 A few years later, Altman visited Paris, just after finishing shooting "McCabe & Mrs. Miller", and rediscovered Cohen's album.He had Lou Lombardo, the film's editor, use the music to maintain a rhythm for the film (in effect using it as a "temp" track).He later said, "I think the reason they worked was because those lyrics were etched in my subconscious, so when I shot the scenes I fitted them to the songs, as if they were written for them."