Jonny Quest Theme Song Evolution

[@RobbnCO]

… the 60’s hands-down

[@SuperLuminalElf]

TOTALLY

[@Jaythe90sKid]

Jonny Quest was way ahead of its time, and still is.

[@realmczappa]

Does anybody else tear up a bit from the sheer nostalgia?

[@yvwic50]

No, it's just really dusty in here, dammit....

[@SuperLuminalElf]

Only for the original series.

[@LouJohnsonValleyStream]

The gun play was stellar. The scene where “Race” Bannon fired his machine gun at a bulldozer blade to ricochet off around the corner of a building to get the bad guy down was genius. Only the bad guy’s arm falls into view from behind the building.

[@robertc2413]

I admit I do, Route 66, Jonny Quest, The Man From Uncle..

[@williamstephenjackson6420]

Yes! I ran across the original 64 title song opening and I totally did! 😀

[@jayjohnx]

2:42 theme song from 1996, omg then the music begins, feels like we are into something EPIC !!!!!!!!!

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

You bet!

[@isabelalzateestrada]

It feels like what film tracks should be

[@dongfreid582]

youre drunk

[@TheGodlikeDragon]

I still get giddy in my seat whenever I hear the 96 intro start playing

[@michaelangelograves5903]

The original, written by Mr. Hoyt S. Curtin. Whoever he had on trombone was killing it.

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

He also wrote the following one from 2 decades later.

[@HouseLyrander]

Funny you should mention the trombone players, because this theme was actually written as a prank on them as retribution for them ribbing Hoyt for giving them too many easy songs. The first draft was actually physically impossible to perform on trombone.

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

@@HouseLyrander There isn't much information about the instrumentists involved in the work of the show's theme we can find. Besides, almost no one knows who they are.

[@JamesFranklin-hd4tm]

@@anthonycassimiro2295 Robert Snow played trumpet on the remake theme. He was also a "sub" in the Buddy Rich big band. He had a video where played with them. Many years later he was the manager of the Sam Ash Music store in North Indianapolis. I took one trumpet lesson with him.

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

@@JamesFranklin-hd4tm Wow! I'm impressed!

[@russburton7660]

One of the The Best Musical Introductions For Any Show

[@ajithmn]

Real Adventures Theme Song gives me CHILLS ALL THE TIME.....

[@pappabunny]

The first theme is still the best. The hint of action, danger. Hoyt Curtin knew how to write them.

[@Ballardgeonte]

That 96 joint did something for me as a 90s kid. Nothing beat the Johnny Quest vhs. I watched Race Bannon get captured 20 times over

[@CraigSmithII]

As a 1996 high school graduate, that version of Jonny Quest was pretty damn good music & the series

[@JoedeLima]

3:23 Jessie's hair shot always give me chills

[@Dark-comet77]

She pretty much did the Little Mermaid thing. 😅

[@deandunn-q1o]

NO decade can top the 1960s for quality of the cartoons...

[@gregrider8154]

Nothing beats the 60s version, but the 96 version will always be the best since I was a 90s kid. Not sure if anyone else agrees, but I think the 90s was the best age for cartoons.

[@christystewart4567]

Well, no. I was born in 1961 and prefer the 1996 whatever version like you. And I prefer 60s cartoons, but then lots of those had older cartoons as well. Most 90s cartoons looked overly moralistic instead of fun. But I think lots of us prefer what we knew growing up.

[@mosiarmstrong]

I will always prefer cartoons from the 80s, however I'm not that blinded by nostalgia that I can't admit the 90s had some bangers.

[@fredfloyd68]

I disagree a bit...that 64 version is unbeatable.

[@MCPhatman]

The 90s version is just so epic

[@SuperLuminalElf]

The Original Jonny Quest from the 1960s. BEST. Nothing has ever come CLOSE.

[@gamingwithjohn9249]

Yes

[@dennis3065]

The Jonny Quest theme song reminded me a little bit of Duke Ellington's 1937 'Caravan'

[@melaniesmith1313]

The original sounds more exciting to me.

