It definitely wasn’t what I was expecting BUT it is what I should have expected. It has a lot more in common with other TV themes of the time. It’s also different enough to justify the legendary exchange where Grainger reportedly asked Derbyshire if that was really what he wrote. The story goes that she replied “Yes… mostly”
Worth reading his son @snakesofself's comment below that video for additional context.
As a fan of the show, and what it did to advance the art of visual storytelling, learning more (and understanding less!) about the artists just makes the whole thing more interesting and more human.
This version came out in 1980 almost 2 decades after the Derbyshire version and is trying to be hip in a 1980 way using a synth line that is clearly inspired from Derbyshire.
