Philo_T_Farnsworth t1_j9qkwdi wrote on February 23, 2023 at 9:26 PM

The theme song from Taxi is one of the best of all time IMO. Made me really fall in love with that Rhodes Piano as an instrument.

cosmictechnodruid t1_j9rcfy4 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 12:28 AM

It's my ringtone. Very chill

SmoreOfBabylon t1_j9rdnb8 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 12:37 AM

Fun fact: series composer Bob James originally wrote that theme (called “Angela”) as incidental music for the third episode of season 1, where Alex goes on a blind date with answering service operator Angela Matusa. The showrunners liked it so much that they decided to use it as the theme song for the entire series.

As it happens, James is a very accomplished jazz composer and keyboardist outside of the show; several of his non-Taxi works were even sampled by early hip hop artists.