Editing Mr. Bean (section)

== Music ==
''Mr. Bean'' features a [[choral]] theme tune in the key of [[C major]] written by [[Howard Goodall]] (adapted from a passage of "[[Locus iste (Bruckner)|Locus iste]]" by [[Anton Bruckner]]) and performed by the Choir of [[Southwark Cathedral]] (episodes 2–11 and 14; opening of episode 15) and [[Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford]] (episodes 12 and 13; closing of episode 15). The words sung during the title sequences are in [[Latin]]:
* "''Ecce homo qui est faba''"{{Snd}}"Behold the man who is a bean" (sung at beginning)
* "''Finis partis primae''"{{Snd}}"End of part one" (sung before the commercial break)
* "''Pars secunda''"{{Snd}}"Part two" (sung after the commercial break and rarely)
* "''Vale homo qui est faba''"{{Snd}}"Farewell, the man who is a bean" (sung at end)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hilarious hidden joke in the 'Mr Bean' choral theme is blowing fans' minds |url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/mr-bean-soundtrack-theme-hidden-joke/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Classic FM }}</ref>

The theme was later released on Goodall's album ''Choral Works''. Goodall also wrote an accompanying music track for many episodes. The first episode of ''Mr. Bean'' did not feature the choral theme tune, but instead an up-beat instrumental piece also composed by Goodall, which was more an incidental tune than a theme. It was used while Bean drove between locations intimidating the blue Reliant, and as such, was sometimes heard in later episodes whenever Bean's nemesis is seen. The instrumental of the theme tune was used in the original [[series finale]] of ''[[Mr. Bean (animated TV series)|Mr. Bean: The Animated Series]]'' titled "Double Trouble".

In the episode "[[Tee Off, Mr. Bean]]", Goodall's choral theme tune for another Richard Curtis comedy, ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'', is heard playing on a car stereo. In "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean", while playing with Queen's Royal Guards figurines and the nativity set, he hums "[[The British Grenadiers]]", which was quoted in the theme to ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''.<ref>[http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/tvthemes/tv.htm howardgoodall.co.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205022625/http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/tvthemes/tv.htm |date=5 February 2012 }}. Retrieved 13 March 2008.</ref>

Mr. Bean appeared in the [[music video]] of a 1991 fundraising single for Comic Relief, fronted by [[Hale and Pace]], entitled "The Stonk".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVIoCahD7yw The Stonk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504001446/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVIoCahD7yw |date=4 May 2016 }} at YouTube. Retrieved 14 March 2008.</ref> Mr. Bean also appeared in the music video for the [[Boyzone]] single "[[Picture of You (Boyzone song)|Picture of You]]",<ref>[http://www.jibjab.com/view/97348 "Picture of You" music video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202182931/http://www.jibjab.com/view/97348 |date=2 December 2008 }}. Retrieved 14 March 2008.</ref> which was the main theme song for the first film adaptation.

Mr. Bean also made a Comic Relief record in 1992, entitled "(I Want To Be) Elected" and which was credited to "Mr. Bean and Smear Campaign featuring [[Bruce Dickinson]]". It was a cover of the [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]] [[Elected (song)|song]] of the same name, and reached number 9 in the UK singles chart.<ref>"[http://www.discogs.com/release/813210 I want to be Elected] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017120558/http://www.discogs.com/release/813210 |date=17 October 2008 }}" disc information. Retrieved 14 March 2008.</ref>