Soap Opera Opening Themes

[@cagayan3657]

I think Days of our the Lives is the most iconic. I mean, considering it has been basically unchanged for the show's entire history says a lot.

[@chriscornelius2518]

The daytime Soap Operas were such a part of so many generations lives. What a terrible tragedy to see them leave the air.

[@davidmycheals65]

Um…they haven’t all left the air.

[@missaj2001]

Days of our Lives is still kicking

[@Sabastian2000]

Young and the Restless and Bold and the Beautiful are doing just fine.

[@AdamG319]

We still got General Hospital.

[@karuspitts4050]

Right it was part of my childhood

[@MarcusCiambelli]

I'm 52 and have been watching Days & GH for over 35 years. Love watching these characters over the decades.

[@phil7714]

My grandma watched a bunch of soap operas and I remember hearing all the different theme songs blasting from her room, she always kept the volume near 100. I really enjoyed one, but I never remembered the name of it, I could only recall how theme song went. My Grandma would even would call me into her room so I could listen to it, when it came on. Alas, after all these years I still never managed to get the name of that show. My grandma has since passed too so I'm stuck humming this mysterious song, that nobody in my family knows the name of. I even used the damn Google song finder and still nothing. Hope was running thin...until now you beautiful son of a gun! As it turned out, it was the intro to All My Children which I found out only thanks to this video! God bless your soul!

[@Horrorgardens]

I'm a 23 yr old Male and I'll admit I loved passions. Would watch that with my mom when school was cancelled or I got sick. That witch and Santa claus lady fighting was so funny

[@GameOn71213]

You mean Tabitha, I mean it was campy but I loved it anyways you remember how episodes would drag back in the day, let's not even talks about sunset beach how they use to talk to the camera revealing their plans and I would always say, how come no one ever heard them

[@mythoughtsxcttheexempt2112]

23 too... Used to watch a lot of soaps with my late aunt back then (after school for me)... Can only remember pieces of the show, didn't yet understand English... Just remember where the dude pulled off his face to reveal another face... Where the girl who looked like an angel destroyed some creepy thing after appearing from the closet, and that the couple was trapped in a hole... 😂... It introduced me to the supernatural...

[@randycrawford1132]

I watched with my grandmother, now she’s gone and I can still sing the theme song

[@sherryhannah9262]

@@GameOn71213 have you heard of country singer Barbara Mandrell????!!…she was on Sunset Beach

[@scottymcalister4915]

Passions had some hot women on it

[@OmarFW]

Passions was pure insanity and I loved it as a kid

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

A lot did

[@kevinashwood2146]

I am 60 years old & had half a day of school in my senior year. When I would get home @ around 1:00, my mother would be watching "All My Children",

[@kamishamccoy8381]

Thank you for not forgetting dark shadows! Jonathan Frid will always be my hero.

[@dorickopinto575]

There are many cool Soap Opera themes ....my musical faves are Passions #1 Port Charles #2 Dark Shadows #3 I loved the supernatural themed soaps ! ❤❤❤ Port Charles was awesome but I think it's mid-day time slot kept people from even knowing about it . Caleb & Livvie were an awesome soap couple ! The Passions theme was the best & sexy sounding ! Dark Shadows was the first classic supernatural soap which. Influenced so many spooky TV shows ! I miss them all .... they were fun & showed alot of imagination . All had great actors ! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Ahsatan-vw3ok]

Was NOT expecting dark shadows first, that's the only soap opera I've voluntarily watched

[@marionsmith676]

My grandma watched ABC Edge of night, Ryan’s Hope,Loving, All My Children,OLTL, General Hospital and she’d cheat sometimes and watch Young and Resless In memory of her and my late cousin Tonya 💕

[@MrBUHLEBUYEZA]

Days of our lives and the young and the restless were my ultimate favourite! I was so sad about the cancellation of as the world turns , my dad felt so bad for me he took me on vacation ♥️

[@sunnicorran9244]

Well sometimes it's not because of that. If the ratings go down and they make no money off it, there's no point in continuing. Or sometimes they have no idea where to go with the story anymore.

