While it's rare that a song with no vocals takes over music charts, it has happened, and in 1950, it was an unexpected movie theme that captivated listeners everywhere. "The Third Man Theme," also ...
The second installment of this series is "The Third Man". It is a 1949 film directed by Carol Reed, based on the novel by ...
Talk about groundbreaking. “The Third Man” became one of the first film scores to move into popular music territory. Composer Karas played the entire thing on the zither. His “The Third Man Theme” was ...
The song included no words but sold more than half a million copies within weeks of its release.