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In Conversation with Editor Dan Goldthorp

18 July 2025

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Dan Goldthorp is a British editor known for his work on British TV and documentary series, including Top Gear, Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites and SAS: Who Dares Wins.

We sat down with Dan to discuss the power of music selection in the editing process, why he uses our Similarity Search feature to find the perfect match and what makes Universal Production Music stand out from other production music libraries.

Food & Cooking

Positive and fun tracks for food and cooking shows and features.

Positive Sensitive

Perfect for cute, sentimental scenes with a positive twist. This playlist will work for everything from romantic through to real life documentaries.

Daytime TV

From the latest cooking shows to classic chat shows, this playlist samples some of the best tracks daytime TV has to offer.

Reality TV

It's that time again when all the screaming, shouting, singing and excitement begins. It's reality TV season once more and we have everything you'll need for dr...Read more

Minimalism Documentary

Simple, light, minimal, and modern tracks.

Light Drama

A film and TV playlist for all light drama scenes.

Documentary Underscores

Underscores and beds for factual documentaries.

Documentary

Transforming real, raw moments into film is challenging enough. Finding the perfect track to illustrate a moment in time shouldn't be. Let this playlist be your...Read more

Universal Production Music 18 July 2025

In Conversation with Editor Dan Goldthorp

Discover music for TV and documentary