Kick Ass Animorphs Theme!

[TobiasMasonPark]

     I set up a thread called "Ani-Tv: Likes and Dislikes", and it was commonly agreed that the least terrible thing about the Animorphs Television Series was its theme song. And I agree. It is always playing in my head. That was probably the only thing Nickelodeon did right.

     So, the point of this thread is this: was there a complete version of the song to download? Or is there a place where you can find the lyrics to the entire song? 

     If not, someone should deffinitely think of writing the rest of them to go with the original tune.

     Just a thought.

[Chad32]

I did like the theme song. I won't knock that.

[TobiasMasonPark]

     I know a bit of the lyrics. It goes something like: No turning back, no backing down, no where to run, no solid ground. No place to hide no one to trust, no one to help you when you're lost. There's only us.

     And the rest is sort of muddled. It sounds something like "It's all in your hands. Hold on, take out the darkness. You gotta take a stand. It's all in your hands.

[Chad32]

http://www.televisiontunes.com/Animorphs.html

[Duff]

Haha yea the theme was awesome, when I call my sister thats the ringtone she has for me lol

[Estelore]

The chorus is
"It's all in your hands. Hold on; hold back the darkness. You gotta' take a stand. It's all in your hands."

[LisaCharly]

I have it as a ringtone for one of my friends. Personally, I love the first half but as soon as it goes into those major chords in the chorus, it loses me.

[TobiasMasonPark]

     ^You know musical theory?

[LisaCharly]

Extremely basically? I know my major and minor chords. I figured out how to play the theme and to my ears, it's something like:

Verse:
F# minor, C# minor, G# minor

Chorus:
E major, F# minor, G#(?) minor

Possibly it's in a different key, since my piano hasn't been tuned in years, but I think those are the general ratios.

[radgeek]

I was about to ask for sheet music but I might do enough damage to my product with just the chords.

[goom]

i think it's:

    no turning back
    no backing down
    nowhere to run
    no solid ground
    no place to hide
    no one to trust
    no one to help you when you're lost
    there’s only us

    it’s all in your hands
    hold on
    hold back the darkness
    got to take a stand
    it’s all in your hands

would have been funny if it was 'it's all in your heads'.

[TobiasMasonPark]

     A little msical irony.

[Kyle]

years ago I went as far as to track down Norman Orenstein's website and emailed him requesting that he distribute the theme somehow. But the most that got him to do was post a piece he did for an episode where Jake tells the elimist that he didn't want to be be an animorph. Its the scene where Jake and Tobias stare at each other for 10 mins in the hallway. heh
http://www.normanorenstein.com/animorphs.html

Cool piece of music, but its not the main theme.

I also googled the 3 writers listed in the credits in hopes I could find a lead to someone that could help but no luck.

[BennyBoy]

Hey!

Have actually been working on this recently and taught myself to play the theme. Have posted a bit more info and video here:

http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7382.0

LisaCharly, that's pretty close. I think most of it is two tones down from what you have. Plus the melody.

[TobiasMasonPark]

     Alright, I was just adding to the song.

     Regular Type=Verse
     Bold type= Chorus
     Italics= Bridge
     
     
     No turning back
     No backing down
     No where to run
     No solid ground.

     No place to hide
     No one to trust
     No one to help you when you're lost
     There's only us.

     It's all in your hands
     Hold on, turn down the darkness
     You've got to take a stand
     It's all in your hands.     

     Keep looking back
     Keep falling down
     Keep hearing noises
     They're getting loud.

     Keeping feeling small
     Keep running scared
     Keep seeing things but no one's there
     It's only us

     It's all in your hands
     Hold on, turn down the darkness
     You've got to take a stand
     It's all in your hands.
     Still looking over my shoulder
     Thinking there's someone behind me
     Is it a friend or a foe?
     Is it someone I know?

     Still hearing voices in the night
     Thinking that someone's calling me
     Making up excuses, telling lies
     Feeling alone, saying goodbyes     
   
     It's all in your hands
     Hold on, turn down the darkness
     You've got to take a stand
     It's all in your hands.