They're bringing out a new Hawaii 5-0 show this fall and they just revealed the theme song, which (thankfully) is basically unchanged from the original.
Awhile ago I sequenced it so I could use it at gigs to be stupid. It doesn't sound ace because it's all 100% Roland SoundCanvas (SC-8850) and if I were "really" doing it I'd at least use real cymbals and a few real horns.
I've got the tempo at 179 bpm but it sure sounds funny at 079. Here's both versions:
http://musicmusicmusic.cn/5-0.html
Dan 'em Book-O!
I would like to take a camera down to Waikiki and videotape a bunch of people dancing to the slow version and splice it together.
It's kinda interesting to hear the tracks (drums especially) at the slow tempo. Johnny Guerin sure played a cool drum track on the original, and I copied it all as best as I could. Funny Johnny was born here in Hawaii yet not one person here has ever heard of him or knows that the drummer on Hawaii 5-0 was born in Hawaii. People here in Hawaii also have never heard of Ben Rietveld who played bass with Miles and has played with Santana for a decade - the most famous/successful jazz musician to ever come from Hawaii and no one here (except musicians) has ever heard of him.