[@duanewellenkamp984]

Grew up on the 60s version. Can’t say I ever saw the other ones.

[@hugobstschauer9844]

Q Saudades. Q legal.hoje tenho 41 anos fiquei tão feliz de rever pelo menos um pouco de tantos.valeu mesmo

[@ElBromas-jr5gb]

hoyt curtin was the real genius behind that piece theres a history that the best in the business were challenged by the difficulty of some of the notes and they finished red faced without air by the end of it. Gary Lionelli another great composser I remembered waiting for the jonny quest chapter to begin just to hear that epico sound from the intro

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

He also composed the H-B jingle from 1979. It's the one used in the Swirling Star logo.

[@ElBromas-jr5gb]

The way he gave the perfect atmosphere to the jonny quest series it's amazing very much like a john williams to star wars in the way you can't imagine those franchises without their music and it's as important as the story itself.

[@Vastlyright]

The original had the best theme song.

[@cyrilriceball2294]

Damn straight

[@eg6gsr]

Man........The feels, 1996 was my Jonny Quest but I remember watching the older ones with dad my cause that it was one of his favorite shows(along with the Banana Splits). I remember being real excited to show him the new Quest when I found out about it

[@robbyboy9793]

eg6gsr same here I watched all the older ones and the new ones with my parents

[@0bigcat]

These take's me back to my 90's childhood

[@arthurcabral9561]

Hoyt Curtin had composed the original J.Q. theme (best version), and later the theme to "Battle of the Planets". (Kaga-ninjatai-Gatchaman rework, "Sandy Frank" version). - Really awesome tunes!

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

And the 80's versiom too.

[@fredfloyd68]

Its all excellent but when the flute and trumpet kicks its bliss.

[@JeffLcarz]

My favorite cartoon along with Speed Racer as a kid 😉

[@gibbs615]

Jonny Quest was always one of my childhood favorites! I just wish really they would make a live action movie of it.

[@davidjakiela9553]

As a teenager Leonardo DiCaprio would have been perfect for a live action Johny Quest. Add Mark Harmon for race banner and Harrison Ford as Dr Quest.

[@duchaneaux]

I remember getting up early and watching all these old shows. I don't even remember what the channel was, I just remember it was Jonny Quest, Tom & Jerry, and I think Droopy Dog lol.

[@douglashogg4848]

I grew up watching the 60’s version. The “new” theme sounds like something John Williams would do, the older one was more a jazz theme.

[@Spike-Prime]

There's no question which of these was the best one. By far, the 1996 version takes the same essential elements of the original theme, but pumps it up with a new arrangement and much better instrumentation. You can hear it's still basically the same theme tune, just with a hell of an upgrade.

[@diamonddog257]

...you need help.... there was no way you could improve on the original; so Hoyt just made it more synthesized.

[@CeeRock-xo2xc]

Jonny's theme from the 60's is the best! BAR NONE!

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

So it's the 80's version.

[@LuannOsbourne]

@@anthonycassimiro2295 90s Version was breathtaking

[@felipaosorio1452]

Este dibujo animado merece una película y da para varias secuelas

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

Hay 2 películas de Jonny Quest que fueron exibidas respectivamente en 1993 y en 1995.

[@DarkbluesEXE25]

@@anthonycassimiro2295 pero son películas Animadas

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

Pero él no dijo que debía ser "live-action".

[@martinllanos8022]

Si fuese en formato live-action, estaría bueno que adaptarán la versión de los 90. Es mas, ya me imagino cuál sería el elenco: Jonny Quest: Freddie Highmore Jessie Bannon: Anya Taylor Joy Hadji Sing: Tony Revolori "Race" Bannon: Daniel Craig Dr. Benton Quest: Andy Serkis

[@DarkbluesEXE25]

@@martinllanos8022 nos Hubiéramos gustado ver esa película Live-Action de Johnny Quest

[@williamstephenjackson6420]

I was about 7 or so for the original and it was the best. By the 90’s I was 30 something so I never saw and was not even aware of the remake. Now to me it is all downhill from the original, but then again, I am old as dirt 😊

[@vijayaprabu6669]

96 deserves a credit sir....

