 The soundtrack includes original music from Jürgen Knieper, as well as tracks from Joe Ely, X and The Del-Byzanteens.Jim Jarmusch was a then member of The Del-Byzanteens which often leads to the misinformation that Jarmusch co-wrote the music score.Leftover film stock from "The State of Things" was later used on the first third of Jarmusch's 1984 black-and-white film "Stranger Than Paradise".