Well this thread kinda got off topic.. As said there is a menu setting for the game speed but you should try it for a few days, i think its easy to get used to it and at least i think fast games are more fun then slow ones. Helps your reflexes and fast thinking.
As for the music, we got a offer from someone to use some of his music..but i just read about it in my irc logs. Maybe divVerent can tell something about this..