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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 326814" data-attributes="member: 23">Five years on and this soundtrack has proved worth far more than its weight in gold. I continue to enjoy it and have just hit one of those moments where I've become obsessed with it all over again. It's well-sequenced, well-mastered and truly captures the magic of the series. [MEDIA=youtube]3AbtIiCT-Yk[/MEDIA]The different versions of the theme song continue to fascinate me.For no reason other than to satisfy my obsessive curiosity, I've been doing A/B comparisons between the two vocal versions of the opening theme and have decided both need to exist. The original version is punctuated by occasional low rasping horns which I absolutely love (they sound quite masculine, which adds a nice balance). The updated version sounds weightier and somehow a bit stronger and I like the updated lyrics, but I dislike the flute. <img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fhalleonard-pagepreviews%2FHL_DDS_105192E5Gr3VUih1.png&f=1&nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I've only just learnt that John Bähler - lead vocalist on the original theme and the first version of the Second Season theme - returned to sing the "Wonder Woman"s in the disco-era Third Season arrangement. My ears were so used to the female backing harmonies that I've always heard that  in the Third Season, even though there are apparently no female harmonies in that final version.Incidentally, I was rather surprised to discover that Bähler is white. I've long had a mental image of the singer as a tall, handsome black or mixed race guy with a winning smile and an afro.</blockquote>

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