The Caretaker was a musical project of English musician Leyland Kirby that sampled various big band records.

[4] Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom had the most influence from the film, including the credits song "Midnight, the Stars and You".

[5][6] The Caretaker's albums were considered prime examples of hauntology, a genre that evokes the aesthetics of the past.

[2] Kirby abandoned the ballroom and installed themes of memory loss on his 2005 release of .mp3 files titled Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia (2005).

[2] Persistent Repetition of Phrases had a great influence on Kirby's next album as the Caretaker, An Empty Bliss Beyond This World.

[10] Persistent Repetition of Phrases consists of samples from 78-rpm records with vinyl crackle effects.

[12] It also features multiple layers of white noise, compared by several critics to the works of William Basinski and to Akira Rabelais' 2004 release Spellewauerynsherde.

"[11] The physical packaging of the vinyl includes no liner notes, presenting only a painting by Ivan Seal.

Writing for Tiny Mix Tapes, critic Joe Davenport felt many listeners saw the record as "his masterpiece.

"[11] James Knapman from Igloo Magazine described the record as a very peculiar experience, due to its combination of nostalgia with psychological horror creating "a ghostly library of vintage memories and fictions that are quite simply without par.

"[16] Magazine Fact, who gave the highest rating of the album, stated that the Caretaker is "a past master at the technique of exquisitely drawing out and distending the ache – of nostalgia, heartbreak, longing – already glowing like gaslight in these old songs.

[2] The Wire included Persistent Repetition of Phrases as an "office ambiance" record, specifying the track "Lacunar amnesia".

[19] Critic Matthew Solarski from Pitchfork named it the 17th best album of 2008, as well as The Wire included it in a listing of the best releases of the year.