Classic TV Theme: The Paper Chase (three versions)

This adaptation of the movie found John Houseman repeating his signature role of Professor Kingsfield. The first season was on CBS, and the network liked the pilot but wanted a song. So the first episode had an instrumental of 'The First Years' (by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel) during the opening titles and a vocal at the end. That was changed after the pilot was picked up to a vocal over the opening and closing sung by Seals and Crofts. When the show moved to Showtime the producers had a little more control over things so they scrapped the song entirely and Stephen Seretan, who had composed background music during the first season, scored both the open and close with a pseudo-classical piece. Enjoy all three themes and with luck, you'll leave thinking like a lawyer.