Love the power of the 1994-98 theme! My favourite bit of that is how the first "do di da do" in sync with the horse riders! Followed by the land rover driving through a puddle! The 1998-2005 and 2005-11 is what I grew up with watching Emmerdale with my parents before going to bed! 98-05 being the better one of the two thanks to the real power of the theme tune and the little snippets of village residents as it pans over the Yorkshire dales and finishes in the village of Emmerdale! The 2011-present theme is good as well!
@@ScottRandolph-dd7dr cool. There is a youtube channel called Classic Emmerdale which has all the episodes from the 90s and 2000s. Mid 2000s was when Emmerdale was at its peak.
I agree the 00's orchestral version was the best, but I prefer the titles used in the 2005-2011. It was like being whisked away from wherever you're from across the country into the Yorkshire Dales and into Emmerdale. The one before it with the square clips of random actors slapping each other and cheering was a bit random. The ones before that were showing hang gliding and rock-climbing. I don't ever remember those things being prominent in Emmerdale. To me, the 2005-2011 were the best fit.
@@BLTKellys It was random 'actors'. If they had shown characters from the show I could understand it, but it was just clips of non-descript people arguing and cheering.
I can't listen to the original theme music without a year in my eye. I was 4 years old and used to sit in front of the fire with my mum in my pre school years. Days that have long gone. My mum is 83 tomorrow.
I've got the long version of the original first theme on a rare compilation CD, and it really is a beautiful piece of music in its own right. Tony Hatch always did write a bloody good theme tune!
I think all the versions have their place, I'm just about old enough to remember when it changed from the original piano and oboe arrangement to the 1992-1998 midi version done with either a Roland U-20 or U-220 but I think back in the 90s they also did reruns of classic Emmerdale Farm episodes. Both orchestral versions are good and fit the era in which they are used perfectly, even though the 1998 orchestral version is higher quality the modern version fits the more modern times better despite the strings sounding thin but it still fits in better with the last decade going into 2023 and however longer it's used for until if and when they decide to redo it again. I stopped watching it on TV back in 2018 but I still watch clips of it on RUclips. The 1998 orchestral version was also used on 1992-1997 reruns around 2000.
I'd probably agree than the epic orchestral music with the floyver of Yorkshire countryside and the village is probably the best, I still find the music of the 2011 onwards theme good, ithe video in the new titles show it's gone even further from farming and rural life of course in the pictures of classy interiors shown in it of course!, as music it's an even more hard hitting orchestral theme in some ways.
This video was obviously made by someone younger with nostalgia for the early 2000s titles, but no understanding of the emotion and characters attached to the earlier titles. Looking at it objectively (which I am, I was never an Emmerdale fan), the original theme and the piano themes were much more emotional. The orchestral themes are too over the top, they strip the music of emotion and make it too much like Dallas or Dynasty.
i approve of the no.1 choice, my favourite out if them all! i love how hard the slap is the lady gives her boyfriend, makes me wonder if she REALLY did clock him one 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Have too say 1980s titles where kinda cute with the Calf feeding from it's mother cow and I like the theme going with the sun set but the show wasn't as dramatic as it is today. But my all time favourite theme is 1998 too 2011 but my favourite intro scene has too be 1998 too 2005. Especially the longer ending credits in 1999 of the 1998 theme and exit outro scene from 1998
(Emmerdale farm)1972-1974-1975-1989(Emmerdale)1989-1992-1993-1994-1998-2005-2011-now (my worse one is 2011-now hate it)(my favorite one is between 1992-2011 5 intros and Emmerdale Farm 1972-1975 2 intros
I admit that is random but I think it represents Emmerdale as an ensemble show. Having unnamed actors is a good way to avoid the problem Hollyoaks has with their intro.
@@KarlTheKarl1 Why on Earth did the people who made the current one think we’d want to see close-ups of locations we see in every episode as opposed to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales?
98-05 is the worst. Who are the random people in black and white? They're not even on the programme. I prefer the mid-90s intro. The jumping lambs can't be bested.
98- 05 and 05- 2011 just hit different! Major nostalgia vibes ❤
My favourite Emmerdale era during those years
@@jonathanmuranganwa4909 mid 2000s was when they had the best characters. The King family.
Love the power of the 1994-98 theme!
My favourite bit of that is how the first "do di da do" in sync with the horse riders! Followed by the land rover driving through a puddle!
The 1998-2005 and 2005-11 is what I grew up with watching Emmerdale with my parents before going to bed!
