The best part of this theme song is when Barbara Stanwyck throws open those double doors and is standing there in that flawless purple gown by Nolan Miller

@diamonddiamond8853

2 жыл бұрын

100% I wish though they would of gave her more to do...she had the potential to be a BOSS, in the vein of Angela Channing (Jane Wyman) of "Falcon Crest " ! I read that Stanwyck had very little in the line of good things to say about "The Colbys"....but she's still a BOSS!

@Jetlag003

Жыл бұрын

it was a recreation of a scene when she starred in The Big Country in the 60s

@maestroclassico5801

10 ай бұрын

​@@Jetlag003The Big Valley.... Barbara wasn't happy....she thought since The Colbys was a spin off of Dynasty that she'd be able to work with her former TV DAUGHTER Linda Evans.

@rolandbaldwin

9 ай бұрын

It just a shame it didn't live up to this incredible title sequence. It was a bland and empty show for the most part.

@maestroclassico5801

9 ай бұрын

@@rolandbaldwin It sure got that way. It had its moments. But I'm biased....I just loved Chuck Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, and Katherine Ross (The Stepford Wives anyone?), and then became a fan of Stephanie Beacham....who actually almost single handedly SAVED the last season of Dynasty. I would've written season 2 differently and if I were Spelling and the Shapiros, figured out how to merge the 2 shows better. When they cancelled THE COLBYS, they should've made Dynasty an hour and a HALF and had more of them....that last season of Dynasty, Jason Colby's name kept coming up but no Chuck.

Love the opening surprise, where it sounds like it's about to hit you with Dynasty, and then BAM, a whole new theme tune. I distinctly remember having thoughts about that as a kid when I first saw it.

The thing about 80's theme songs nighttime soaps it actually made you feel that these characters were insanely rich and powerful.

@ty7504

4 жыл бұрын

True word, dear Audie !!!

@bloxburgmomcore

4 жыл бұрын

Yes the characters are rice

@karuspitts4050

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

I was a little kid when this show aired. I always remembered those vertical lines and thought it looked cool. The moment that intro was over, I knew it was bedtime for me and my sister so my parents could watch the show in peace.

The theme to the Colbys sounds like it could be a national anthem.

Constance “I don’t give a flying f**k” Colby. What a legend she was.

Sounds like John Williams' Superman.

Charlton Heston! Barbara Stanwyck! Ricardo Montalban! Man.....ABC was writing some big checks to get names on that show.

@CraigTulloch

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry they saved some cash by hiring really cheap and awful script writers. As a result the show flopped. Stanwyck walked after the first season saying the scripts were crap and she was right.

@lisaaugustin5400

4 жыл бұрын

They didnt give Stanwyck nothing juicy to say, Sable was telling Connie off all the time !

@johnbenjaminmasilamoni3266

3 жыл бұрын

John Forsythe did better for Dynasty than Chuck Heston did for this spinoff.

@johnbenjaminmasilamoni3266

3 жыл бұрын

Chuck was not suited to this genre. His stiffness, and pedantic geriatric delivery were at odds with the energy of Dynasty's times. He probably only symbolized the desperation of the show's producers to retrieve their investment.

@hutch1197

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbenjaminmasilamoni3266 I agree totally. He was horribly miscast for a show like this. And the fact that such a cast of heavy hitters couldn't save it just goes to show how horrible the concept, writing and plots were. By the time "The Colbys" premiered, the "Dynasty" writing had already gone into the toilet, so basically the spinoff began when things were already terrible.

When I was a kid I use to stay up late at night to wait for The Colbys to come on TV on only to dance to this theme. My goodness I miss the 80s.

@johnothy

7 жыл бұрын

I liked how the beginning of it was like the Dynasty intro.

I love the theme when Claire Yarlett enters the screen 1:02

you cant beat a tv show that has Ricardo Montalban and Charlton Heston in the same series..............

@maestroclassico5801

9 ай бұрын

After loving Ricardo as Mr Roark, it was kind of fun to see him play a smooth, articulate, but still handsome villain.

