Transformers G1 - Opening Theme Song (Instrumental Version)

Music Composed by:
Robert J. Walsh, Johnny Douglas, Anne Bryant, Ford Kinder.
The Transformers: The Animated Series Soundtrack
Generation 1

[@FavioRiveros]

The time signature of this theme is crazy!!!!

[@chrisrj9871]

Definitely helps stand out. Season 2 onward brought it all to the standard 4/4 we know/love and that's cool, too.

[@haise8810]

0:18 my favorite part as a kid! Now I finally can hear it without the vocals ❤️

[@mikesz1333]

maybe that is te reason why i like Jazz and Yanni

[@victorfergn]

hmmm I think you could've listened to it in the ending credits

[@Dweat]

​@@victorfergnslightly different

[@victorfergn]

​@@Dweatmeh, if he really hears the difference then he could've played it on a piano or something. if he's just a mortal like the rest of us who doesn't know shit about music theory... then the ending credits are ok... he wouldn''t hear there's a part of the song that doesn't make sense because it was compressed in a crappy way (I only know about it because I watched a video where the dude complained about it and there's a comment where another dude explains why)

[@SoRePeSi]

I didn't even know the opening had vocals when I was a kid, the dub where I'm from only has the "TRANSFORMERS" at the end

[@kyokusanagi616]

The electric guitar riff at the beginning and end is epic!

[@ValiantWrestling]

And the end riff is excellent too!

[@Tariksama]

FACTS!!!!!!

[@thatoneguy1912]

i wasn't born to see this when it came out in '84 but i grew up watching this anyway and i love this theme so much

[@cristiantiniguar-sevilla467]

It feels weird without the vocals, kinda incomplete, but you can still tell it's a Transformers song anyway.

[@namelessjedi2242]

Just provide the vocals yourself! 😁

[@sheonmybingbong]

The power of le motifs

[@Kriegter]

This could easily come off as some technical jazz fusion thing

[@80srocknroller]

That instrumental version was used in Puerto Rico and Latin America

[@ViewpointProd]

no it wasen't, this is ai filtered garbage,

[@ViewpointProd]

no it wasen't.

[@80srocknroller]

@@ViewpointProd Yes they did

[@DSWappropriate]

I love that guitar part!

[@LanceBjornsson8888]

Damn it sounds so crisp with the updated audio.

[@tylerplayz4529]

it just feels.. so incomplete without the lyrics unlike most intros

[@Algox]

Whoever composed this beast is insane, what time signature(s) is this even in??

[@dominicfeliciano9462]

Lyrics: 🎶Transformers!🎶 🎶More than meets the eye.🎶 🎶Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of… the Decepticons!🎶 🎶Transformers!🎶 (🎶Robots in disguise.🎶) 🎶Transformers!🎶 🎶More than meets the eye.🎶 🎶Transformers!🎶

[@ValiantWrestling]

Yes, every who is a fan of the original show knows the lyrics, it's 2022, not 1984.

[@Queen_Miku]

@@ValiantWrestling and?

[@elliottlastnameblank7916]

I very much prefer the instrumental version - let the instruments carry the tune

[@vassa1972]

Good stuff I was 12 years old when the series started in 1984

[@ghostwarrior-ni1xb]

and I wasn't even alive back then

[@Neshabean]

how old are you now?

[@LoneTaurus82]

I was 2 years old in May of 84 lol

[@LoneTaurus82]

​@@NeshabeanIm 41 so he probably would be 51 by now

[@vassa1972]

@@LoneTaurus82 unfortunately sir I was born with a whole in my heart and had open heart surgery when I was 4 now a stroke and cardiac arrest and colon cancer survivor and use a electrical wheelchair when I'm outside of my apartment building here in Hamilton Ontario Canada take care

[@tommytortuga3073]

Daaang…had that mean ole Prince guitar from the 80s sound…COMBINED with those Hannah Barbara horn towards the end that were HUGE to use in the 70’s…wow/WHOA - THINK Scooby Doo. Man OH man…talkin Saturday mornings in front of one of those big ASS wooden TV units with the pattern woven area over the speaker grill. Pshh come to think of it TV’s were probs mini works of art back then themselves HAHA. This SOUND brings back chills of learning what allegiances were HEHE…Decepticon for life.

[@audioandgamesfromadeadman1698]

You can still heard where the song studders

[@TheInkPitOx]

Did you also come from Charles Cornell?

[@starstudiosRPG]

What studder?

[@graysontamez9714]

@@starstudiosRPGlots of very odd time changes that make it feel like it’s stuttering, some 3/8s, 5/8s, 6/16s, and in the original outro even a 5/16 too

[@mohdimansaifullizan6193]

I love Transformers G1 opening theme song❤🎉

[@bhenderson4390]

Whenever I hear the instrumental version of this theme song All I can think of is the commercials from Hasbro toys

[@DemetriusSorvo]

This is what happens when you mix meth and time signatures.

[@liveabovetheinfluence]

Transformers forever!

[@1GamerofGamers]

"The Transformers More Than Meets the Eye"

[@chrisrj9871]

🤖 ["ROBOTS IN DISGUISE"] 🤖

[@archangel_gold2451]

Shyt is superb!

[@iatebleach6974]

This reminds me of when I didn’t have cancer

[@CrypticlyEncrypted]

Coming after that video about how weird the song is, I hear it much better instrumentally. Sounds very odd

[@ROBERT-0964]

At 2x it sounds like a chase song

[@cnner1997]

Only real ones know what time signature this is in

[@cherrim_soleado]

Lyrics (Spanish/Español): 🎶Transformers!🎶 🎶Mas de lo que ves.🎶 🎶Los Autobots lucharan por destruir las fuerzas malas de… los Decepticons!🎶 🎶Transformers!🎶 (🎶Robots en disfraz.🎶) 🎶Transformers!🎶 🎶Mas de lo que ves.🎶 🎶Transformers!🎶 (Usado y doblado por: IGA Juguetes con vida)

[@MrBinnie824]

Backing vocals at 0:18?

[@ivanriviere9403]

00:17 🤌🤌🤌

[@TheInkPitOx]

Basically the end credits

[@power_man1]

They’re similar but there are very noticeable differences between this and the end credits theme. Listen to them back to back.

[@ValiantWrestling]

Nope. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5TMqWR4n6engLc

[@daviondenson6472]

It feel weird

[@JoseBronxRican]

Extremely. My non-expert guess just from listening is that it was extracted from the bootleg-ish 5.1 mix from Rhino's release (I should check those DVDs again), which possibly had audio tracks from the actual show that were heavily "ducked" to accommodate Kinder & Bryant's original vocal tracks produced for the ads.