Attn Fans of The Good Wife: obscure music question

March 24, 2023 10:06 AM

Every once in a while on The Good Wife, the characters would have to watch some sort of HR training film, and these films had a particular musical theme that became a running joke in our house, something we'd hum whenever someone did something "inappropriate." Anyway, we've just realized that no one remembers the tune any more...

I don't really feel like rewatching the series, so I'm hoping someone here can point me to a specific episode or maybe record themself humming the tune or plinking it out on the piano or even transcribing it into music notation.

posted by mpark to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

IMDB says this company did the music editing for the show, maybe email or call and ask them?

https://www.micdiprod.com/
posted by Jacqueline at 2:57 PM on March 24, 2023

Are you sure it was The Good Wife? I don't remember that from the show. Not that I totally trust my memory for a show from years ago, but figured I'd ask since that would certainly hamper any google searches you've tried.
posted by Gravel at 7:59 PM on March 24, 2023

I've been binging TGW (and now TGF) on DVD, and there's no HR training film that the characters have to watch.

The Good Wife's recurring schtick was a horribly gory cop action show where people were always blowing each other away while spouting clichéd quips.
posted by Harvey Kilobit at 9:39 PM on March 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: This passage (from a review of the "Ringtone of Doom" episode) is a good match to what I remember: "making everyone in the office take one of those sexual harassment seminars with those hilariously terrible nineties videos with voice-over and synthesizers. Perfect music."

So I'm pretty sure I'm not making it all up!
posted by mpark at 10:33 PM on March 24, 2023 [1 favorite]

Yes, I absolutely remember that tune from the sexual harassment episodes. I think Ringtone of Doom was the first episode it was in, and then it popped up again a few more times. Sorry, I can't find it online, but I definitely agree it happened.
posted by hydropsyche at 5:53 AM on March 25, 2023 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: hydropsyche, do you remember it well enough to hum it?

The other answers were making me doubt myself, so I'm glad to get confirmation of my unreliable memory. Gotta admit, though, that I have absolutely no recollection of a recurring cop action show!
posted by mpark at 7:37 AM on March 25, 2023

Sorry, I wish I did. It definitely reminded me of educational filmstrips in elementary school. If you're in the US, the whole show is on Paramount Plus. It might be worth paying for a month's subscription just so you can watch that episode. I think it occurred at the very end of the episode.
posted by hydropsyche at 5:12 PM on March 25, 2023 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks, hydropsyche. Yup, they're offering me a 7-day trial of Paramount+. I don't want to waste it on one TGW episode though. Gotta make a list of P+ shows we can binge for a week!
posted by mpark at 10:42 PM on March 25, 2023 [1 favorite]