Why Is A British Parenting Documentary Using Dragon Age Music?

I’ve got a bit of a strange one for you today, folks.

I should preface this article with the following little personal factoid: I love documentaries. I watch as many as I can get my hands on–everything from Grizzly Man to Freaky Eaters–and one of my favourite things to do is to find documentary playlists on YouTube to have on in the background whilst I work on articles and essays.

Today’s documentary sessions began normally–YouTube’s autoplay feature lead me to the “Real Stories” channel, which features documentaries on everything from pre-teen beauty queens to people suffering with OCD. The playlist eventually lead me to “Bad Behaviour”, a short documentary about a woman learning to feel affectionate for her poorly behaved child:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFuSYQ4oQmE

Nothing wrong with that, I thought. Something to listen to in the background. But then, about eight minutes in, something caught my attention. I paused the video, replayed, paused, replayed again, and sat staring at my screen, stumped. I had just heard a tune I knew very distinctly: a short piece of music from the Dragon Age: Inquisition soundtrack.

If you go to the video above and stop at about 8.45, you’ll hear a short piece of string music. You can hear it more clearly at 25:04, through to about 25:16. This music, I’m almost certain of it, is from “Oh, Grey Warden”, a Bard song from the Dragon Age: Inquisition soundtrack. You can hear the full song here:

So…why?  Why on earth is there a snippet of Dragon Age: Inquisition music in a British documentary about a poorly behaved child? I know that music often crosses over between mediums (from what I recall, the UK version of The Apprentice used snippets from Sherlock), but only when the music is either available to be licensed, or owned by the same people. As far as I know, BioWare and co. have no affiliations with British documentaries about parenting.

The documentary ends without credits (I’m not sure if the “Real Stories” channel has distribution rights or not, but they’re a popular channel and they seem more legit than most) and I’m having trouble finding any more information on the documentary itself.

Is this just a coincidence? Am I so much of a Dragon Age nerd that I’m just hearing the soundtrack in places where it isn’t? Is it just a similar sounding song? Or has the documentary just used the song for whatever reason? Is the “Oh, Grey Warden” tune actually a really famous public domain tune that’s just somehow managed to pass me by?

I need answers, people. If you have any, please let me know in the comments below, and I’ll update the article once the mystery’s been solved. Or maybe I’ll just make a documentary about it instead…