Editing Total Recall (1990 film) (section)

===Music===
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The score was composed by [[Jerry Goldsmith]]. The producers intended to have him record the score in [[Munich]] because the pay for musicians there was lower, but the players were unfamiliar with Goldsmith's style and the resulting score was disappointing. Instead, Goldsmith was given the funding necessary to record the score in London with the [[National Philharmonic Orchestra]], who were more fitting to Goldsmith's musical intentions with brass and string instruments combined with electronic sounds. The recording was put on hiatus for three months so Verhoeven could have time to edit the special effects, during which Goldsmith recorded the score for ''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]'' (1990), before returning to finish his work on ''Total Recall''. Goldsmith also performed the commercial jingles and elevator music heard in the film, and composer Bruno Louchouarn provided additional pieces heard on Mars.<ref name="FilmTracksGoldsmith"/>