The Amazing Spiderman theme

My last few entries have been a little too esoteric, so here's something that's much more fun (bit more of a sports crowd in 'ere, you know what I mean pal?).

It's the theme from the original Spiderman cartoon. Great tune, great drums... and it somehow captures that excitement I used to feel when the cartoon came on. The show was the first TV adaption of the character, and originally ran from 1967 to 1970 on ABC, but helped fill many a kids' TV schedule for years after this on repeat.

Peter Parker has of course gone on to achieve movie blockbuster fame beyond his comic book and cartoon origins, and good for him. He got orphaned, lost his uncle and got bitten by a radioactive spider for god's sake, so he deserves a break.



While I'm on the subject of radioactivity here's a thought: a good mate of mine has recently had to take radioactive iodine to treat a condition (really), and has even been warned about his radioactive state (eg. he couldn't go near babies for a while).

During this time, I really wanted him to bite a spider to see what happened - we could have created 'manspider', an arachnid with less strength than other spiders, that sat around on the sofa all day drinking beer, and would only manage to spin a web occasionally - perhaps on bank holidays. Or he could have bitten me to make 'manman' which would have ...

Ok, ok that's enough - you only wanted the download, didn't you? Here it is then:

Download the Spiderman theme here