This has been bugging me since Law & Order Criminal Intent started up on USA Network this season.
It’s the theme song.
Call me old fashioned, but I liked the original hard-rocking edgy theme of the earlier seasons. And this season’s “new” theme really isn’t new at all; it’s the theme from the short-lived Law & Order Trial by Jury. This “new” theme sounds a little too bombastic for me.
(Note: The videos with the themes have since been removed from YouTube and have been deleted from this post.)
By the way, I like the title cards much better in this season. Even though some of the pictures are the same, they've added a bit of a three-dimensional quality to them.
I agree with you, all of your sites are pretty sweet.
ReplyDeleteWhen I heard the new theme with CI I thought "ugh." I just now watched "Trial by Jury" for the first time and immediately recognized the theme was the same! I thought USA had mixed it up. I googled to see if I was right and landed on your post. Definitely prefer the NON-remixed version, and CI is my fave.
ReplyDeleteat 1st i thot it suk'd 2 but i think the jazzy style kinda growas on ya :P Law & Order CI is the best LONG LIVE VINCENT D'ONOFRIO!!!
ReplyDeleteI hate this stupid theme song. It sounds like the composer was on crack or strung out on caffeine. My husband looked forward to seeing play air guitar every time and I used to love seeing him gut laugh. Now I have to pretend to be Thomas Dolby on crack plaing the synthesizer. It is exhausting and the laugh is not the same. They really screwed our routine.
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I found your post on google, because I was looking for proof that the CI opening theme song changed. I totally agree with you; I miss the old theme song. I remember when Trial By Jury came out and I thought, "This theme is a little over the top." Imagine the horror when I heard it on CI. I always thought that CI's remix was the best.
ReplyDeleteI HATE this version of the theme. It drives me nuts and makes me want to fast forward or change the channel. It grates on me. It's just horrible. Really. And it's ruining my enjoyment of the show! Especially now that I'm digging Jeff on it. BTW, luv your site.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely hate the newer version of the CI theme. I'm glad I found that someone else hated it enough to blog about it :D
ReplyDeleteHorrible, this is the worst version of Mike Posts' great theme. It sounds like a bad 70's TV show.
ReplyDeleteThis is the only TV theme that I hit the mute button for
ReplyDeleteI hate the newer versions! Much prefer the original one.
ReplyDeleteCI new theme is awful, way too loud and sounds like the person was in a bad mood when this tripe was created, why muck about with the wonderful original theme?!! I so miss Goren and Eames!
ReplyDeleteNah, I like the theme change in Season 7. I was getting tired of the other one. One man's "bombastic" is another man's "dynamic".
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