'The Fresh Prince,' 'The Golden Girls,' 'Friends,' 'Wednesday,' 'The White Lotus' and 'The O.C.' Courtesy Everett Collection A good theme song is recognizable. A great theme song actually enhances a series. They can often tell their own story, get stuck in your head, or even be a track you look forward to hearing more than watching the show. This list does not rank all opening credits from worst to best or best to worst. Instead, we're following the timeline of most recent to oldest shows, including The White Lotus, Stranger Things, Veronica Mars, The Sopranos, Miami Vice, The Jeffersons and more. Below, read, listen and prepare to start nodding your head to the most memorable TV theme songs in history. 'Wednesday' - "Title Sequence" by Danny Elfman Image Credit: onathan Hession/Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection Yes, the original '60s sitcom, The Addams Family, has one of the most iconic theme songs in television, but for this list, we are looking at how the hit Netflix show, Wednesday, modernized the beloved morbid family. Created by Tim Burton, the series plays a theme composed by Danny Elfman. Notably, Elfman is a long-time collaborator of Burton's, having made scores for numerous Burton films, including The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice, as well as countless other iconic movies and shows. While Wednesday doesn't use the memorable theme song in the original series, it does give nods, like when Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) snaps her fingers. And Elfman's score elevates the gothic feel. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LaCvjjNgR4?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] 'The White Lotus' - "Aloha!," "Renaissance," "Enlightenment" by Cristóbal Tapia de Veer Image Credit: Courtesy of HBO Welcome to the White Lotus. As viewers check in to each new episode of Mike White's anthology show, they can hear its anxiety-inducing yet danceable score, created by composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer. "Mike wanted me to do music that feels like something is about to explode or somebody's about to die," Veer told THR in 2022. "Because of the slow pace, it feels like there's something happening behind those images, or like you're watching a shadows show." Veer has won three Emmy awards for his work on the show's theme. During season three, viewers heard a noticeably different version of its opening track. The change was to fit the new theme and setting of the third season, which took place in Thailand. However, Veer revealed he is not returning for season four. His reasoning is that he and White disagreed on the show's score. "Maybe I was being unprofessional, and, for sure, Mike feels that I was always unprofessional to him because I didn't give him what he wanted," Veer said in April. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Ea2tysrrc?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] 'Succession' - "Main Title Theme" by Nicholas Britell Image Credit: HBO HBO's Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin and Brian Cox starrer features a score from Nicholas Britell. And fans online have been obsessed with the theme song since the series debuted in 2018. Its sound was inspired by Beethoven and Schubert, with hip-hop beats incorporated. In 2019, Britell won an Emmy for outstanding original main title theme music. Due to the song's popularity, the score has been used in memes online. "Honestly, when you're writing music, the initial dream is just that people feel what you're feeling, you know? But the way that this has taken on a life of its own with the memes, and like the Kermit the Frog meme! I mean, there's all these amazing memes. It's been really, an incredible thing," Britell told THR in 2019. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77PsqaWzwG0?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] 'Big Little Lies' - "Cold Little Heart" Performed by Michael Kiwanuka Image Credit: HBO In HBO's drama series - featuring a stacked cast with Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz and more - the song "Cold Little Heart" by British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka plays while the women are driving through Monterey, California, with shots of the beach and their children. The track was the first one off of Kiwanuka's 2016 album Love and Hate. Its bluesy feel and lyrics fit well with the show's theme, making it an unskippable intro. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF_1iPFr6Dw?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] 'Stranger Things' - "Main Title Theme" by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein Image Credit: Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection For Netflix's hugely popular horror and sci-fi series, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of the band Survive composed the score, which also plays during the end credits. With the show set in the '80s, the title sequence not only looks the part but also features a mysterious and synth-heavy melody that sounds like a score from horror legend John Carpenter's catalog. In 2017, Stranger Things won an Emmy for outstanding original main title theme music. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v