[@simonepunzo4890]

As the world turns the best soap opera

[@awdeans99]

Definitely my 2 favorites along with passions❤

[@fancykatya]

Never saw that Guiding Light theme until now, I loved it! Thanks~

[@sheliadennis9004]

Omg!! Wish they would bring them all back. I loved my soaps and miss so many of them.❤️❤️❤️

[@rishabhdeb]

Could have included Santa Barbara and full opening of The Bold and The Beautiful

[@triciashelmandine2532]

Definitely Days of our lives and Texas another world Santa Barbara passion's and sun set beach were all my favorites

[@PredatorKingdom]

I miss the old days of the soaps when each network had at least 3 of them on the air in the same daytime block it felt so complete. People either loved their CBS, ABC or NBC soaps and each network felt different with their soaps. They need to bring a couple of these back.

[@hhhh-xb9py]

I watched at diffrent times another world .santa barrbara.generations.dark shadows.ryans hope.edge of night.all my children one life to live.general hospitol.never got in to the cbs soaps

[@PredatorKingdom]

@@hhhh-xb9py Yeah sometimes I would focus on soaps at different times but at some points, I'd manage to watch every single soap that was on the air by just channel changing to the most interesting one but I always had my top favorites. I started out watching the ABC soaps then I watched CBS and NBC. Now in days, I watch all 4 but I have to watch DAYS in binge mode because it airs at the same time as Y&R and B&B in my area. GH airs alone by itself later in the afternoon. I miss not having the morning soaps.

[@stevehill353]

ABC soap fan here😁

[@PredatorKingdom]

@@stevehill353 AWESOME! I love the ABC soaps, I miss it that AMC, OLTL, and GH don't air together every weekday afternoon anymore.

[@aprentissdaye]

My God I miss all these soaps man, especially Dark Shadows, Port Charles The Gift, Passions, One Life To Live, As The World Turns etc. I need them all to come back or at least put on a streaming service to watch past episodes of these classics. ❤😞

[@JohnSydney225]

Days of our Lives is what got me into soap operas. Well, not necessarily, but I like the soap opera writing/style. I only recognize some titles, but Days of our Lives and General Hospital are the soap operas I watch frequently. Port Charles is great and has a nice tune in the intro to listen to.

[@dontreldontrel416]

Another World for me

[@altonwilliams17]

I loved All My Children. Brings up so many memories about my Grandmother.

[@acmdu89]

Brings back so many memories. The 80s and 90s were the best Decades for Daytime Television. GOD...PLEASE BRING BACK SOAPNET. No matter the annual subscription price, I WOULD PAY IT GLADLY.

[@sherryhannah9262]

acmdu88 please is not wanted needed or necessary it’s annoying

[@damianlatimer6472]

​@@sherryhannah9262I feel the same way though

[@Laura-i2r9r]

It’s Hard to believe that once in the 20 th century every major network had 4 or 5 daytime dramas on daily Monday to Friday . Then by the early 2000s They were cancelled one by one each year and now in 2024 there are only 3 left . NBC has none on air . Days of Our Lives is only streaming online on Peacock . CBS has its king The Young and Restless. As well as its 1987 30 minute spinoff The Bold and Beautiful. ABC has its longest running drama General Hospital since 1963. Only 3 left and it’s 2024 . My the garbage that has taken the place of the once mighty daytime dramas .

[@QueenKristiana]

I miss staying home from school and watching The View and then the soaps with my mom. Miss you momma 🦋💜

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

Did that with my mom too. Now sometimes we get coffee.

