Are you one of those who are delighted to find the opening credits of your favorite TV series? To slide, with this sequence, towards the fictional universe and the characters that you cherish? to recognize, from the first notes, the music that gives life to this introductory scene? Discover “Generic Collection”, our audio series which sets out to detail, analyze and dissect series credits. Anne Demoulin, journalist in the “Culture” department of 20 minutes, tells us the small, and the big story of series credits. Their backstage, and sometimes clues revealing developments, even secrets, of the series.
A very rhythmic credits, precursor
For this first episode, place in the credits of the television series “Mission: Impossible”, a monument of the credits of the series, with its cult music, composed by Lalo Schifrin… The TV series, created by Bruce Geller, is broadcast between 1966 and 1973 on CBS, before arriving in France. It tells the adventures of a team of secret agents in charge of perilous and illegal missions, members of the “Impossible mission force”. They are led by the cunning Jim Phelps, notably played by actor Peter Graves. The series will inspire several cinema films with Tom Cruise, alias Ethan Hunt. What are the secrets of the credits of “Mission impossible”? What does it reveal about the series? Why is this credits from the 1960s a forerunner, in its frenetic pace, of many series credits? Listen to all the answers from journalist Anne Demoulin in this episode…
See you very soon for a new episode of our audio series “Generic Collection” in the podcast “ Summer in your ears “. It will be devoted to the credits of the TV series “Ten percent”. Listen to the podcast Summer in your ears on all apps and online listening platforms, like apple podcast, Spotify Where Amazon Music for example. To grow our community, feel free to subscribe for free, leave us comments and five stars on Apple Podcast.