Don't waste your money on the LaserLight releases, especially at the inflated OOP prices. They are legit, but the video on it is atrocious, looks like a really bad VHS.
I dug out the "Best of" disc and gave bits and pieces (plus the whole last episode) a listen this afternoon -- I'd say there's been a lot of music replacement. As far as I can tell, the Snuffy Walden score seems to be intact, but there was no other licensed music in it, so I'd guess that's all been wiped. There were definitely a few scenes that seemed like they *needed* music, that just seem like the scene is really missing something with nothing at all playing on the soundtrack and that the scene was probably designed to have music under it. The theme song sounded like it was "done in the style of" Joe Cocker, and not the actual Cocker recording.
The show is running on ION right now, and while the episodes are probably trimmed a little to allow more commercial time, I've heard quite a bit of licensed music in the episodes I've caught. There may have been some substitutions, but it doesn't seem as severe as with this LaserLight disc.
Mary
I dug out the "Best of" disc and gave bits and pieces (plus the whole last episode) a listen this afternoon -- I'd say there's been a lot of music replacement. As far as I can tell, the Snuffy Walden score seems to be intact, but there was no other licensed music in it, so I'd guess that's all been wiped. There were definitely a few scenes that seemed like they *needed* music, that just seem like the scene is really missing something with nothing at all playing on the soundtrack and that the scene was probably designed to have music under it. The theme song sounded like it was "done in the style of" Joe Cocker, and not the actual Cocker recording.
The show is running on ION right now, and while the episodes are probably trimmed a little to allow more commercial time, I've heard quite a bit of licensed music in the episodes I've caught. There may have been some substitutions, but it doesn't seem as severe as with this LaserLight disc.
Mary