Beyond the Sea (film) west conducted arbitration through the scripts that had been written since Barry Levinson developed the film at Warner Bros. in 1987. Lewis Colick, James Toback and Tom Epperson disassociated themselves for credit by the WGA. The Guild justified credit to Lewis Colick, who wrote the first draft of "The Bobby Darin Story" in 1987, and Kevin Spacey. Actor-writer Jeffrey Meek believed he should have deserved credit; he was paid $85,000 of a promised $125,000 to settle his claim to have performed writing services. Spacey said Meek was "not a hired writer" on "Beyond the Sea". "He turned in a draft,
From the Sea to the Land Beyond was "unstressful to watch" and called it "a beautiful and poetic experience". "From the Sea to the Land Beyond" was produced by Mark Atkin for Crossover and Heather Croall for Doc/Fest. The soundtrack was released as a studio album titled "From the Sea to the Land Beyond" under Rough Trade Records on 2 December 2013. British Sea Power were commissioned to write and perform the soundtrack because of their love of nature and wildlife. The soundtrack was composed at Lympne Castle in Kent and recorded at Brighton Electric studios. As the film begins, plaintive keyboard chords are joined by trumpet,