The upbeat acoustic guitar really takes away from the weight and sense of exploration. The Mirror Darkly theme and intro on the other hand, is brilliant.
To be fair, they pulled this with DS9, first. Slow, thoughtful intro theme, set to a nice visuals? NOT ENOUGH NOISE, ADD TAMBOURINE MAYBE JINGLE BELLS, ONE TEMPO ONLY, SHINK SHINK SHINK SHINK! 🎺 BWAA BWAA BWAA BWAAAA! 🎺
i had an infant at the time my wife and i watched this series together for the first time. every time it came on, the baby would stop crying if they were crying. we would put the song on just to quiet the baby sometimes! so we have a special place in our hearts for that song haha