98-05 being the better one of the two thanks to the real power of the theme tune and the little snippets of village residents as it pans over the Yorkshire dales and finishes in the village of Emmerdale!
The 2011-present theme is good as well!
This is not what I expected to be watching when I woke up this morning.
Well, thank you for tuning in either way.
Lol Sunday morning and I’m watching this video while the wife and kids are getting ready for church
This is what I expected to be watching when I woke up this morning 🌄
❤ Greetings from coastal Mississippi. Love Emmerdale
Americans watch Emmerdale?
@@ThomasWilliams89 yes, l watch EastEnders, Holly Oaks. Also Strictly Come Dancing as well. Thanks for commenting across the pond 😄
@@ScottRandolph-dd7dr cool. There is a youtube channel called Classic Emmerdale which has all the episodes from the 90s and 2000s. Mid 2000s was when Emmerdale was at its peak.
@@ThomasWilliams89 Thanks for the information. Appreciate the comment. Cajun greetings from across the pond 🧔👋
@@ScottRandolph-dd7dr No problem my friend.
2:57 Is my fav intro I didn’t watch excatly in 1994-1998 but I did watch it at 7am on itv3 in 2020s
My Nan likes to watch this sometimes, I like the intro.
My mum used to watch this but she only likes corrie now
Same
I agree the 00's orchestral version was the best, but I prefer the titles used in the 2005-2011. It was like being whisked away from wherever you're from across the country into the Yorkshire Dales and into Emmerdale. The one before it with the square clips of random actors slapping each other and cheering was a bit random. The ones before that were showing hang gliding and rock-climbing. I don't ever remember those things being prominent in Emmerdale. To me, the 2005-2011 were the best fit.
It wasn’t random. It represented the human emotions. So much more creative than a boring flight over the country.
@@BLTKellys It was random 'actors'. If they had shown characters from the show I could understand it, but it was just clips of non-descript people arguing and cheering.
I can't listen to the original theme music without a year in my eye. I was 4 years old and used to sit in front of the fire with my mum in my pre school years. Days that have long gone. My mum is 83 tomorrow.
Not my choice for number 1 spot. I mean who were those people in the titles?
i Agree With with You're Ranks The December 1998-September 2005 and September 2005-May 2011 Are The Best intros in My Opinion
No they're tasteless and cheap in comparison to the talent put into the origionals. This list is diabolical.
I've got the long version of the original first theme on a rare compilation CD, and it really is a beautiful piece of music in its own right. Tony Hatch always did write a bloody good theme tune!
I always wanted to know who those actors were in the 90's opening.
As a ten year old, I am strangely addicted to emmerdale.
i loved emmerdale when i was 6
IMO: 1. 1992-1993
2. 1994-1998
3. 1998-2005
4. 1989-1992
5. 1974-1975
6. 2005-2011
7. 1993-1994
8. 1972-1974
9. 2011-present
10. 1975-1989
2011 titles are still on screen in 2021 😂
and in 2024
You can't beat the old original theme from the 1970s. Good old days. Just how our country should have been kept
Nice one mate!
Have you made one with Corrie intros?
This is the best video I love 😍
How is the new Emmerdale intro the worst? I like it
I think all the versions have their place, I'm just about old enough to remember when it changed from the original
piano and oboe arrangement to the 1992-1998 midi version done with either a Roland U-20 or U-220 but I think back
in the 90s they also did reruns of classic Emmerdale Farm episodes. Both orchestral versions are good and fit
the era in which they are used perfectly, even though the 1998 orchestral version is higher quality the modern
version fits the more modern times better despite the strings sounding thin but it still fits in better with the last
decade going into 2023 and however longer it's used for until if and when they decide to redo it again. I stopped
watching it on TV back in 2018 but I still watch clips of it on RUclips. The 1998 orchestral version was also used
on 1992-1997 reruns around 2000.
94-98 is goated. Best era of the show with the Tates, Glovers, Dingles, Sugdens and Windsors.
Great! Watching now on ITV3 were on the best theme tune now, and the best drama. Marlon's missing knlfe / Donna some great episodes
My favourite is the new version. Mostly because of the awesome rendition of the theme.
How can you put the current intro at the bottom it's awesome and deserves to be in the top 3
Happy 40th anniversary to emmerdale 1972 to 2011.
#4 is the best intro I reckon, watched and heard it in New Zealand Television.
Could you do coronation street theme songs rank from worst to best
I'd probably agree than the epic orchestral music with the floyver of Yorkshire countryside and the village is probably the best, I still find the music of the 2011 onwards theme good, ithe video in the new titles show it's gone even further from farming and rural life of course in the pictures of classy interiors shown in it of course!, as music it's an even more hard hitting orchestral theme in some ways.
