In reply to Robert Durran:
Yes, I did enjoy the music. I recall Gordon Stainforth having strong opinions on this. Hopefully he may chip in on this thread, his view would be worth hearing considering his background.
But I'd opt to put some background music on instead, the commentary made me want to leave the cinema early. The filming made me stay, but we did leave after 5-10 minutes of the profoundly empty discussion at the end between R. McFarlane and some young guy who had climbed Everest. This isn't on the iplayer version, thank goodness.
Dave HK: Helvellyn is a different film, by Terry Abrahams. I've not seen it but if 'Life of a Mountain: Blencathra' and 'Life of a Mountain: Scafell' are anything to go by it will be well worth watching.