DVDSP menu templates... audio?

I finally upgraded to Final Cut Studio, got it today and have been dipping my toe in deep water ever since. Browsing around first in DVDSP I'm realizing there's going to be a huge learning curve, not just for DVDSP but the entire Final Cut production suite. I'm more than a little disappointed with the menu templates. Is there really only audio for two menus (city cover and theater marquee)?

No, there are no audio files anywhere to be used/considered as part of the menu templates (unless they are already included in the template, but in those cases it is ambient noise versus a 'melody')
This is basically because most of us would rather have the sound tie in to the project, than just be generic, and so we extract something from the project (you can make a 30 second clip in a program like Amadeus or Sound Studio or Final Cut Pro and then convert it in Compressor) - especially since that wouldn't be violating any copyrights - or picking pre-existing songs (which are a grey area depending on what your project is) that tie-in with the project (or as you noted, create a 30 second loop in Soundtrack).

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