Music whinge
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:09 pm
Hello everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster from the UK. I've been watching the new series of KR since the pilot aired. We had a pilot party and I played it out on our HD projector to an audience of 20+. Most of them were people around my age (late 20's, early 30's) who had enjoyed Knight Rider when it was first broadcast. When the first bars of the music began to play during the titles the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. This was brilliant. Knight Rider was back. And then it all went wrong. And it's continued to be wrong since. Not the show which is brilliant - fantastically escapist and even better since the reboot. Not the car, because the Ford thing never bugged me - we never see TA's in the UK and we never see Mustangs.
It's the music. Specifically, the theme. Where the gosh darned heck is the brilliant Knight Rider theme that we all know and love? I've enjoyed them putting the bass line cues in the show of late, but where is the triumphant lead line?
The thing that really bugs the tar out of me is that they were using a really cool version of the theme on the 2 minute promo clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e9wgshS0qI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - 24 seconds onwards) and this wasn't even included in the pilot. I had high hopes of the series coming in with a better mix, but they kept the worst thing of the pilot! New titles for the reboot, but still that bland and pointless guitar break just when the theme is about to get going.
Is it just me?
It's the music. Specifically, the theme. Where the gosh darned heck is the brilliant Knight Rider theme that we all know and love? I've enjoyed them putting the bass line cues in the show of late, but where is the triumphant lead line?
The thing that really bugs the tar out of me is that they were using a really cool version of the theme on the 2 minute promo clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e9wgshS0qI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - 24 seconds onwards) and this wasn't even included in the pilot. I had high hopes of the series coming in with a better mix, but they kept the worst thing of the pilot! New titles for the reboot, but still that bland and pointless guitar break just when the theme is about to get going.
Is it just me?