I have now completed what I hope to be the final rendition of Fool's Gold. I've been working on this theme so much for the past few weeks that it's all starting to become a blur. Many, many nights I've found myself staying up until 5:00 in the morning making change after change to the theme to try and finally get it perfect. I think I've finally gotten as close to that perfection as I can.
In the end, I settled on a different feel for the theme than I originally planned on. I originally wanted it close to Murray's series one theme, but now I've decided that I wanted it a little more like a cross between the album version and the original unused version of the theme -- something a bit darker than anything we've heard on the show. To achieve that, I replaced the staccato string arpeggios with lower, darker cellos instead of the higher violas, and I put in several new kinds of strong, booming percussion, as well as reducing the snares in volume. I've also brought up a few of the synth components in volume, and changed the structure of the theme slightly to incorporate a section from Murray's album version. I hope you'll agree that I've achieved a result such as I intended!
Anyway, without further ado, here is the final version (hopefully) of Fool's Gold!
http://www.dannystewart.com/music/foolsgold_album.mp3
Enjoy!