[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFf-dZevkXw]
The original theme song for Mission Impossible was written for the TV show that aired in the 1960's and 1970's. It has been re-imagined a number times, by a number of different composers and musicians. This is the most recent spin on the theme. It was written for the 2011 movie Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
The thing I like most about the song is it's uncommon time signature. The song is structured in 5/4; where as, most popular music is structured in 4/4 or a variation of a common four beats (i.e. cut time to most people still sounds and feels like four). This theme is written in such a way that you don't even really notice the odd signature until you really start to analyze it. I think that mainly comes from the accentuation of beats three, four and five. It's a way of making the 5/4 feel comfortable.
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