Unless you were raised by wolves, chances are you've got a personal medley of TV tunes stored somewhere deep in your heart.  Sadly the days of the narrative rich opening theme seem to have passed, with nervous producers favouring contracted sequences to suit the diminished attention span of the twittertribe.

But at what price? In years to come, are we likely to connect with mutual nostalgia over the whoosh from Lost?

Andrew talks with conductor Guy Noble and TV critic, Michael Idato (The Sydney Morning Herald) about the lost art of the TV theme tune.