No chance. The original is by far the best. It’s beautiful and eery at the same time which is what makes it so alluring and enduring.
100%
Oooh, no! The sun bleached 1980's titles were infinitely better than any of the others by miles.
Agreed huge time.
Yes, the sunset one is the best
This video was obviously made by someone younger with nostalgia for the early 2000s titles, but no understanding of the emotion and characters attached to the earlier titles. Looking at it objectively (which I am, I was never an Emmerdale fan), the original theme and the piano themes were much more emotional. The orchestral themes are too over the top, they strip the music of emotion and make it too much like Dallas or Dynasty.
i approve of the no.1 choice, my favourite out if them all! i love how hard the slap is the lady gives her boyfriend, makes me wonder if she REALLY did clock him one 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tbh the 1998-2005 intro was the best
Have too say 1980s titles where kinda cute with the Calf feeding from it's mother cow and I like the theme going with the sun set but the show wasn't as dramatic as it is today. But my all time favourite theme is 1998 too 2011 but my favourite intro scene has too be 1998 too 2005. Especially the longer ending credits in 1999 of the 1998 theme and exit outro scene from 1998
#7 mid 70s
#4
#3 early 70s
-- loved the oboe
Ummm... should I be here or is this a bad time?! 🤨
We seem to like the same shows. Coronation Street, Emmerdale, EastEnders and Thomas
It was originally going to be called _The Turnip Eaters_
1994-1998 was my favourite.
April 1974 brings tears to my eyes my late wife was born the n
(Emmerdale farm)1972-1974-1975-1989(Emmerdale)1989-1992-1993-1994-1998-2005-2011-now (my worse one is 2011-now hate it)(my favorite one is between 1992-2011 5 intros and Emmerdale Farm 1972-1975 2 intros
Your choice of #1 is probably one of the worst - it features stylised characters who weren't even in the programme
My mam and dad love Emmerdale. I think they'll agree with #10.
The best one was the worst in my opinion as we did not know any of those people! They were not characters in the show.
I admit that is random but I think it represents Emmerdale as an ensemble show. Having unnamed actors is a good way to avoid the problem Hollyoaks has with their intro.
@@RobTheGreenEngine Or maybe not have anybodys faces at all like the prssent opening titles...
I prefer 'The Six Million Dollar Man,' version.
Will you do one for Corrie?
Yeah, probably. They should be easy to access.
@@RobTheGreenEngine have you done one for coronation street yet please
@@benrutter7079 l Love Coronation Street Theme.
2011 looks like Scandinavian
No 9 was my favourite 1975-1989 childhood and Clive Hornby.
Welp you messed it up, you put the 2005 one 2nd, Rob you have failed me 😂 jk, I just like the 2005 one best 👍🏻
Also I think that the one you put at 1st place is the worst one but oh well 😂
Believe me, it was close between the top two. Comfortably the best version of the theme in the whole series. I want it back badly.
@@RobTheGreenEngine same, I’m just missing those helicopter shots from out in the middle of nowhere 😂
@@KarlTheKarl1 Why on Earth did the people who made the current one think we’d want to see close-ups of locations we see in every episode as opposed to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales?
@@RobTheGreenEngine Idk, I don’t wanna see Nicola’s legs in The Woolpack, I want helicopter shots 😂
The current version needs ditching.
I saw theme 1
preferred it wen it was emmerdale farm
I prefer it when it was 2000 emmerdale and before when the show was still great
The most recent titles are the best ❤️
For me I would have ranked them completely differently. Your number 1 would have been my number 10. Cannot stand that version of the theme.
I agree, the latest is the worst opening, it sounds cheap like it was put together on a computer
Sponsored by land rover
Never liked the 98/2011 theme. The piano version from the 90's had a real country village feel to it.
It sounded tinny and very computer generated. The orchestra version from 1998 was the best of all Emmerdale themes
#2 was better than #1. I never liked those ugly people blocking the beautiful scenery.
98-05 is the worst. Who are the random people in black and white? They're not even on the programme. I prefer the mid-90s intro. The jumping lambs can't be bested.
I totally disagree
Why?
I like the new one the best
@@Jamiereactwitholliesstudios oh well that's ur opinion
And what was the 80's Radox bathsalt-themed intro doing at #9? That should be at #1. Does someone not like the sound of the oboe?
@@jasonlam9017 it's his opinion
4:44 is the best by far.