Long story short, anything from Season 18 on was pure unadulterated blasphemy, though the 18-22 theme was still halfway decent.
The original theme was otherworldly. It was played on some sort of instrument that had absolutely no attack, because it wasn't really an instrument at all. All subsequent attempts to realize the theme on synths or with orchestras either date it (synths) or cheapen it (orchestras).
The worst offender is the new version, with a new counterpoint over the opening basslines that seems to be a deliberate throwback to 60s B-movies. I had higher expectations for Steven "I will actually make it a point to find the episodes that he wrote on YouTube instead of waiting for the DVD because he's that bloody good" Moffatt. That said, the new version's realization of the actual oo-ee-oo theme isn't all that bad, and it looks like the theremin or whatever is back in, so yay. Still. Not the start I was hoping for.
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