

[@denniegray6212]

HBO Max Is Launching Soon

[@denniegray6212]

HBO Max Is Launching Soon

[@jcr8834]

Best intro of all time. I remembered the music before playing the intro after 30 yrs!

[@axolotls2527]

HBO. Your day of 1972 not born in 1971 😓😓

[@17hitcombooo]

Love the music

[@PantherJM15]

I remember this intro...my family was one of the first on the block to get HBO. This intro brings back memories

[@TwilightPrince123]

This reeks of nostalgia to me. I don't remember quite what was being showed when I saw this for the first time, but back when HBO was a common channel and I heard this intro come on, I'd always scramble to the TV and watch it intently because it was just so amazing to my childish eyes. I look at this now...I'm almost 27 years old. Time is just far too short.

[@Voltergeist]

The logo just ate the viewer and digitized them for the maximum experience.

[@MichaelHalloween31]

This is when there was no cable. HBO was on channel 3. lol wow I got the chills...

[@simonpursertexas]

Fell like i went back in the pass here very cool..thanx loading this up.

[@theaudieriggs]

Ah, my childhood. ;)

[@jazzyfayy1983]

I miss that HBO intro.

[@leandrosomvintageconsertos]

These orchestral songs gave a beautiful grandeur to these openings, also for newscasts. Here in Brazil, in the 70s and 80s, many programs were inspired by these American program openings. Too handsome! Greetings from 2023

[@ta4life27]

82 kid here I totally remember this now it got like five damn hbo just to watch TV shaking my head

[@williamnichols2067]

Someone REALLY needs to make an updated synthwave remix of this. For old times sake of the period.

[@raccoongirl87]

I haven't seen this for SOOOOOOOOOOO long! I wish HBO brought it back--and in surround sound stereo, too!

[@tx80sgirl]

Wow I haven’t seen this in years! Good times back then!

[@undergroundbasement]

My mom got Cable with HBO/Cinemax together back in 82' when we moved, those were the days, so much more back then to watch, these days they play the same movie 4 times per day on the satellite network, back then you had maybe 3-4 times in a month to watch a particular movie, i remember so well because reading the TV Guide is how I learned to read, I was lucky too, in 1982 I was 6 years old and my mom didnt censor what I watched, TV today lacks the variety of the 80s, I miss those years

[@im2hastyle]

Wow, it sure looks clear and different without seeing it in negative with the picture flipping every 1-3 seconds.

[@Strideo1]

Woah! The nostalgia! I still hum that to myself sometimes.

[@BenSilvestroStudiosInc]

Oh, I remember this! I downloaded this video on MP4 back in 2019!

[@chumbersdee]

This is so nostalgic. Brings me back to when I was a kid and they played Superfuzz with Ernest Borgnine over and over, circa 1982.

[@Super-yw7ss]

Am a kid again :) flashback.

[@johnathanlannister8516]

god damn the music is fucking perfect

[@daminmancejin]

Johnathan Lannister I know we don't get stuff like this anymore

[@manano06]

i was 3 yrs old in 1983 and i can honestly say i remember this intro. fucking crazy.

[@marcamico5254]

Greatest intro in television history.

[@keirra69]

8:00 on a saturday night....aww the memories

[@BigK0003]

I remember this like it was yesterday, its crazy how you think how stuff just goes away and we never notice. thank you for this flashback lol. awesome little vid

[@LawrenceKesteloot]

They made a "making-of" special about this intro. I taped it and must have watched it 20 times. Much of the special was about the long version with the city fly-through. It's burned in my memory. Those were happy happy days. Thanks for posting.

[@scoobypdl2]

Memories..

[@mjwander1]

I used to love this intro as a kid

[@brooklynbred]

I remember fraggle rock came on about 7 or 7:30pm right before a movie. This post created flashbacks for me!

[@morshulinton4112]

HBO, OF COURSE! -Doug "Nostalgia Critic" "Remembers it so you don't have to" Walker

[@greglaplante7593]

I remember sitting watching HBO movies all the time in the 80’s

[@MaximRecoil]

This intro needs to be followed by Superman or Superman II. My introduction to HBO was watching Superman II at my neighbor's house in 1982, and I initially thought this intro was part of the movie. The epic music, the colorful lights visual effects, 3D text flying in outer space; it went right along with the opening credits of Superman II. I suspect that this HBO intro was inspired by the famous opening credits of Superman (1978).

[@Kinrosuke]

this is so awesome to see this classic holy shhhhhh yo i remember this before alot of movies i watched as a kid scarface, new jack city etc.............................

[@cuzzintruck2002]

man that brings back memories.

[@GurningSpear]

man i got excited and smiled during the video. brought back memories for real.

[@keesimo]

Man the memories as a kid

[@russianbear54]

WOW! This definately jolted some memories! I haven't heard this in 20 years, but have always been whisteling it. Cool.

[@MrDuffy81]

I used to LOVE this as a kid. They had it for years. COOL

[@eternall808]

Hell yeah old school baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@elmuneco12]

same here man! those slumber parties with my cousins! and then playing atari till your thumb hurts from the joystick!

