theme song

NOUN

signature song

Synonyms

WEAK

signature tune

Example Sentences

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The show’s theme song, which has been updated for the new series, remains popular on TikTok among teens who first watched the show as preschoolers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

While jumping rope in my garage, a multidecade effort to lose my freshman 15, I blasted “Eye of the Tiger,” rock band Survivor’s unforgettable theme song from the 1982 film “Rocky III.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Lana Del Rey will voice the theme song of the new James Bond video game 007 First Light.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

I have always found “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” the theme song from the movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” to be both musically and lyrically cloying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Bernard Herrmann’s orchestra begins to play the Mercury’s theme song, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow