At McCartney's suggestion, one of the versions had a brass band arrangement, anticipating his production of the Black Dyke Mills Band's instrumental "Thingumybob" in 1968. Turner writes that, given the film's setting in northern England, the use of a brass band in the Family Way soundtrack might have been part of McCartney's inspiration for the fictitious Sgt. Pepper band, which McCartney termed "a bit of a brass band, in a way".
McCartney suggested adding a brass band arrangement to one version, which anticipated his work on the Black Dyke Mills Band's instrumental "Thingumybob" in 1968. Turner suggests that the use of a brass band in the Family Way soundtrack might have been influenced by McCartney's concept for the fictitious Sgt. Pepper band, described as a "bit of a brass band."