[@Darkknight088]

Shit this brings back some memories this would always get me pumped for the movie I was about to watch man I miss the good ol' days

[@justinfayard912]

Graphics were ahead of its times on this.

[@ladyraven30]

Wow...this is so cool to looko at now. thanks for posting!

[@francishudgick9392]

It goes to show you things we so awesome in the 80's The culture was epic even in it's logos and bumbers!❤🎸

[@duchessandmariedisneycrewv2788]

LOVE IT

[@Thunderbirds501]

I don’t care how old you guys are, you’ve gotta remember this.

[@loopyman76]

MAN this stuff takes me back to my childhood!

[@lowmazda626]

Bring this back!

[@USoCal4life]

This song would be my walk up song if I played pro ball

[@karameldreem]

Memories!!!! I remember this!!!!

[@pika23]

back in the 80's our MTV was channel 6, Nick was 16 or 24, USA was 26 TNN was 28 and I cant remember the rest. oh yeah 30 was TBS and disney channel was 37. Storer cable represent!

[@laughingduck1000]

the music is so awsome

[@ClassicWrestlingReview]

God I remember this, this brings back memories from my childhood.

[@bloodymeerkat78]

its hard to believe that this logo has been used for almost or exactly 14 years.

[@cdowg187]

I remember this!!!

[@SegaFanatic5188]

@entertainme3000 We used to get HBO years ago,and they did continue to use this same intro well into the 90's and early 2000's. They had ones for more common movies and features but this was still used for the really big stuff, like special one time only concerts, or a TV Premiere for a Movie, or a Movie that hadn't been shown for a while or that had just been restored, stuff like that.

[@GamingPalooza]

wow I remember that cool HBO music in the late 80s early 90s when was a kid.

[@m180sxr]

That just gave me goosebumps. Awesome...Thanks

[@dkpilot90]

AAAHHH11 those were the days. I miss them.

[@pompom11]

Czesc, yes this is a great tune. This was the year I bought my first home, and was on a big Color TV. So this intro was very impressive, and HBO was exciting. I signed up for cable TV just for HBO. Dobranoc.

[@naturewoman28]

Still love the music!

[@donpace6405]

i remember this opening when my Aunt and uncle had a satelite

[@chuckface06]

super throwback

[@GhostHostAnth]

Thanks! :)

[@aesoprokks]

ahh the good old days!

[@truthexposed2248]

I remember back in the day. HBO home boys only

[@rafaelsiegel]

WOW!!!!!!!!!! Instant memories. So epic.

[@tjsage79]

great memories,,,Channel 6 in NY

[@oldcbsfantwo4288]

its the giant floating HBO ship looks like the USS Enterprises

[@Gangularis]

omg this is great..

[@KLewisChef]

they used this intro for many years, i remember it still being used in the early 2000's

[@Silks]

wow... my childhood

[@dlxmax]

That's a total triumph 80's banger track!!!

[@MDthornton83]

Gotta love the guitar part at the end.

[@salchli]

There's also "HBO Special" usually aired before Fraggle Rock.

[@fmartinjr]

Does anyone remember the monthly t.v. guides that came every month with a premium channel's subscription?(hbo,cinemax,the movie channel,showtime and prizm)Or did showtime take over prizm?Now thats classic!T.V. and food was so much better back then.

[@MDthornton83]

Nice guitar part at the end.

[@brycerushing9263]

The theme music is now the musical logo for the network. Next, Tonight and network ID bumpers use that HBO theme.

[@andy42x]

in the mid 80's, HBO played several movies like thousands of times: police academy, porky's, risky business, revenge of the nerds, terminator. the good old day.

[@CartoonPhreak]

Yep HBO also aired family friendly movies including Aquamarine, Jingle All the Way (with Arnold Schwarzenegger), Ice Princess (with Kim Cattrall), Just My Luck (rated PG-13), Chrissa Stands Strong and 17 Again (2009) as much as The LEGO Movie, The Lorax (2012), The Princess Bride, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The First Wives Club (with Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn) and Rat Race (2001)

[@rickstsx]

This was my favorite HBO Intro!

[@denniegray6212]

They Should Play This Before The Upcoming Animainacs Reboot On HBO Max

[@freddykrueger3388]

Ok right now I'm not sure if I'm a kid daydreaming of being an adult or an adult reminiscing being a kid again.

[@RDarth]

To me, when I watch Empire Strikes Back, it doesn't feel the same without this intro from my tape.

[@clmillerbunny]

Lol I remember whenever the "HBO" Came on the screen, I would like scream and applaud and laugh because I just LOVED it :)

[@OBSVFULC]

Damn this shit brings me back! Haha! Granny and her 100s of HBO VHS tapes!

[@lucasblake449]

the played this before airing Die HArd back in the day hahahah love u hbo

[@ranthony023]

Im sure I still have a VHS or 2 recorded from our old VCR with this old HBO theme

[@hanzohattori1196]

Imagine listening to this before every GoT episode,

[@chattaboxxxx07]

o shit.i rememba dis

[@karameldreem]

I like the song!!!!!