text: LittleBigPlanet contains 21 tracks that were licensed by other producers and 14 original tracks made by the composers, with key licensed bands including the Go! Team and Battles. The licensed songs were sought for and negotiated by Young. Much of the original music took influence from world music, mashups, and 1970s television shows for children. Some of the original tracks are called "interactive tracks", most of which were composed by Clark. The interactive tracks allow players to change what instruments are playing at any given time. The main theme was composed by Pemberton. Early on in 2006, there were plans to add a music sequencer for players to create their own music, but it was scrapped until the development of LittleBigPlanet 2.
  One of the licensed songs in the game is Toumani Diabate's "Tapha Niang" from Boulevard de l'Independance (2006). The song contained lyrics sung by Moussa Diabate that lamented the death of his brother Mustapha and contained references to the Qur'an, the Islamic religious text. Though Toumani was a "devout Muslim", the inclusion of the song in beta versions of LittleBigPlanet was met with controversy among Muslim gamers who found combining the text of the Qur'an with music to be offensive. They requested Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) to remove the track via a patch. Subsequently, LittleBigPlanet was recalled from retailers worldwide on 17 October 2008, and its release was delayed. Version 1.02 was implemented to remove the lyrical content of "Tapha Niang".
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