Check out how many different versions there are of the MacGyver theme online. What is so great about this TV theme that everybody and their mother has to weigh in with their own version? Don't get me wrong, it's totally awesome! I feel like I need to bottle whatever is so great about this composition and inject it into everything I write.
Just to give the uninitiated a frame of reference, here's the original TV theme (gotta love the pseudo-mullet...that beautiful plumage would get better as the years wore on).
How about on the piano?
Truly awesome: all acoustic guitar. This can't be easy.
What MacGyver retrospective would be complete without a bitchin' 80s synthesizer version? I love how he starts out with the dramatic presentation of the DVDs and then psyches himself up. He totally biffs it near the end but recovers to finish. RDA would be proud!
How about on a ruler?
An accordion?
Organ?
Voices and kazoo, anyone?
And to end on a high note: my personal favorite. The rock edit.
My brother and I used to watch that show (along with Airwolf) every day after elementary school and, thankfully, it has entered the pantheon of 80s TV shows that are revered by the population at large. God bless you, Richard Dean Anderson! You, Mr. T and the rest of The A-Team will always hold a special place in my heart.
For those of you who have accused me of not working at all in recent memory I will just say that I've been slamming out musical proverbs on a daily basis. I'm working on a piece at the moment that, due to the circumstances of the commission, I can't really talk about (it's a secret!) but it's progressing nicely. I chose a text that was way out of my comfort zone so I would have to work at it and learn some new stuff. So far, it's working.
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Wow, I don't want to say that their creativity was wasted on McGyver (a good laugh is never a waste of time) but it might be startling to see what could happen if any of those people actually had an original idea.
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