According to http://www.friends-tv.org/music.html:
When Rachel came back from the airport and Ross made the comment to
himself, "Don't make jokes now," followed by another kiss, the music
used was the same studio library music that was used when Ross and
Rachel had their first meaning kiss at the end of episode 207.
Info on that studio music:
This music may have been created to sound like certain popular music,
but it is not from an actual pop song. I'm told that The special
features (commentary?) on the Season 2 DVD release says that the
producers wanted to use U2's "With or Without You," but didn't have
time to arrange for the rights, so they found a studio music clip that
sounded "U2-ish". Later, they found chances to use the actual U2 song
in other Ross /Rachel moments, including in the very next episode
(208).
A source at Warner Bros. explained it this way:
Sorry, but that is a library piece, so it is not available. It was
found by my music editor. It is common practice on many TV shows to
use licensed music from library CDs. A "library" is usually a large
number of CDs featuring music and/or sound effects. Libraries often
consist of 10 to 50 CDs that are sold on a per use basis and
incorporated into a TV show as needed so that a show producer can find
a piece of music that evokes a mood or feeling to help the story. This
is easier than getting a composer or band together to record original
sounds, and costs less than doing that or licensing a popular song. |
