Northern Exposure did this - another TV show that had a spectacularly well considered soundtrack, but licensing costs were onerous. Though evidently the first

Northern Exposure did this - another TV show that had a spectacularly well considered soundtrack, but licensing costs were onerous. Though evidently the first season release did include original music, but had an exorbitant (retail) price - subsequent seasons they did the ol' elevator music swap-in. Aside - it explains why, so I've been told, there's two similarly popular torrents out there, one high-quality DVD-rip with a bad score, and one low-quality VHS-rip with the original score. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure#Home_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure#Home_media