Editing Journey into Space (section)

== Music ==
Van Phillips composed and conducted the music for all three series.<ref name="OL cassettes"/> The music was initially recorded beforehand, and played from acetate discs during the recording sessions.<ref name="OL booklet"/> Later, an eight-piece orchestra was actually present in the studio, and played the music live.<ref name="Round Midnight"/> Phillips liked the sound of the [[clavioline]], and obtained one for use during ''Journey Into Space''. He composed music especially for it, and it was "bolted onto the piano" in the studio.<ref name="Round Midnight"/> Titles of his compositions include "A Picture of the Universe", "Rocket Away", "Music for Outer Space",<ref name="OL booklet"/> "The Red Planet", "Crossing the Plains",<ref name="TRP booklet"/> and "Sunrise".<ref name="TWIP booklet"/>

In 1955, [[Decca Records|Decca]] released a [[Gramophone record|78rpm record]] of the ''Journey Into Space'' theme, performed by [[Frank Weir]] and his orchestra (catalogue number F.10435),<ref name="TRP booklet"/> and sheet music of a piano solo of the theme was also published. In 1978, the recording was included on the 33⅓rpm BBC compilation record ''BBC Space Themes'' (catalogue number REH 324),<ref name="TRP booklet"/> and in 2005, [[Vocalion Records|Vocalion/Dutton Laboratories]] included it on their digitally remastered compilation CD ''Presenting Frank Weir And His Saxophone'' (catalogue number CDLK 4266).

In ''Journey to the Moon'', Lemmy occasionally provided musical entertainment for the crew on his mouth organ, playing songs such as "Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road" and "My Old Dutch".<ref name="OL booklet"/> Excerpts of popular music were often used during the episodes, and sometimes played an important role in the plot. In episode 8 of ''Journey to the Moon'', an excerpt from "Honeymoon on a Rocket Ship" by [[Hank Snow]] and The Rainbow Ranch Boys is heard by the crew on the ship's radio.<ref name="OL booklet"/> "When It's Night Time In Italy", by James Kendis and [[Lew Brown]], was an important part of episodes 7 and 8 of ''The Red Planet''.<ref name="TRP booklet"/> Other popular music used in ''The Red Planet'' included:<ref name="TRP booklet"/>
* "Flat Foot Floogie", by Bulet Galliard, Leroy Stewart, and [[Bud Green]], performed by the [[Benny Goodman Orchestra]]
* The theme tune to the ''[[Billy Cotton Band Show]]''
* "Somebody Stole My Gal", by Lee Wright
* "Friends and Neighbours", by Marvin Scott and [[Malcolm Lockyer]]
* "Selection of Hebrew Dances Part 2", by [[Ambrose (bandleader)|Ambrose]] and his orchestra
* Banjo music by Billy Bell

''The World in Peril'' featured a 'rebel song', sung by the 'conditioned' men aboard the Martian asteroids. This song was actually a musical arrangement of ''The Green Hills of Earth'' (a poem taken from [[Robert A. Heinlein|Robert Heinlein]]'s [[The Green Hills of Earth|short story]] of the same name), performed by the [[George Mitchell (Scottish musician)|George Mitchell Choir]].<ref name="TWIP booklet"/> In the final episode of ''The World in Peril'', [[Chopin]] Opus 34: No. 2: Valse brillante in A minor is heard playing over the radio.