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After years and years and years and years of problems, CBS/Paramount has finally got it right with The Fugitive. I purchased The Fugitive: The Complete Series, from Amazon in March 2017 and all of the original musical cues are intact. In the late 2000s, CBS began releasing the series in half-season sets. Volumes One and Two of Season One were outstanding. Then the trouble began with the release of Season Two: Volume One. All of the original music was removed, and replaced by a synthesizer score composed by Mark Heyes. The replacement music did not fit with the show and the complaints about it were fierce. CBS/Paramount responded to those concerns by issuing a replacement set for S2V1. While some episodes in the replacement set had their original music restored, others contained a mixture of the original cues and the Mark Heyes synthesizer score. And that's how it was for the release of Volume Two for Season Two, as well as volumes one and two for Season Three. Many episodes featured a mix of Heyes and original music. The reason for this was due, apparently, to CBS's inability to clear the rights for much of the music used for the series. For the two volumes released for Season Four, however, the music was mostly all original. In 2011, CBS released The Fugitive: The Most Wanted Edition, a set that included all four seasons of the series with all original music restored. However, a replacement program was needed for this set, as well, because some episodes still included Heyes music while other episodes were error-laden and wouldn't play. In 2015, CBS/P released The Fugitive: The Complete Series (the one I just bought), but again a replacement program was needed. Many of the Season Two and Season Three episodes afflicted with the Heyes synthesizer score were contained in this release. Those who complained about it were sent copies of the pricier Most Wanted Edition as a replacement. Some who received the Most Wanted Edition replacement set for the Complete Series then had to complain again because they had received bad copies, and needed additional replacement discs. But now, finally, everything is right in the world. The Complete Series sets being sold now - at least the ones from Amazon - contain all the original music and I've found no signs of synthesizer music. I checked many of the previously problematic episodes (episodes loaded with Heyes music), and they are now Heyes-free. Brass Ring, Ballad for a Ghost, The Iron Maiden, Escape Into Black, Moon Child ... all of these great episodes and more were ruined in the original DVD releases by containing music that did not fit with the time period of this series. Now, they are restored to the way that they were originally broadcast. Thank you, CBS/Paramount, for finally getting this right. I gave up on this after your release of volumes One and Two for Season Two, and now I'm back on board.