Softly, Softly (TV series) Alexis Kanner as DC Matt Stone. Although popular with audiences, Kanner appears to have alienated cast and crew with erratic behaviour during live recordings, and the character was dropped after only nine episodes. He later played the recalcitrant Number 48 in the final episode of "The Prisoner". The first two series continued the trend set by producer David Rose with "Z-Cars", and transmitted the majority of episodes live. This was one of the last long-running British TV series to do this. From series three onwards all episodes were pre-recorded. The original theme music was, like "Z-Cars", a folk-song arrangement by
Music on The O.C. around 400 or 500 CD's a week". Fox and "The O.C." made indie rock a "main focus of the series" and also its marketing plan. Christopher Tyng, who composed the theme for "Futurama", composed the show's orchestral music which included the ending theme. Shawn Rogers, Sub Pop's creative director of film and TV licensing, said that the shows choice of music was to "support bands and the style of music that they've been following" adding that artists were willing because "it pays well in comparison to what most indie bands make touring". However, Jimmy Tamborello, producer for The Postal Service,