Music

Composer Chris explains all Listen to the opening theme		Orchestral Score Composer Chris Brierley was given the unenviable task of composing a theme tune "more hummable than Raiders of the Lost Ark" and then recording it with a full orchestra squashed into the basement of a youth centre in Battersea.
		Live Jazz Gig New Orleans local Rob Davis squashed his complete recording studio into the back of the Spotted Cat night club to record 24 channels of Betty Shirley and her band for the jazz club scene. A brilliant job he did too. More about the jazz gig recording.
		Licensing Famous Music We were lucky enough to stumble across music expert Daniel Cross who was volunteering to help feature docs license music. He attempted Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Shakira, System of a Down and The Smiths - and six months of nagging emails later came out with Radiohead, Depeche Mode and Boots Are Made For Walking. Everyone is happy.
		Original Jazz Compositions After weeks of trawling old jazz records for the perfect track, Daniel suggested we contact his pals Chris Evans and Deri Roberts, who are dab hands at the classic New Orleans sound, despite being young and Welsh.
Listen to Alfie's track		Singing Water Bottles and Sound Design There was only one man to turn to when Franny decided she needed a song for some singing water bottles, "like the potatoes in the old Smiths Crisps adverts". Alfie Thomas duly roped in his kids and some of their friends to be the bottles.
		Pop Song in end montage The song featured in the round-up of all the doc characters is "Real Thing" from the album "Love Never Fails" by The Band of Holy Joy. Interesting fact 1: the same track was used in the climactic scene in Franny's previous doc McLibel and they couldn't beat it for Stupid. Interesting fact 2: The song was actually written about Franny, as she was going out with the band's singer/lyricist at the time!
		Original House Track The two tracks People Power and Big Oil are by Tom Dyson, who is also the technical genius behind the website. And he wrote the theme tune to Charlie and Lola. Multi-talented.
Listen to Dragnerve's track		Original Heavy Metal Track After we failed to persuade System of a Down to llicense us one of their tracks, Daniel suggested we ask local heavy boys Dragnerve to write something specially. Kick arse.