[@awdeans99]

These bring back so many wonderful childhood memories!! Definitely gonna push people to watch them and get back into them myself!!❤❤❤

[@paulasfigureskating5612]

It makes me so sad that so many of my old time classic soap operas are gone in favor of too many talk shows and cheap and tacky reality television shows! :-(

[@dontreldontrel416]

I loved Another World and Guiding Light

[@kanna231]

The Young and The Restless is still air I wish they bring back Passions.

[@salt27dogg]

Y and R is still the best theme song

[@SheilaLJones]

Yup and they just not too long celebrated 50 years on air

[@jonimichalski69]

I miss All my Children

[@ange1i]

omg until now i discovered that the theme song I used to hear in the background after watching my tv show as a kid, was The young and the restless.

[@Abfabcomic11]

I worked in the Dark Shadows mansion...Carey Mansion @ Salve Regina University in Newport, RI...I was exploring the attic and found a paper from the 1920’s...

[@keithjames8061]

A very touching tribute to television's finest!

[@hhhh-xb9py]

Sunset beach...another world...passions..ryans hope...one life to live..

[@oldschool8983]

You forgot about Search for Tomorrow, The Doctors, Texas, and The Edge of Night. Say amen if you also remember those.

[@stevehill353]

Amen

[@paulasfigureskating5612]

Yes, absolutely! I really miss "Texas" although its run was far too short at 2.6 years.

[@damianlatimer6472]

​@@stevehill353Amen even though I don't remember The Doctors

[@dianascrimger284]

We think that they should be given a tv station for soap operas! We remember the edge of night and all my children and passions. Now we also watch the doctors and dark shadows!

[@damianlatimer6472]

SoapNet used to exist but I guess it lost it's contract with DirecTV

[@andrewbrousseau59]

Passions… and bring it back and I’d hire me for continuity director!!

[@dontreldontrel416]

Another World for me

[@bardthenascarfanaticdragon]

Some I remember when I was with my mother are The Young And The Restless, The Bold And The Beautiful, General Hospital (04/2010), All My Children, and One Life To Live.

[@artkitchen4072]

Thanks for posting my all time favorite was OLTL since it started on 1968-2012 and it’s short run in 2013 on the internet I muss my people really bad so I have settle with GH.

[@MandM-tb3lv]

Thank you for the DOOL theme at the end. Ha! The only one I recognized in the Another World theme was Rachel, and I watched it for years! 🙂

[@dontreldontrel416]

I loved Another World

[@jacobtheebruce]

the dark shadows theme is sic

[@understandingitall3927]

That first one is the best!!!🤘🏽

[@sharongriffin3296]

Bring them ALL back! They were far more entertaining than most of the garbage you've replaced them with.

[@stefansnellgrove]

Sharon Griffin the show I grew up with till 12 when it got cancelled Passions was replaced with a 4th hour of Today like 3 isn’t enough. Then started watching OLTL and it got replaced with something called The Revolution and got cancelled after only 6 months. OLTL has the highest rating of all ABC Soaps at the time of its cancellation and higher then Days I believe. Brian Fronz Just hated soaps as a whole except for GH.

[@hhhh-xb9py]

@@stefansnellgrove i agree im watching ryans hope on youtube from soap net and from commercial promos oltl way better then amc or gh at the end!!!

[@Izzy777-_-]

Days of Our Steelers is perfectly fine.

[@drwatson32bit]

haha what? I'd sooner rather crack open and read an outdated phone book.

[@jakelibo8721]

@@stefansnellgrove gh was planned to be cancelled but ABC decided agaisnt it after seeing their mistake with cancelling oltl. The Revolution was so terrible they decided to cancel it and put gh in oltl's old time slot and the Katie Couric show which was supposed to replace gh got gh's time slot. They were worried about losing millions on dollars just like they had when they took oltl off the air. They don't like gh they did it to save their asses.

[@jojoradford3203]

I miss all of the old legendary soaps thank God 4 are still running.

[@3Paige14]

And 2 (at least in my area) are on at the same exact time - General Hospital & Days of Our Lives.