Hands down the best tv show opening theme ever. The Colbys was even better than Dynasty the problem was these morons at ABC decided to pit it against the number one show on television at the time, Cheers. Not just Cheers but the entire Thursday night NBC line-up that dominated television in the 80s. If these corporate idiots had brains they would have placed The Colbys after Dynasty on Wednesday night and made Wednesday the powerhouse night for television in the 80s.

@brothergrimace3859

5 жыл бұрын

mahmoud a THIS. ABC made the same mistake on Tuesday nights by trying to kill off The A-Team and Riptide by throwing shows at them and nothing worked... until 'Moonlighting'. As one of the producers of 'Riptide' told my writing class in college, "Well...'Moonlighting' happened to us. It was as if our entire audience defected."

@magkatcar

4 жыл бұрын

You know what, that definitely would have been a good idea. The Colby's should have been right after Dynasty, duh. Makes total sense now!

@briantw

3 жыл бұрын

That means that people who didn't have 2 hours to spare in one night would have had to miss it. Keep them on separate nights - gives people something to look forward to on both nights, without giving up too much of their weeknight time.

@gameking8809

3 жыл бұрын

The openung was better but the show not so much. It mostly used plots that we already saw on Dynasty, brouht nothing new to the table.

@filmshadow-ghost3623

2 жыл бұрын

@@briantw and then tuned to ABC on 2 nights where they might watch ABC shows before and after.

The most majestic Opening in TV history. On par with Dallas !!

I absolutely loved Stephanie Beacham as Sable. She was the vixen such as her cousin Alexis on “Dynasty” was… however a different vixen.

The Colbys Theme Song has always been one of my all time favorite TV Show Themes. It was EPIC. Absolutely EPIC. The best part is at 0:49 seconds-The part where you see Stephanie Beacham introduced as Sable. Between how amazing she looks & that part of the theme song combined with Sable throwing her fur coat like a boss, it's the absolute best part of the whole opening.

@BlytheWorld1972

9 жыл бұрын

it was epic

@Youngstown529

7 жыл бұрын

And he she was approaching 40, and looking better than some women half her age.

@miamivicepastels83

7 жыл бұрын

Karen Catizone her little part gave me everything I needed

@dalemcilwain

6 жыл бұрын

@ Karen, she toss her fur coat coat like, "Here, you have this this coat. I don't need it or Brown isn't my color. With a closet full of fur coats. 😂😂😂

@BaseballPlayer0

3 жыл бұрын

So rena mero copied her

i love charlton heston After taming the planet of the apes, he goes straight into dealing with other apes and villains in the series. RIP

The theme is very good at Tracy scoggins appears and love the moment of Claire yarlet …

Stephanie Beacham is awesome.

@ty7504

4 жыл бұрын

Dear Addicted ... let's stop saying things like that out loud before the whole world ends up being polarised ... but, yeah, we love Sable Colby too !!! And let's also keep it a secret that we love Constance Colby too !!! WE NEED TO DO THIS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE WORLD !!!

Touch by the hand of Bill Conti, as many other soap operas of the 80s, Falcon Crest, North & South, Dynasty...

@laminage

8 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Henry Mancini. The Young & The Restless as well and The Thorn Birds.

God I miss TV like this.

I always loved the high drama of these titles, they threw everything at it. I think they dropped the Dynasty II heading in the second season. Love the continuity with the graphics and the shared opening bars.

@WhitneyHouston4eva1

3 жыл бұрын

It was only used 4 about episodes in the first season than it was dropped from the title.

Also Maxwell Caulfield & Stephanie Beacham did well on UK Soaps. Maxwell on Emmerdale and Stephanie on Coronation Street. She also played Phylida Oswyn who specialized in Real Estate Ponzi Schemes on Bad Girls. Michael Praed (Ex-Prince Michael On Dynasty) acts on Emmerdale as a Character named Frank who has Two Daughters, Vanessa A Town Vet who is suspended and Tracy whose Sister Kimberley Walsh was in Girls Aloud the most successful Group in The UK to come out of Reality TV.

Was there ANYONE more handsome than Maxwell Caulfied in his younger years?!?!?!

The epic scale of the theme makes even more sense when you learn they originally were going to name the series "The Titans".