[@anthonylaspina9524]

It’s the 96 intro and series for me. 💯

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

Awesome compilation!

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

Thanks.

[@fredfloyd68]

Yea Hoyt the genious....

[@kevinnorwood8782]

"Real Adventures" version is the best! No ifs, ands, or buts about it!

[@Kalhenwrath1]

The original had a body count that was quite impressive.

[@xyz.ijk.]

Was that the third theme?

[@rgrif777]

The 90's version sounds like you are going into a movie theater. It sounds fine, but not up to the action excitement or complexity of the 60's versions.

[@williamprice3929]

The 60's version is the best.

[@thekevinjmiller]

The 60s were da bomb. In the 80s drawings, Race looks like a head waiter angry when you send back a soufflé.

[@KRN02_92]

Find yourself someone who loves you as much as puberty loved Hadji

[@dragon19954]

huh, didn't knew about the 86 one...the more one knows

[@thekazuya]

The 1986 version is the best, straight into my childhood 1:35

[@robbiereilly]

When it comes to which version is best, I think, like all music, it depends on what you grew up on. Also, before I watched this, I never even knew there were versions other than the original. And in my mind, there still isn't. ;) It's superior to the others, musically, and in cinematic cues, the way in which the music 'hits' the visuals. The 80s version doesn't do this well with the images like the original does. It's almost as if in the 80s version, they just composed the updated music and the images were added in with no relation to each other. While the original is finely tuned to each shot used in the opening segment. Don't get me wrong, they're both good. But I prefer the original. And if you told me when I was a kid, that some several decades later I'd be discussing the musical cues of the Johnny Quest theme I would've thought you were completely nuts. ;)

[@JODA93]

Although everyone has a subjective opinion on musical preference, when a song is remixed from an already existing piece, those composers have something to live up to. They all sound good, but the first one kept a constant beat, keeping up with all the drama in the intro. Personally? I like the original, but the others pull their weight enough.

[@akirastorm7313]

And the winner is the 90s theme

[@bryanwfields2191]

Respectfully disagree. 1960s forever!

[@tracynation239]

Premium cartoon and video. ♡ T.E.N.

[@deniswilson8152]

:27 in a way it seems the mummy was walking to the beat...thought it as a kid and still do now

[@jjnyc4610]

1960s! Hands down but I’m 62 years old and that’s what I grew up with 😜to be honest I didn’t even know there was a 1996 version obviously I wasn’t keeping up. My now 26 year old daughter was born in 96 so of course it never occurred to me to keep up! What’s funny is I watched the original scooby doo when it first premiered when I was about 8or 9 and my girls grew up watching the same original scooby doo as I did 🥲🥰

[@Braniff440]

I can almost hear Race Bannon shouting," Jonny duck" as he crashed into the bad guys.

[@KingOfYourMouth]

Im 36 now i watched this in the mid 90s and even today i can still remember certain episodes vividly.

[@mosiarmstrong]

This show scared me as a kid in the 90s. The episode with the deadly shadow puppets stands out as particularly frightening.

[@KingOfYourMouth]

@@mosiarmstrong The episode with the Mummy scared me pretty good as a kid.

[@mosiarmstrong]

@@KingOfYourMouth weirdly, I don't remember that one. I'm about to cop the series off Amazon so I can revisit all that 90s goodness.

[@brandonstorm]

I'm just now getting into Jonny quest, I think I remember watching this when I was a child on boomerang, but I for sure make sure to watch this series every week on the recently launched broadcast network Me-TV Toons, I love the acting packed adventures that his father and friends go on, personally my favorite version of the show is the one from the 60s and I do plan on watching other versions of the show as time goes on, but I have one question though, are all the Jonny quest series from the 60s all the way to the 90s connected to one another? I don't know if they've ever thought about it but this would make a very cool live action movie, I would pay all my money to see it

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

@@brandonstorm Yes, they are.

[@Shadowkey392]

If they ever do a movie of this they’d better do the “Real Adventures” version!

[@stephenwells6434]

They did do a movie, and they used the original version (i.e. the best version).