[@damianlatimer6472]

3 broadcast ones now

[@damianlatimer6472]

Days Of Our Lives moved to the Peacock network

[@michaelfrancis2563]

In the 1960s, 70s and into the 80s the daytime soap operas were the primary generator of income for the Networks that paid for the Prime time programs. The daytime television was huge. However, America, women's roles of careers and family, marriages changed along with the Sexual Revolution. Given that all of the social taboos that characterized the storylines of serials are no longer stigmas I really do not see a return of this genre on a scale of 50 years ago. I will be surprised if soap operas make it through the decade given the change of traditional viewing.

[@lonaldmcdonald8907]

I love dark shadows show and the theme song especially at Halloween.

[@hhhh-xb9py]

Like them or not another world and passions themes universally known!!! No contest!!

[@mntdewboy]

Days and yr are universally known much more so than passions. I know many people who don't watch soaps who would recognize yr, dool, and yes, even aw...but not Passions. Sorry. But, not the AW version played in this presentation.

[@hhhh-xb9py]

@@mntdewboy true...but theme wise passions song by jane french was on the charts but ya your right it wouldnt sustain theough generations as it was only on 9 years....im coming to a clise of ryans hope looooved it watched 6 years worth in 2 years ..now starting on sunset beach by episode 25 i was hooked amd the second theme they used is xcellent!! Sunset beach huge in canada and britian...shame never caught in in states.funny how countrys tastes are diffrent in canada another world was 1!! And yes i was referring ti the aw theme by krystal gale and gary morris

[@vbrockin27]

All My Children, Y&R, Another World, Days,The Bold And The Beautiful, Dark Shadows and Passions all my favorites,

[@fernandoifill-ruiz6410]

Passions actually ran on NBC from Monday July 5, 1999-Friday September 7, 2007.

[@dontreldontrel416]

I loved Another World

[@ciarasmith6841]

This was so nostalgic

[@helloyall4355]

So sad but so true. Save our soaps!

[@MandM-tb3lv]

I watched Guiding Light for 50 plus years, starting at my mother's knee. Still love the "Only love..." intro.

[@Kitsco45]

OH I remember the young and the restless soo well! One of those shows that I heard every morning in the summer while being babysat by my grandma. Cuz she didn’t have cable... Even in my young age I thought “wow...this is so 90s”

[@hailiesbong2734]

Breathe in, breathe out🍃🌬️

[@PredatorKingdom]

hailie's bong YES I used to love that from Passions!

[@hailiesbong2734]

@@PredatorKingdom same I still watch the episodes on KZbin!

[@stopbullshitting4484]

Young and restless had the most gangster intro

[@laserfloyd]

The Young and the Restless is the best one, IMO. Not sure if Dallas counts but that one is amazing also. I didn't watch these shows. As a kid, I heard the tunes on my parents' and grandparents' TVs while I did other things. A few of them stuck with me.

[@clocks68]

Hard to beat Days of Our Lives theme and song! Iconic!

[@kmg365100]

Don't agree with you. The Days theme needs a serious update as does the show itself. Let Stefano die already! Retire some older characters like Victor, Roman, etc.

[@matthartleyjr9180]

@@kmg365100 well Stefano isn't coming back in any way outside the picture in the DiMera living room

[@kcchameleonprodz]

Robin Neher Stefano has been dead for a while now, the actor died a few years ago, so he’s definitely not coming back. Roman and Victor are barely on the show, they make cameos every few weeks.

[@treylorinza6719]

@Dwayne Neal y&r is boring #1 Days #2 GH #3 B&B #4 Y&R

[@andrewsatya6966]

I like As the world turns and B&B. Y&R is not that stimulating

[@gaffneyrailroading1982]

It's depressing that some of them were cancelled, like Guiding Light, As the World Turns, All My Children, and One Life to Live because they'd been on so long. Passions, I'm not so concerned about; it got stupid after a while.

