I rewatched it and the episode has definately grown on me, especially without the commericial breaks interrupting the flow. For the first episode it was quite good, with character development for almost all the players, something we rarely see on Survivor anymore. I heard that Jon Kelly really gets into an "Anderson" like groove beggining in the next episode. As for the music, it is still the same composer from the older editions. My guess is that they lost the right to use those themes because they have appeared on other shows, (Joe Schmoe). Nontheless, the music is also beggining to grow on me as well, especially the new goodbye cue and some of the more comedic stuff. I definately think that the series will live up to expectations.