TV show theme songs are like a bag of Halloween candy. There are the delicious candies, like the SpongeBob Theme Song, and there is that box of raisins that one crazy lady gives out, such as the theme from Fanboy and Chum Chum. Theme music for Italian dubs of anime are almost always like a bag full of your favorite candy. Why? They are just so darn catchy, with techno elements and a great beat. This blog post describes how these themes were made. Most of the information comes from PatMac's video about International Theme Songs. Check it out on YouTube here!
The reason why Italian anime themes are so catchy, is due to 2 prominent figures in Italian Music, and a company founded by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
The first figure is a man named Giorgio Vanni. His first stunt on Italian TV the Italian-language version of the jingle used in 1990's "Always Coca-Cola" commercials. Later in 1998, He was approached by Alessandra Valeri Manera, the head of Boys' programming at Mediaset, one of the largest media corporations in the country, owning 3 networks at the time, Canale 5, Italia 1, and Retequattro. Most of the animated programming at that time was on Italia 1, since that network was geared toward older children and young adult audiences. Vanni's first song at Mediaset was the theme to the 1970's Superman dub that aired on Italia 1 at the time. He later wrote and sang the themes for the dubs of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokémon, Dragon Ball Z, Sonic X, and many others.
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