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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The great Music/HenryMancini did the music. You just know there's something special about the music when not one, but ''two'' albums of the music were released.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The great Music/HenryMancini did the music. You just know there's something special about the music when not one, but ''two'' albums of the music were released. Worth noting is that the music is usually labelled as Music/{{Jazz}} (Mancini being primarily known as a jazz composer), but Mancini himself claimed that the famous theme song was his take on RockAndRoll, and some covers (particularly the Duane Eddy cover) emphasize this.
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** The theme was also used in 1980's ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' as their own LeitMotif.
** There's also a little bit of BeamMeUpScotty in the fact that the tune is commonly thought of as "spy music," but ''Peter Gunn'' was a detective show.

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** The theme was also used in 1980's ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' as their own LeitMotif.
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** There's also a little bit of BeamMeUpScotty in the fact that the tune is commonly thought of as generic "spy music," but ''Peter Gunn'' was a detective show.
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* CoveredUp: The show's theme tune became something of a BreakawayPopHit, in that it would be used in so many works to the point many people don't know it was made for this show.



** The Theme was also used in 1980's ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' as their own LeitMotif.

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** The Theme theme was also used in 1980's ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' as their own LeitMotif.



* RetroactiveRecognition: The iconic piano riff in the theme tune is performed by a young studio pianist named Johnny Williams.... yes, ''that'' Music/JohnWilliams.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: The iconic piano riff in the theme tune is performed by a young studio pianist named Johnny Williams....Williams... yes, ''that'' Music/JohnWilliams.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The great Music/HenryMancini did the music. You just know there's something special about the music when not one, but ''two'' albums of the music were released.



* AwesomeMusic: The great Henry Mancini did the music. You just know there's something special about the music when not one, but TWO albums of the music were released.

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* AwesomeMusic: The great Henry Mancini did the music. You just know there's something special about the music when not one, but TWO albums of the music were released.----
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The iconic piano riff in the theme tune is performed by a young studio pianist named Johnny Williams.... yes, ''that'' Music/JohnWilliams.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: The iconic piano riff in the theme tune is performed by a young studio pianist named Johnny Williams.... yes, ''that'' Music/JohnWilliams.Music/JohnWilliams.
* AwesomeMusic: The great Henry Mancini did the music. You just know there's something special about the music when not one, but TWO albums of the music were released.

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* CoveredUp: The theme was used in ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'', which people are more likely to recognize it from.
** Is there a trope for generational difference, because to people over a certain age, the theme is most definitely "The Peter Gunn Theme" and not the ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' theme. Not even sure the aforementioned people would know what ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' was.
** Even anyone who know it from VideoGame/SpyHunter know it as the Series/PeterGunn theme due to PopculturalOsmosis.

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* CoveredUp: CoveredUp:
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The theme was used in ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'', which people are more likely to recognize it from.
** Is there a trope for generational difference, because to people over a certain age, the theme is most definitely "The Peter Gunn Theme" and not the ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' theme. Not even sure the aforementioned people would know what ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' was.
** Even anyone who know it from VideoGame/SpyHunter know it as the Series/PeterGunn theme due to PopculturalOsmosis.
''VideoGame/SpyHunter''.
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** There's also a little bit of BeamMeUpScotty in the fact that the tune is commonly thought of as "spy music," but ''Peter Gunn'' was a detective show.

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** There's also a little bit of BeamMeUpScotty in the fact that the tune is commonly thought of as "spy music," but ''Peter Gunn'' was a detective show.show.
* RetroactiveRecognition: The iconic piano riff in the theme tune is performed by a young studio pianist named Johnny Williams.... yes, ''that'' Music/JohnWilliams.
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** Is there a trope for generational difference, because to people over a certain age, the theme is most definitely "The Peter Gunn Theme" and not the ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' theme. Not even sure the aforementioned people would know what ''SpyHunter'' was.

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** Is there a trope for generational difference, because to people over a certain age, the theme is most definitely "The Peter Gunn Theme" and not the ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' theme. Not even sure the aforementioned people would know what ''SpyHunter'' ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' was.
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* CoveredUp: The theme was used in ''SpyHunter'', which people are more likely to recognize it from.
** Is there a trope for generational difference, because to people over a certain age, the theme is most definitely "The Peter Gunn Theme" and not the ''SpyHunter'' theme. Not even sure the aforementioned people would know what ''SpyHunter'' was.
** Even anyone who know it from SpyHunter know it as the PeterGunn theme due to PopculturalOsmosis.
** The Theme was also used in 1980's ''TheBluesBrothers'' as their own LeitMotif.

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* CoveredUp: The theme was used in ''SpyHunter'', ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'', which people are more likely to recognize it from.
** Is there a trope for generational difference, because to people over a certain age, the theme is most definitely "The Peter Gunn Theme" and not the ''SpyHunter'' ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' theme. Not even sure the aforementioned people would know what ''SpyHunter'' was.
** Even anyone who know it from SpyHunter VideoGame/SpyHunter know it as the PeterGunn Series/PeterGunn theme due to PopculturalOsmosis.
** The Theme was also used in 1980's ''TheBluesBrothers'' ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' as their own LeitMotif.
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** The Theme was also used in 1980's ''TheBluesBrothers'' as their own LeitMotif.

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** The Theme was also used in 1980's ''TheBluesBrothers'' as their own LeitMotif.LeitMotif.
** There's also a little bit of BeamMeUpScotty in the fact that the tune is commonly thought of as "spy music," but ''Peter Gunn'' was a detective show.
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** Even anyone who know it from SpyHunter know it as the PeterGunn theme due to PopculturalOsmosis.

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** Even anyone who know it from SpyHunter know it as the PeterGunn theme due to PopculturalOsmosis.PopculturalOsmosis.
** The Theme was also used in 1980's ''TheBluesBrothers'' as their own LeitMotif.

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