[@marknortham5677]

60s theme the best, the original. Hoyt Curtain had those brass players blowing HARD. They ought to put that theme in the musical dictionary under "balls". The most recent one? Sounds like some kind of epic "movie of the week" generic theme. Plus all the green line artwork? Where are all the action shots? Original wins hands down.

[@jjnyc4610]

I had such a rush on Race!!

[@charlesmiddleton9952]

Sim....sim...salabin.

[@sidneycelsoamaralgurgel1148]

A introdução do desenho é demais.

[@miroslavzima8856]

Even though all three themes are excellent, the first one is what I consider true Johnny Quest experience :)

[@PrithviVc]

how the F has Hollywood not picked up JQ for a live action movie yet !?! an easy 3 sequel franchise

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

I don't know.

[@GreyMatterStew]

Oh, yeah! I ask myself the same thing. I think it's more beloved than even we realize. No one wants to do this badly. It would have to be Raiders of the Lost Ark big, or it would just be a disappointment.

[@mikeries8549]

Because the plots seem to have "private govt island facilities" in them. Will there be a Jonny Quest 'Raid on pedophile island' episode? Too real?

[@GreyMatterStew]

@@mikeries8549 Most of what I remember is research facilities gone wrong, some of which might have been gov't funded, I admittedly don't remember that well, and mad scientist/crime syndicate strongholds. I can't even begin to understand the pedophile island thing. Where does an idea like that even come from. Could you elaborate? I'd like to understand.

[@stephenwells6434]

I have three things to say to this: 1) Hollywood managed to mess up Alex Rider and Artemis Fowl. What makes you think they wouldn't mess up Jonny Quest? 2) Warner Bros. owns the rights to Jonny Quest, so it would likely be produced by them. They've never made a good Hanna-Barbera theatrical feature, so I wouldn't have much faith in them to get this one right. 3) Animated shows should stay animated. I'm tired of this live-action elitism crap.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

I wonder if any of the "Wrecking Crew" contributed to the 1964 theme?

[@DarkbluesEXE25]

1:56 - Darkseid

[@hugobstschauer9844]

Acho q duraram até 2000.nem lembro direito mas ao rever amei a possibilidade de assistir mas não tem fiquei triste mas tá bom

[@daveduffy2823]

“Race” Brannon! What was I exposed to when I was 4?

[@isabelalzateestrada]

What do you mean?

[@andrewlim9345]

All the theme songs are good but the 1996 version is my favourite since I watched the Real Adventures as a child growing up in Malaysia.

[@russburton7660]

I love them all but Gotta Go With the Original

[@ChristinaOstil115]

Okay, they put the girl named Jesse in the last as part of the theme.

[@cameraman655]

Doug Wildey is turning over in his grave to see his artwork turned into "cartoon" with that 80s and 90s rubbish. There is only 1 true Jonny Quest and it is the original 1964 series.

[@diamonddog257]

..they tried

[@donowens7872]

THAT'S 100% TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Bjornieman]

This is heresy! You are a blasphemer! SO IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF RAGE!

[@rvrmdude]

I see the only thing we can decide upon is the 80's theme being the least favorite

[@stephenwells6434]

Actually, Real Adventures is my least favourite. The 80s theme is second-best.

[@maximusprime3459]

The original is still great but The Real Adventures goes so hard!

[@anthonyarnold9097]

The original and space ghost the best themes .period

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

It's Jonny Quest!

[@asap9224]

Race Bannon's gf jade was one hott heffer she got me going and she was just a dam cartoon character...

[@brianboudrot7055]

I've been wrong this whole time about the theme song. There was a show that had a very up-tempo jazzy theme song probably around the 80's.

[@johnsmith6586]

I like the original best due to it's heavy brass sound, especially in the lower brass. It seems to have more "punch" to it. The 90s version is OK but it has a more symphonic sound with the extra strings in the arrangement. It's also in stereo. but the original is still the best one.

[@briansydnor4331]

WARNING: Do not listen to the 1996 theme while on the road. Your Uber passengers may not appreciate that kind of driving.

