 Nothing was done to accelerate the decomposition of the actual film prints, some of which were copied from the University of South Carolina's Moving Image Research Collections  as well as deteriorating film footage that Morrison found at the Library of Congress.The film's musical soundtrack features several detuned pianos and an orchestra playing out of phase with itself, adding to the fractured and decomposing nature of the film.Various films that were incorporated into "Decasia" have been positively identified