Editing Get Carter (section)

===Music===
The majority of the film's music was composed by [[Roy Budd]], a jazz pianist and composer, who had previously worked on soundtracks for ''[[Soldier Blue]]'' and ''[[Flight of the Doves]]''. Aside from its score, Budd also composed three songs: "Looking For Someone", "Love Is A Four Letter Word" (with lyrics by Jack Fishman) and "Hallucinations".<ref name=AFI/> The theme (otherwise known as "Carter Takes a Train"), the best-known piece from the film, was played by Budd and the other members of his jazz trio, [[Jeff Clyne]] ([[double bass]]) and [[Chris Karan]] ([[percussion]]), and was recorded on a budget of £450 (£8,700 in 2024). The musicians recorded the soundtrack live, direct to picture, playing along with the film.<ref name="Johnson-1999">{{cite journal |last=Johnson |first=Phil |title=Film Music |journal=[[New Statesman]] |date=5 March 1999 |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/199903050039 |access-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706054304/http://www.newstatesman.com/199903050039 |archive-date=6 July 2008 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> To save time and money Budd did not use overdubs, simultaneously playing a real [[harpsichord]], a [[Wurlitzer electric piano]] and a [[Piano|grand piano]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bryce |first=Allan |title=A Conversation with Roy Budd |journal=Soundtrack Magazine |year=1984 |volume=3 |issue=11 |url=http://www.runmovies.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77:roy-budd-a-talented-and-likeable-man-&catid=35:interviews |access-date=1 March 2012 |editor1-first=Luc |editor1-last=Van de Ven}}</ref><ref>''Get Carter'' DVD, Warner Archive, 2000</ref> Budd described the experience as "uncomfortable, but it sounded pleasant". The theme tune features the sounds of the character's train journey from London to Newcastle.

The theme was released as a 7" vinyl single by [[Pye Records]] in 1971, titled simply "Carter" and backed with "Plaything", another piece composed for the soundtrack. Original copies of the record are much sought after by collectors and sell for around £100.<ref>{{cite web |title=ROY BUDD CARTER GET CARTER UK SOUNDTRACK 7" SINGLE PYE MICHAEL CAINE COVER NM |url=http://www.popsike.com/ROY-BUDD-CARTER-GET-CARTER-UK-SOUNDTRACK-7-SINGLE-PYE-MICHAEL-CAINE-COVER-NM/310350106840.html |publisher=popsike |access-date=1 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227135336/http://www.popsike.com/ROY-BUDD-CARTER-GET-CARTER-UK-SOUNDTRACK-7-SINGLE-PYE-MICHAEL-CAINE-COVER-NM/310350106840.html |archive-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The soundtrack—including pieces not used in the film—was originally only available in its entirety in Japan, where it was released on [[Odeon Records]].<ref name=italiansoundtrack>{{cite web|title=Soundtracks from other Countries >> Japanese Soundtracks: Get Carter cover|url=http://www.italiansoundtracks.com/soundtracks/japanese/japgetcarter.html|work=Italian SOundtracks. com|publisher=italian soundtracks|access-date=4 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229105027/http://www.italiansoundtracks.com/soundtracks/japanese/japgetcarter.html|archive-date=29 December 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was released in the UK in 1998 by the Cinephile label, a subsidiary of [[Castle Communications]]. In 2012, the theme was included on the [[Soul Jazz Records]] compilation ''British TV, Film and Library Composers''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Soul Jazz collect TV Sound and Image on new compilation: Jonny Trunk assists|url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/06/18/soul-jazz-collect-tv-sound-and-image-on-new-compilation-jonny-trunk-naturally-assists/|work=Fact.com|date=18 June 2012|publisher=The Vinyl Factory|access-date=15 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629184847/http://www.factmag.com/2012/06/18/soul-jazz-collect-tv-sound-and-image-on-new-compilation-jonny-trunk-naturally-assists/|archive-date=29 June 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The film includes other music which is not included on the soundtrack LP. The music playing in the nightclub scene is an uptempo cover of the 1969 [[Willie Mitchell (musician)|Willie Mitchell]] tune "30-60-90" performed live by the Jack Hawkins Showband, which was the resident band at the Oxford Galleries night club.<ref name=billboard>{{cite web |title=Willie Mitchell 30-60-90 |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=willie mitchell|chart=all}} |work=Billboard.com: Charts |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=28 February 2012}}</ref> The pub singer, played by Denea Wilde, performs a cover of "[[How About You?]]" by [[Burton Lane]] and [[Ralph Freed]],<ref name=AFI/> a song more associated with glamorous Hollywood films than the backrooms of Newcastle pubs. The [[Pelaw]] Hussars, a local [[juvenile jazz band]] and [[Majorette (dancer)|majorette]] troupe, also appear and perform two numbers, "[[When The Saints Go Marching In]]" and "[[Auld Lang Syne]]".<ref name=AFI/>