@radrobd123

2 жыл бұрын

The Titans was the name of the two-hour episode of Dynasty that spun off The Colbys. The original title was much longer. It was going to be "Dynasty II: The Colbys of California"

Kinda sounds a bit like the 1978 Superman theme

@jrcarter9175

3 жыл бұрын

It's like the Superman theme and the Dynasty theme had a baby.

The Grandest of all 80s nightime soap themes!!!!

I liked how the show had it's own theme but closely followed Dynasty's intro with the graphics. I watched this as a kid but wished it had lasted a couple more seasons.

@jasonhaliwell3136

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. They looked like they had some good cliffhangers when it was cancelled.

@jinky0u812

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I was bummed about how short it lasted. It was very underrated, and during the first season, was actually better than the series it spawned from.

Best opening credits of any TV show in the last 50 years. Bill Conti - where are you today?

@laminage

7 жыл бұрын

In the 1987 Documentary Paris Is Burning about African American Gay & Trans Folks, they mentioned The Colbys, Dynasty, Another World & All My Children who the "Children" loved watching.

@lavishgetin

7 жыл бұрын

Youngstown529 he died i think.

@Youngstown529

7 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Conti

@arthurbunsch3067

7 жыл бұрын

Bill Conti is a legend,loved his great hits and the cheesy ones too.

@laminage

6 жыл бұрын

Arthur Bunsch Yes but let's not forget Henry Mancini (Y & R, Dragnet, as well as The Thorn Birds) as well as Michel Legrand (Lady Sings The Bliues and Summer of 42).

Watching Tracey Scoggins in this it's hard to believe that about just ten years later she would take the role of Captain Elizabeth Lockley, the no-nonsense commander of space station Babylon 5 in it's finale season. A role which quickly made her a massive fan favorite at science fiction conventions. Even twenty years after B5 aired she still draws major crowds.

@maestroclassico5801

9 ай бұрын

Tracey was in one of the Dallas movies after it's original Run ended. She is the only "opening show credits" actor (there were 2 other "post show credits" actors) to be on both Dynasty and Dallas.

The theme song sounds like Dynasty, then Superman the Movie, then Back to the Future.

Loved the Colby’s...

Loved watching the Colbys growing up . It was very popular in school I remember, , many of us watched it & hardly anyone watched Dynasty . It was pure escapism & fun.

@diamonddiamond8853

2 жыл бұрын

You're so Right! Maxwell Caulfield (Miles), was all THAT and a bag of Doritos!...& Claire Yarlett's (Bliss) boyfriend, Sean McCallister (Charles Van Eman) !

This show was pretty much a copy of Dynasty rather than a spin off. Granted it had some great actors and characters mostly notably Stefanie Beecham it wasn’t very original. At least, Knots Landing was different than Dallas. That said, it had a awesome theme song which I always liked. Very powerful.

This show had so much potential, and I feel did start strong, but sadly faded fast. The theme however, my God, what a theme song! Maybe even more epic than Dynasty itself!

@44excalibur

4 жыл бұрын

Well, I think that when you compare Dynasty II: The Colbys to the Dallas spin-off, Knots Landing, you can see why the Dallas spin-off succeeded and the Dynasty spin-off failed.

They all look shocked then pose lol you got to love the camp of the colbys lol

God I miss good television. Remember when TV shows had great and memorable opening and closing theme music and credits? We didn't have networks showing commercials during squished closing credits. We didn't have channels full of fake, scripted, "reality" shows. We didn't have lame excuses for sitcoms that were so lacking in creativity that every other line had to be a raunchy sex joke. We didn't have in-depth character studies full of ultra-realistic disturbing violence masquerading as dramas.

@briantw

3 жыл бұрын

There is still great television today. With streaming, TV has become a powerhouse again. Maybe not network television with all the ads and such, but there is still good television.

That intro music was always so... Superman-esque. lol.

This show along with Hotel were my favorites!

Eighties music and theme songs were so intentional. It changed the tone of the whole show.

Tracy Scoggins is only a few years younger than Stephanie Beacham who played her mum!

