The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Warning ! Minor coddler ahead forBel - Airepisode 1 .
Peacock’sBel - Airno longer usesThe Fresh Prince ’s theme song for its introduction , but the reboot did secretly admit it in the first episode . The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air ’s composition song remains one of the most iconic video motif of all time , partly due to its tale explaining the integral set - up of the serial , but mostly due to the catchiness of Will Smith ’s tune . The song “ Yo Home to Bel - Air ” was composed and produced by DJ Jazzy Jeff , who playedJazz onFresh Prince of Bel - Air , and the existent - spirit Will Smith under his stage name The Fresh Prince , and develop to become as famous - if not more so - as the serial itself .
While the reason forBel - Airnot usingThe Fresh Princesong makes mother wit due to the original theme ’s goofiness counterpoint the serious tone of the reboot , Bel - Airalso lack a musical theme of such stature . Bel - Air ’s theme is “ Deja Vu ( effort . TYuS ) ” by Easy McCoy , which only plays a few bar over the title card before moving back into the plot . The Modern theme forBel - Airaligns with its modern , more serious flavour and frequent use of contemporary rap and rosehip - hops , but it ’s still disappointing forFresh Princefans to no longer discover Smith ’s honest-to-god song .
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The Fresh Princetheme vocal does n’t play overBel - Air ’s opening credit , but the serial does make a reference to the iconic theme . When Will first get at the Banks ’ sign , he greetsBel - Air ’s Aunt Vivwarmly before she ask what exactly occur in the battle that sent him to California . When answering , Will coolly plays off the position and enjoin , “ I convey in one little conflict … and my mom make scared … ” AsFresh Princeviewers think , “ I got in one slight competitiveness and my mum got scared / She said , ' You ’re movin ' with your auntie and uncle in Bel - melodic line ' ” is one of the most memorable lines in the original radical birdsong .
Since only one line of the originalFresh Prince of Bel - Airtheme song is used , the character reference is apt to go miss by many viewers , particularly those who do n’t know the lyrics without the song acting . While the genuine Sung is n’t used inBel - Air , the serious rebootdoes something even more interesting in its first sequence to join back by playing out the outcome of the song for the entire first episode . The originalFresh Princedidn’t show Will ’s fight , basketball game , spirit in Philly , or his move from Philadelphia toBel - Air , as it was all done in a cartoonish style during the theme song . Rather than habituate the radical song to repose the groundwork forBel - Air ’s plot in every sequence , the reboot recreates the song ’s lyrics in an extremely dramatized manner for its premiere .
Bel - Air ’s reboot may have missed a prosperous opportunity to repeat the bequest ofFresh Prince ’s stem in a modern cover , especially since multiple contemporaries can still spout out the catchy language today . By not usingWill Smith’sFresh Princesong , Bel - Airis in a flash differentiating itself from the original . However , the series still makes indirect references to the original series , as demonstrated by the mysterious lyric cellular inclusion in episode 1 and a obscure tribute to the original Uncle Phil by open with J. Cole ’s 2015 vocal “ No Role Modelz , ” which start with the ancestry “ first affair first reside in peace Uncle Phil . ” The music ofBel - Airis highly significant to its modernisation , and the serial publication has already made a few nod to the cultural implication ofThe Fresh Princethrough its musical choices and playscript - even if that does n’t mean in reality using the original song .
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