The First Transformers Theme Was WILDLY Confusing

I debated whether or not to post this here or on the Movie board.

A professional musician tries to explain why the Transformer's theme song and ending credits music were so weird and jarring.

As a kid, this song bugged me. I was a budding musician, and couldn't figure out what the hell was happening with the time signature change.

YouTube

From the comments:

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As a broadcast video editor of 18 years I can confidently say this was a much longer song, cut for time using older audio editing methods and it was done quickly and badly. then they slapped a "good enough" sticker on it and confirmed that none of us kids would care or notice. however, the og unedited theme was included on one of the dvds and the timing is fine, its the first track on this YouTube the themes timing issues were fixed and the dvd version gave the sound a lift across the board.
Still can't believe they left that bad edit in for an entire season.

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I'm glad to finally have a resolution to this 38 year old mystery.