Theme from Law & Order: SVU

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instrumental composition television theme song title music

"Theme from Law & Order: SVU" is the distinctive, suspenseful instrumental title music that opens the crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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Surface form Occurrences
Law & Order: SVU theme 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf instrumental composition ⓘ
television theme song ⓘ
title music ⓘ
associatedLocation New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Dick Wolf television productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithGenre crime drama ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ
basedOn Law & Order main theme NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedFor Law & Order: Special Victims Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRole iconic TV theme ⓘ
signature sound of the series ⓘ
distributionFormat broadcast television ⓘ
streaming platforms ⓘ
syndicated reruns ⓘ
firstAppearanceInMedium television ⓘ
genre instrumental ⓘ
television score ⓘ
hasLyrics false ⓘ
hasVocalPerformance false ⓘ
isInstrumental true ⓘ
isRecognizableCueFor Law & Order: Special Victims Unit brand NERFINISHED ⓘ
language none (instrumental) ⓘ
linkedToFranchise Law & Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium television audio ⓘ
notableFor association with crime drama ⓘ
distinctive rhythm ⓘ
suspenseful sound ⓘ
openingSequenceFeature New York City imagery ⓘ
cast credits ⓘ
series title card ⓘ
partOf Law & Order franchise music NERFINISHED ⓘ
playsAt beginning of each episode ⓘ
primaryFunction set mood for series ⓘ
signal start of episode ⓘ
relatedWork Law & Order: Special Victims Unit score NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theme from Law & Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudienceContext primetime television viewers ⓘ
titleOf Law & Order: Special Victims Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
tonalQuality dark ⓘ
dramatic ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ
typicalDuration short opening theme length ⓘ
usedAs opening theme ⓘ
usedIn Law & Order: Special Victims Unit opening credits ⓘ
television series ⓘ
usedSince series premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ⓘ

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit → hasOpeningTheme → Theme from Law & Order: SVU ⓘ
Mike Post → notableWork → Theme from Law & Order: SVU ⓘ
this entity surface form: Law & Order: SVU theme