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In the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, there are a number of bands. One band is called Sex Bob-Omb, and Beck wrote the music that it plays in the film. On the soundtrack, there are a number of Sex Bob-Omb songs which are actually written by Beck.

However, there is also a song credited to Beck himself called "Ramona" (of which there are two versions). Scott Pilgrim's girlfriend/love interest in the film is named Ramona. The director gave Beck the premise of "Do an acoustic song that only uses the lyrics 'Ramona oh my my Ramona' so that Pilgrim could sing it to his girlfriend.

In return, Beck told the LA Times that he came up with "15 different Ramona songs." He noted that this one that was chosen "was actually one of the more interesting chord progressions. The other ones were even more simple."

The first version on the soundtrack is just a 1-minute acoustic guitar strum, and Beck singing to Ramona.

The orchestral version was interestingly originally just Beck and a mellotron, until Nigel Godrich decided to add strings and the band. After that, a couple of days just before the soundtrack was mastered, Beck realized this "full" version of the song needed more lyrics. He told the LA Times, "It wasn't supposed to have any lyrics other than her name. At the last minute I found out it was to be on the soundtrack. I felt like it then needed to be a little more substantial, so I wrote a couple quick verses." Scott Pilgrim's creator was impressed, "neither Edgar Wright (the director) or I knew that he added words until we heard the soundtrack. It was amazing. Like, wow, he added lyrics!"

So far, the acoustic demo and the full band/orchestra versions are on the soundtrack. The other 13 versions are unreleased!