[@bondjames7867]

The drawing quality the look no question the first one. The music for me don t know why but I prefer for the latest version...

[@ericdunn7352]

They need to do a new version where Jonny and Jessie are married and have a child of their own , And Hadji is the ruler of Bangalore, But occasionally joins them in adventures, But of course Bandit would be dead from old age, And yet have offspring.

[@kenistheticzero3612]

96 theme sounds to good for the series lol it sounds like it belongs with a live action Johnny Quest movie!!!

[@vaughnkopacz2196]

@ :42, the "relief" of the snakes (shadows) giving them depth and almost a 3dementional aspect-this isn't done in todays cartoons!--then @ 1:51, what happened to race bannon?--he doesn't look good--the 1980's version is not the same! me, personally, i'd take the 1964 applicant-original!

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Certainly no disrespect to The NEW 80's Theme or The REAL.90's Theme, but when it comes to Jonny Quest, nothing and I do mean NOTHING beats The Original 60's Theme

[@XanderVJ]

You think the classic theme from the 60s is the best? You're most likely a Boomer. You think the modernized version from the 90s is the best? You're most likely a Millenial. In all seriousness, I think both are perfect for their respective time periods.

[@勝司堀川]

Ín japan they called it "J.Q. - adventure boy -"

[@oluhamilton2121]

The subsequent series' were not conceived as well as the original. Call it LACK OF WILDEY, simple as that..

[@deniswilson8152]

Hoyt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

He did the first 2 theme songs.

[@johnnash297]

64 sounds a little dirty I like that when I watched.

[@phyllishammond9886]

Jonny quest remind me of harry potter,...with out the magic, ( except for hagi).

[@robertpolityka8464]

I want a combination of the 1960s theme with the 1980s cartooning..

[@peteb1206]

They did a better job on updating this theme than The Jetsons, that was a travesty.

[@braylonspeights6658]

The 1986 Jonny quest should be like the 1960 Jonny quest meaning it should be a second season

[@jolidonaldson140]

BRAYLON ACTUALLY THERE WAS A SECOND IT CAM ON IN THE 1970'S CAUSE I WAS BORN IN 1969

[@scottw5658]

Rerecord please. The first few are all static, no music.

[@birdfanboi]

I remember the original 60s version having violins at the end. Was it me or did I remember it wrong?

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

Wrong.

[@birdfanboi]

Anthony Cassimiro It’s been awhile, I used to watch it in the mid 90’s when they used to pass it on Cartoon Network so I must be mixing it up with another theme

[@anthonycassimiro2295]

I got it.

[@davidbrand391]

More like a devolution. The later versions aren't affirmative bad (though the last one comes close), but they aren't anywhere near as good as the original.

[@robcat2075]

The 60s version wins. The second one sounds like some old guy in a corner office said "we have to have something hip for the kids, man!" but didn't give any budget to hire a band. The third one has its charms but it's too derivative of 80's movie music.

[@bluewolf4915]

original, no contest.

[@charlesmiddleton9952]

Dis sh@t give me nightmares!

[@OM19_MO79]

More like devolution to me.

[@s.g.r.2773]

The original is the best. 1986 still cool though. 1996 pretty lame.

[@benriddick7038]

Tvy7 not pg 13

[@roberthaworth9097]

Almost everything about the '80s version sucked. Juvenile stories, tending toward fantasy instead of science -- and the animation was the worst. Everyone, even our heroes, in everyday settings, looks both disheveled and angry/scowling.

[@shawnmulligan2894]

Robert Haworth IMO, the Real Adventures series was an absolutely terrible idea. It's like Peanuts- if you're going to keep .among stories for them keep them at the same age. And don't add a ton of unnecessary characters and plots.

[@2000Majicman]

That character Hard Rock definitely Sucked.

[@BethJehovah]

Has to be the jazz tempo or it isn't Jonny Quest.

[@dongfreid582]

this is easy...the second one sucks ..period

[@richardkennedy8481]

Remakes, always inferior.

[@omarreza420]

Where they learn how to spell Johnny??