Oh my? The first two sound like something that accompanies a 'travelogue'. Not my idea of music that would be 'theme music' for a mystery/cop show? The third I couldn't really hear very well (the sound was weird).

The theme tune has been changed, 'favouring a soundscape of moody strings while piping in the merest whisper of Trombey’s melody, as if a child is picking out Eye Level on piano in the next room'. It's a bit difficult to hear the 'Van der Valk' motif in this new mix. For me it's no problem as I've known different versions of it since the 1970s.

Here's a piano version:

• "Eye Level" - Piano Tutorial

The new series' version definitely is my fave (by a long shot) of the three.

I agree with brat: '72 and '91 sound like for some carefree feel-good series or a travelogue. Reminds me of theme music for like a '70s "Family" type US hour-long show.

There's no accounting for some peoples' taste but I'll willingly concede the older theme is tuneful and catchy (#1 in the charts though?!?!). Like I said on the other thread, the original theme sounds like sitcom music to me, or old fashioned Muzak, circa the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme that Larry David actually heard while in a bank.

I like the new version of the theme, but think making it generally darker and more ominous would suit the series more ideally.