I mentioned in a reply (below) how and when I started watching Dynasty, yet missed out on watching The Colbys; yet most people on different sites slagg off The Colbys: no clue why; I think it's pretty amazing!

splendida melodia quella dei colby grandissimi attori eccellente serial!!!

Shame Barbara Stanwyck only did one season,she as excellent

@ivorytower99

6 жыл бұрын

Right next to her real life best friend Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck is a Hollywood Goddess!

@billnavarro7145

Жыл бұрын

I read that Barbara Stanwyck was not happy working with Charleton Heston, and was kind of upset that she had no screen time with Linda Evans. Also that her character wasn't strong enough.

Love how they just come out and call it Dynasty 2, in case there's any viewers scared to take a chance on a Dynasty type show with unfamiliar characters.

@radrobd123

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but they dropped the Dynasty II after 4 episodes and it just became The Colbys

Loved the 80s!

I love(d) this show so much, I taped every show except ep 20 (because I forgot to program the VCR) but found it here on You Tube. Yay!....still have all the VHS tapes. Stephanie Beacham was totally cool. I loved the 80's.....TV, Music, Clothes...what a fun decade after all the crap that happened in the 70's. Aside from FM music (ok, disco, too), the 70's were a downer (the war, watergate, movies etc)...the '80's felt like a weight had been lifted and was all about fun!

Such a shame that this show wasn't written as well as it was when it first started. I mean, seriously, look at this cast-Charlton Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Montablan, Joseph Campanella, Stephanie Beachman, John James, Ken Howard, Emma Samms, Maxwell Caufield, as well as Tracy Scoggins and Claire Yarlett. What an incredible cast this was. Really. Between the EPICNESS of the Theme Song combined with the cast and the writers of Dynasty itself-this show should've been so much better than it was. So much better. Such a shame.

@rolandbaldwin

9 жыл бұрын

The show was lacking in storyline after a few episodes. The best part was the opening credits unfortunately and I do prefer this theme Dynasty.

@badcasey9943

8 жыл бұрын

+Karen Catizone The producers forgot to hire good writers, so that there would be some interesting plotlines. Such a waste of incredible stars. Great actors with nothing interesting to say.

@TimBoyd2012

5 жыл бұрын

Barbara Stanwyck and Linda Evans starred together in Big Valley in the 60s

Wow great cast

So Dynasty had an expanded universe like the MCU.Interesting.

A soundtrack fit for Majesties....

Fantastic opening and the music is brilliant for the very rich, loved the background of each cast member to somewhat match there personality 3 favorites.... Charlton Heston - Powerful

@ryangreen2469

3 жыл бұрын

Ooops ! Charlton Heston - Powerful Pacific Ocean wave. Barbara Stanwyck- Beautiful Rose Garden And Clare Yarnett - Very popular 80's trendy Dance Club. Too bad it did not quite reach an audience like Dynasty, probably because of the bad choice of casting Emma Samms as Fallon, Lol !! (nothing against Emma) but, dont insult the audience, Pamela Sue Martin had Blue eyes and a sexy raspy voice not a British accent. Maxwell Caulfield was delicious eye candy though... Thank you for uploading this timeless piece.

To me the theme music seems more suited to a superhero movie or series

Superb 😇

This show was great television! I loved the music, and the cast.. Hard to figure that the show only lasted 2 seasons.

@emerybayblues

3 жыл бұрын

Not that hard. The writing sucked. That's why Barbara Stanwyck left after 1 season. Also the prime time soaps declining as a genre.

With all due respect to Hollywood legends Chuck and Babs, and established Dynasty stars James and Emma… this show was all about Stephanie. She stole this show right from under everyone’s noses. Her weird placement in the credits prove even the show runners had no idea what they had in her.

@bonghunezhou5051

17 күн бұрын

Neither John James nor Emma Samms was an established "star". As for Stephanie B, her status reminds me of Larry Hagman; when Dallas first began, his character started out as a side role, namely to Pam (Victoria Principal) and Bobby (Patrick Duffy).

Amazing Indeed!!!! ❤

It was cool that we thought for a few seconds that it was the same Dynasty theme!