[@shawnsmothers4876]

Yeah, Guiding Light and As the World Turns were on forever. It's a shame, especially since they replaced some of them with dumb crap.

[@sebastianbright6419]

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[@shivers123ful]

Too very depressing...

[@melissabrecosky6520]

I loved Passions. It was so campy!

[@jeffsullivan2044]

It was stupid from day 1

[@stevehill353]

I still miss One Life to Live 😭

[@BetheasByteRELOADED]

I'm a theme guy. So, forgive me if I'm not the biggest fan, but I love good music. My favorite themes came from Another World, The Young and The Restless and General Hospital (Faces of the Heart). I have a few honorable mentions as well. Hit reply and I'll tell you where they came from.

[@BetheasByteRELOADED]

My Honorable Mentions go to Loving (the first two themes), the early 70's-80's themes for All My Children, One Life to Live (Peabo Bryson vocals) and General Hospital (Autumn Breeze).

[@robertsmith6490]

I wish they could put these soaps on dvd...to watch them all from their beginnings would be awesome!

[@stefansnellgrove]

Funny how the four pictured are the ones I’ve watched growing up. Born watching Days, watched Passions from its premiere when I just turned 4 till it ended on NBC, then 6th to 10th grade watched OLTL till it got cancelled in January 2012, and started watching GH in September 2011. I’m very far behind I am in February on Days and September 2018 on GH. Trying to catch up on Days now

[@dontreldontrel416]

I loved Another World theme super kool starts at 0:33

[@terencevanderspeckterry9212]

I'm hug fan of you General Hospital Guiding Light and Port Charles As The World Turns And Passions One Life To Live Sunset Beach All My Children The Bold and the beautiful Days of our lives The Young and the restless Dark Shadows Another World l Loved

[@Gabriel-jz4ey]

Hello, I'm Gabriel from Brazil, it's nice to know that there are soap operas in the United States!! The only soap opera I knew was One life to Live and Passions!!

[@danielmyrtlebeach]

Young and Restless, hands down, the best theme.. I didn't even watch it and think it's the best...

[@mntdewboy]

Lots of good ones left off this list!!

[@briedewayne071]

Love General Hospital

[@dianascrimger284]

Why not rerun more soap operas

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Luke Perry was on Another World.

[@kableboi]

Forgot to add Sunset Beach to the ending credits!!

[@SadeSherrisXO]

Passions was my favorite!!!

[@rebekahmonroe6089]

I remember all of them starting at like 3:15

[@supermarioharvey2174]

5:12 This week on Days of our Steelers

[@hhhh-xb9py]

Sunset beach!!

[@sweetsmrd]

Port Charles was really good

[@dontreldontrel416]

Another World was to

[@leecollins5442]

OLTL/PASSIONS/AMC 🥺🥺🥺

[@briedewayne071]

As The World Turns & One Life To Live

[@ChaseAnimations2009]

Days Of Our Lives and General Hospital's intros are nostalgia to me...

[@Jose-Gomez]

Okay. I've Never Got Into Soap Operas, Until 2019.

[@hellohellohellohellohelloh6785]

Where can you watch these old soaps for free?

[@paulasfigureskating5612]

KZbin has many "Another World," "Texas," "All My Children," and "The Doctors" full episodes to view.

[@SharkCatBroadcastingCompany]

6:28 my favorite soap opera

[@lew7907]

There is a song that would have been PERFECT for the opening of a soap. The first 26 seconds of Bruce Springsteen’s Jungleland.

[@lauradunn1947]

passions had the best song timmy is my fravite cause timmys boss boss man timmys the boss boss man

[@tyrellspeed90]

Loving and The City should have been in this video.

