One of the few times that Leyh skirted the rule that all music must flow from an on-screen source, he drew out a song from Cutty's walkman into a full montage. But the ex-con's jog on Election Day imposed a few interesting considerations. "I did the math and figured out how long he had been in prison, when he went to prison, how old he was and kind of thought about the music of that period. So it would've been like mid-80s. Curtis Mayfield is older than that," he says, "but just somehow felt right." Leyh also tried old-school hip-hop like Eric B. and Rakim and Run DMC against the scene, but besides lacking the right energy, the songs didn't sound like Cutty. "I don't see Cutty having a deep record collection and nerding out; he's just not that kind of guy. He would just put on the radio. And in this day and age, to listen to Eric B and Rakim, that feels a little bit more like someone who cares about classic hip-hop. Although, I tried Kool and the Gang's 'Victory.' And that was good, but it was too on point with the election stuff."