Wish I could find full episodes of the entire two seasons. I just finished Dynasty including the reunion and I'm currently experiencing separation anxiety. Missing the camp glamour!

@damianlatimer5753

4 жыл бұрын

it might be on Amazon or Video Dailymotion or Vimeo

@emadinah

4 жыл бұрын

You can always purchase the entire series on amazon.com or walmart.com!!

@WhitneyHouston4eva1

3 жыл бұрын

If you're looking for the dvds try Amazon or eBay.

I like this show as well....Yes, power and money being seen all the time..Heheehe

Why is it so amazing? The music?

Wow!

The Colby's still an amazing opening theme...bombastic and over the top...Falcon Crest theme was lovely but more subtle...not as forte as TC.

Very nice.

I heard that Joan Collins was really bothered by this show and asked her Dynasty co stars to not have anything to do with it

@radrobd123

2 жыл бұрын

True she felt the spin-off was cheapening the Dynasty brand and refused to appear on it.

I love Tracey and Claire, Mr. Spellins allways had great and beautiful actresses! Claire only take part as guest in several t.v. series, you found her in IMDB

Dear Colbys ... dear Colbys ... Uncle loveth thee beyond even the ensnaring opening theme music. Uncle hath transported thee from his childhood and adolescence into adulthood. UNCLE LOVETH THEE !!! Dear publisher 'JoanCollins2009' of the Alexis kind ... Loveth we thee still !!!

This is so awesome. I post this on my wife's facebook once a week, reminding her that I have my own show :) My name is Colby :)

The key to a great 1980s tv drama intro- act surprised when u see the camera and pose.

@DouglasRickard

8 жыл бұрын

+pumbaaj and how many of us have imitated that! :D

@laminage

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, in Europe a French Comedian made a joke about The Opening Sequence Of The Young & The Restless (With The White Backdrop). They never have Opening Sequences like that on UK Soaps. Eastenders has a Map, while Coronation Street always shows a Cat while Emmerdale has you looking at The Village from an aerial point of view.

@material___

4 жыл бұрын

pumbaaj or sitcoms

@abramquinn7726

2 жыл бұрын

YES

In the opening, there's a Hawaii Five-O style background credit Charleton Heston and a Secret Storm background credit Emma Samms. Besides Emma, Tracy Scoggins & Claire Yarlett were two of the hottest looking ladies on the show. It's ashame it lasted only 2 years. Should've kept it on for another year.

California was wonderful in the 80s.

Beginning reminds me of Super Man.

@HnHBlkM Yes,Garret went back and forth between shows, as did Dominique

They should have put the Colby on a different day n time it would have last.longer

Wow. Saturday night revisited …

why do i get the feeling that this theme kinda sounds like "Dynasty" meets "Indiana Jones" or "Superman"??

This show unfortunately had no identity of it's own. It was a second Dynasty in the sense that Charlton was Blake, Stephanie was Alexis and Katherine was Krystle. They should have made it like Knots Landing which had a strong loyal following who loved the show for what it wasn't..a Dallas copy.

@radrobd123

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but ABC/Spelling tried to create a franchise. Kind similar to how Law & Order, CSI, NCIS all spun off similar shows in their respective franchises

The opening really is spectacular, but the show itself never came together, despite the big names in the cast.

classic tv theme when tv shows had themes

EXCELLENT!!!!!! This has got to be the BEST opening, with Falcon Crest's 5th season opening coming in a close second.

Like Dynasty theme meets superman theme

The Colbys had potential but it tried to hard to imitate Dynasty. They should have taken a few more risks with the characters and introduced more Hollywood-based storylines. Jackie Collins Hollywood Wives miniseries would have been a better show to copy. I loved Stephanie Beacham, Emma Samms and Max Caulfield. All it needed was Sammy Jo Carrington in LA trying to sleep her way to stardom.

A radio show I like has a lost tv themes item and this was this week’s. I couldn’t believe this a theme tune for a soap, sounds more like Superman! Did John Williams compose it? It also has a hint of Star Trek: the Next Generation, I know it was earlier though.

@diamonddiamond8853

2 жыл бұрын

Bill Conti composed this, Dynasty, & Falcon Crest. Fantastic composer!

