The score features more instances of electronic music, which Arnold included to "make the thing a little more contemporary".

To add an ethnic flavor to tracks that conveyed the film's Turkey and Central Asia setting, Arnold brought in percussionist Pete Lockett, qanun player Abdullah Chhadeh, and singer Natacha Atlas.[4].

However, director Michael Apted "felt it was too much of a downer for the end of the movie" and Arnold replaced it with a techno remix of the "James Bond Theme".

[4] The soundtrack was recorded across six days in September 1999 by an 83-piece orchestra conducted by Arnold collaborator Nicholas Dodd.

[7] In 2018, La-La Land Records released a two-disc limited and expanded edition of the complete score by Arnold.