The Restaurant on BBC2

[queries]

Does anyone know what the background music to this programme is?

[wykeguy]

Sadly not an answer, but more info - is it a Waltz ? , sounds a little bit like a traditional folk theme ? , was it also used in THE APPRENTICE too ?

[queries]

Further to the "answer/question" - not really a waltz and I've never heard it played before. Very classical music. I've asked the BBC but not had a reply! Very frustrating

[Babychambler]

Hi, don't know if you've found the answer out already but I have one for you. It is the same music as in The Apprentice and it also appears in the film Eyes Wide Shut. It is by a Russian composer called Dmitri Shostakovich. It is called Waltz 2 from Jazz Suite No 2. It took me ages to find this out!

[queries]

Thank you to Babychambler for finding this info out - thought I was ace on cross-referencing and googling! Got the cd and it makes driving to work just that bit easier - THANK YOU!

[Babychambler]

Well how I eventually found out what it was was from watching Star Stories, the Tom Cruise episode, where there was a sketch on Eyes Wide Shut with the music playing in the background. I figured the music must then appear on the film soundtrack so I went to Amazon and listened to the tracks I thought it might be until I eventually found the right one. Then I 'googled' the title of the track and found out the rest of the information. I would have been very cheesed off if I'd never found out because it is a quality piece of music!