Music

Particularly refreshing for this season were the nods to Red Dwarf past. Some travelling shots of the main ship were, for the first time in years, shown with the old transitional music created right back at the start of the show.

As with series VII, not all the music for Red Dwarf VIII was specifically created for the show. The editors' strong working knowledge of existing public domain tracks allowed some of the more dramatic moments to be accompanied by these music cues. After a great many meetings regarding music for the Cat's dance sequence, Clement Ismael's piece was commissioned.

Rare for the show was the use of classical music during the final moments of Only the Good. With such a dream-like and tragic end (or so it seemed to begin with), the drifting violins of Barber's Adagio were appropriate and extremely effective. Nor was this the only well known music cue - Krytie TV began with Tammy Wynette's country classic 'Stand By Your Man' to accompany Kryten's experiences as a female prisoner, and 'Little Green Bag' turned up for the Dibbley/Reservoir Dogs moment.

The skutters can be heard whistling the theme from 'The Great Escape' (the second time the tune has been used, it first showed up on Holly's tongue in Queeg). Oh, and the Dwarfers performed their own version of 'You Are The Sunshine of My Life'.