词条 | The Third Man Theme |
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| name = The Third Man Theme | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Anton Karas | album = | released = 1949 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 2:06 | label = Decca (UK) London (U.S.) | writer = Anton Karas | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} "The Third Man Theme" (also known as "The Harry Lime Theme") is an instrumental written and performed by Anton Karas for the soundtrack to the 1949 film The Third Man. StoryThe Third Man is a 1949 British film noir, directed by Carol Reed.[1] One night after a long day of filming The Third Man on location in Vienna, Reed and cast members Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Orson Welles had dinner and retired to a wine cellar. In the bistro, which retained the atmosphere of the pre-war days, they heard the zither music of Anton Karas, a 40-year-old musician who was playing there just for the tips. Reed immediately realized that this was the music he wanted for his film. Karas spoke only German, which no one in Reed's party spoke, but fellow customers translated Reed's offer to the musician that he compose and perform the soundtrack for The Third Man. Karas was reluctant since it meant traveling to England, but he finally accepted. Karas wrote and recorded the 40 minutes of music heard in The Third Man over a six-week period, after the entire film was translated for him at Shepperton Studios.[2]{{Rp|449–450|date=May 2014}} The composition that became famous as "The Third Man Theme" had long been in Karas's repertoire, but he had not played it in 15 years. "When you play in a café, nobody stops to listen," Karas said. "This tune takes a lot out of your fingers. I prefer playing 'Wien, Wien', the sort of thing one can play all night while eating sausages at the same time."[3] So prominent is "The Third Man Theme" that the image of its performance on the vibrating strings of the zither provides the background for the film's main title sequence.[4] The theme became popular with audiences soon after the film's premiere, and more than half a million copies of "The Third Man Theme" record were sold within weeks of the film's release.[2]{{Rp|450|date=May 2014}} The tune was originally released in the U.K. in 1949, where it was known as "The Harry Lime Theme". Following its release in the U.S. in 1950 (see 1950 in music), "The Third Man Theme" spent 11 weeks at number one on Billboards U.S. Best Sellers in Stores chart, from April 29 to July 8.[5] Its success led to a trend in releasing film theme music as singles. A guitar version by Guy Lombardo also sold strongly. Four other versions charted in the U.S. during 1950.[6] According to Faber and Faber, the different versions of the theme have collectively sold an estimated forty million copies. Karas also performed "The Third Man Theme" and other zither music for the 1951–1952 syndicated radio series, The Adventures of Harry Lime, a Third Man prequel produced in London. Orson Welles reprised his role as Harry Lime.[7]{{Rp|409|date=May 2014}}[8] "Whenever he entered a restaurant in those years, the band would strike up Anton Karas's "Third Man Theme", wrote Welles biographer Joseph McBride.[9]{{Rp|115|May 2014}} The full soundtrack album was ready for release when The Third Man came out, but there was not a lot of interest in it. Instead, labels focused on the catchy main theme and released it as a single. The zither-based Anton Karas version excerpted from the film soundtrack was released by Decca in 1949 across Europe with different catalog numbers. It was a 10-inch 78rpm single with "The Harry Lime theme" on the A side and "The Cafe Mozart Waltz" on the B side. This became the most common version heard by European listeners.
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LyricsLyrics to “The Third Man Theme” were written by American author and historian Walter Lord (A Night to Remember, Incredible Victory, etc.) in 1950. Sheet music for the song was sold by Chappell & Co., and it was recorded by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeD85axEtRk Don Cherry and The Victor Young Orchestra] on May 5, 1950. Other utilization"The Third Man Theme" was used in a 1982 TV mail-order record collection, Aerobic Dancing [Parade LP 100A], with Sharon Barbano. "The Third Man Theme" is informally known in Japan as the "Ebisu Beer Theme," which is still used in Ebisu beer commercials to this day. For this reason, it is also used at Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote line, Saikyo Line, and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line to inform passengers of departing trains. See also
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27593 |title=The Third Man |publisher=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |date= |accessdate=2014-05-13}} 2. ^1 Brady, Frank, Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989 {{ISBN|0-385-26759-2}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rialtopictures.com/images_01/Making_of_Third_Man.pdf |title=Making The 3rd Man and Other Interesting Stuff |publisher=Rialto Pictures |accessdate=2014-05-12}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-third-man/ |title=The Third Man (1949) |publisher=Art of the Title |accessdate=2014-05-12}} 5. ^Song title 199 - Third Man Theme 6. ^"The Third Man Theme". ntl.matrix.com.br. Retrieved August 25, 2006. 7. ^Welles, Orson, and Peter Bogdanovich, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, This is Orson Welles. New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1992 {{ISBN|0-06-016616-9}}. 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/TheLivesOfHarryLime |title=The Lives of Harry Lime |publisher=Internet Archive |accessdate=2014-05-12}} 9. ^McBride, Joseph, What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? A Portrait of an Independent Career. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2006, {{ISBN|0-8131-2410-7}} 10. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8804/shadows/ |title=UK Official Chart: Shadows |author= |date=2019 |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=27 January 2019 }} 11. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH9giCg3Nro "Stork Patrol" (sample used)], The Lonely Island, 23 December 2005 External links
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