Dragnet (theme music)

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"Dragnet" is an instrumental theme from the radio and television show of the same name. It was composed by Miklós Rózsa as part of his score for the 1946 film version of The Killers and modified by Walter Schumann for the show. A 1953 recording of the tune by Ray Anthony became a popular music chart hit (reaching #2 on the Billboard chart).

The tune, also known as "Danger Ahead" and the "Dragnet March", was later covered by the band Art of Noise to become the theme music for the 1987 film based on the TV show. Its familiar four-note opening fanfare was also adopted as a jingle for Tums antacid medication. The version performed by the Frank Chacksfield Orchestra was used by Radio Veronica as the opening theme to the Dutch Top 40 and Tipparade.

A sample of this was used in the song "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" by First Choice.

The 2003 Dick Wolf-produced version of Dragnet used a modified version of the "Danger Ahead" theme composed by Mike Post.

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