[@geniustime5395]

...and loving the soap it grew out of

[@janismacolley2395]

I know this is going to sound lame but when I was a kid, my family moved a lot due to my father being in the Navy. My relatives lived far away. So when my mom (who wasn't the most demonstrative with her love) would watch her 'stories' I would pretend that I was a part of the families on As the World Turns. Especially when the whole family would come together for a celebration during the 4th or Thanksgiving. I would watch all of them eat and laugh and love each other and I would pretend in my mind that I was right there with them. Kinda sad....

[@markjamesdonahue]

Sunset Beach?

[@dontreldontrel416]

Another World was on here loved it

[@User-u3n6p]

Sunset Beach

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Most of the soap operas on NBC were cancelled except for Days Of Our Lives.

[@authnixjaye]

5:29 took me right back to nonnas house

[@hrh-xj4fh]

Like them or not...which i loved ..top 3 altho maybe diffrent eras ...another world...sunset beach...passions ..

[@celebratingthesoaps]

The final few openings for "Guiding Light" were atrocious. Their last good theme was the short-lived 2002-2003 update, after the iconic 1991-2002 opening, 'Hold On To Love.'

[@danisweetlove]

Completely agree. Loved Hold on to Love, hated the last theme of that show lol

[@robertrodriguez4670]

As the world turns-

[@SweetNothingProductionsCompany]

love them all!

[@HR-rl4ke]

Another world Krystal gale version . Passions.guiding light.83 version and disco version. The best catchiest even to a non soap viewer!!

[@jeffsullivan2044]

1986....As the World Turns.....awesome Favorite though, was the theme from The Edge of Night.

[@BlaqMambaX]

The Dark Shadows opening visuals remind me of Tim Burton's movie of the same name.

[@johnunderkoffler2913]

I miss GL and ATWT 😢.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

My late mom loved the CBS soap operas.

[@twistedhalo759]

Regarding the theme song to ATWT: It's obvious that it came out before Noah or Reid entered the picture because Martha Byrne was still on the show. By the time show ended, Noelle Beck was playing Lily.

[@cheritripp9470]

The Y&R theme was originally Cotton's Theme from the movie Bless The Beasts And Children (adaptation of novel of same title) Then Young And Restless theme. Then Nadia's Theme for the gymnastics perfect scores winner at the Olympics.

[@deeceea9488]

Nadia's Theme (Y&R) became the most iconic theme and lasted longest. With good reason.

[@spencerwood2093]

Bring back all the soap operas of As The World Turns, Port Charles, Dark Shadows, Another World, All My Children, Passions, Guiding Light, One Life To Live!

[@mikegallant811]

I think they should have a cable network that shows all the episodes of all the soaps ever made,24\7\365!

[@paulasfigureskating5612]

@@mikegallant811 Excellent idea! I would not even mind paying for this new soap channel!

[@Uriy809]

Santa Barbara is the best of all... In short, everyone))))

[@calvinlocklear4852]

I agree.

[@briedewayne071]

The best writing. ATWT & OLTL

[@dontreldontrel416]

Another World was amazing as well

[@lindaorsbun1826]

I remember passions very well one of my favorites especially timmy

[@Jose10614]

I love the Theme Song to All My Children and OLTL. I love and miss OLTL and only OLTL💯💙There are a lot of people missing from the intro to OLTL??🤔🤔

[@geniustime5395]

I was so disgusted by All My Children by the end when they announced it had been cancelled I was okay with it until they did OLTL too jerks

[@geniustime5395]

@BJ Sully Erica sleeping with Ryan (gross) Erica kidnapped by someone named Jane and replaced by a twit LMAO no one seemed to notice but we did. The back from the dead storyline was out there but having Stuart back for Marian was delightful, they should have brought back Babe (though I hated her character) Jr deserved that much, why not Leo heck it would have made it nicer.

[@jeffsullivan2044]

@@geniustime5395 can you remember what replaced OLTL ???..... neither can I lol

[@paulasfigureskating5612]

@@jeffsullivan2044 I think that "The Revolution" replace OLTL.