Barbara Stanwyck was the best part of this show!

@lisaaugustin5400

4 жыл бұрын

When Stanwyck left, that was it, finished like the thornbirds !

@allknowingoracle3277

4 жыл бұрын

@@lisaaugustin5400 I don't agree Season 2 was still very entertaining without Connie. Stephanie carried this show as Sable.

I love all all the nighttime soaps from the eighties, but I have come to recognize and respect Dallas for being the King of the Hill. Knots Landing is a definite second, Dynasty third, and the rest fall thereafter. Knots Landing probably had the best and most believable stories. Knots Landing also ran the longest, fourteen years; Dallas ran thirteen; Falcon Crest nine; Dynasty eight; The Colbys two; Flamingo Road two; The Yellow Rose one. I love them all! But the Big Four: Dallas, Knots Landing, Dynasty, and Falcon Crest were the best, no doubt.

@peterpatzig9068

10 жыл бұрын

Dynasty has nine seasons.

@daltonbelflower7331

10 жыл бұрын

True Peter, but it ran for only eight years, from 1981 to 1989. Its first season began as a mid-season replacement in January 1981 and had only 13 episodes. So, yes, it did have nine seasons, but was only on the air for eight years.

@peterpatzig9068

10 жыл бұрын

Knots Landing starts in December 1979, Falcon Crest in December 1981. Are these "full" years??? Two mid-season shows more for you...

@TheEwing69

8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Patzig Still counts as a season, many classics shows fall under this category as a mid season replacement, including perhaps the greatest sitcom of all time, All in the Family, which premiered in Jan 1971, but was still classified as a 1970-71 show. DALLAS will always be king of the hill, which ALSO started as a 5 episode miniseries, Warner Bros mistakenly named it as season 1 when they released the DVD's.

@damianlatimer5753

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheEwing69 well thats because its still part of Dallas

BARBARA STANWYK!!!!

@BlytheWorld1972

9 жыл бұрын

amazing

@playsbass1969

8 жыл бұрын

+wizz wizzingshire you left out a c

@BlytheWorld1972

8 жыл бұрын

wit

@playsbass1969

8 жыл бұрын

stanwyck aka victoria Barkley

There are only two exceptions in that cast: Charlton Heston had gained quite a lot of experience in waddling through sht, and Barbara Stanwyck had learned to walk over sht decades before the Colbys ever got in her way.

SUPERMAN!

Dynasty was the no.1 show in the US at this time so introducing this spin off series might have seemed a good idea but in reality it hastened it's demise. The schedule became over saturated with soaps about rich people and the formula ran out of steam.

Sounds like indy Jones or star wars.

Two words: French Horn!

1’13” KHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!

Which episode did they drop the "DYNASTY 2" title?

Bring back Soap with Billy Crystal

So did I.

I dont remember Ken Howard being on The Colbys. I know he was on Dynasty as Dominique Deveraux lover and the father of her daughter, Jackie. Was his character spinned-off to The Colbys??

@damianlatimer5753

4 жыл бұрын

yeah

@emerybayblues

3 жыл бұрын

He was Jason Colby's lawyer, but he did some crossing over to Dynasty b/c of Garret and Dominique's relationship.

BARBARA STANWYCK!!!! 👍👍👍

Stanwyck jumps out of the helicopter and some bozo guards take her hand an leads her away...WHAT???!!!! Barbara Stanwyck needs help, after jumping out of a helicopter....epic fail!

@lisaaugustin5400

4 жыл бұрын

Well, she was old, you have to help the old ladies to get safely away from helecopters and help old ladies to cross the street !

@danielesteve8359

4 жыл бұрын

If you pay attention, in every scene she walks from furniture to furniture. She couldn't stand up at the era

ALEXIS ultimately ran Colbyco in Denver. Hehe

@damianlatimer5753

4 жыл бұрын

i know and when their characters did start out on Dynasty they didnt visit Colbyco like they did DenverCarrington.isnt that something?

In real life the Colbys mad Denven Carrington look like a gas stand..if that was true in real life!!

How confused I was between Colby's and Dynasty.