Which band performed the opening theme for the 1985 Twilight Zone revival?

The Grateful Dead performed the opening theme for the 1985 Twilight Zone revival.

The group created and recorded “The Twilight Zone ’85 Main Title,” working with musician Merl Saunders. Their music incorporated elements of the familiar theme associated with the original series, composed by Marius Constant. The new arrangement gave the revival a distinctly contemporary, psychedelic-rock identity while still signaling its connection to Rod Serling’s classic anthology.

The 1985 revival premiered on CBS on September 27, 1985, and ran for three seasons through 1989. Grateful Dead members also contributed incidental music to several episodes, so their involvement extended beyond the title sequence. The band’s participation is sometimes confused with the original show’s composers: Bernard Herrmann wrote the first-season theme for the 1959 series, while Constant’s theme became the better-known signature from season two onward.

The revival was narrated by Charles Aidman, later replaced by Robin Ward for Canadian-produced episodes, rather than by Serling, who had died in 1975.