Artist: Max Steiner
Author: Max Steiner
Label: MGM
Year: 1939
Also known as Tara's Theme. Born in Austria and moved to Hollywood for fear of the nazi's, like so many jewish composers. Scored King Kong, The Charge Of The Light Brigade, A Star Is Born, Jezebel, Casablanca, The Big Sleep, The Glass Menagerie and A Summer Place (theme becoming the all-time biggest instrumental hit US for Percy Faith in '60). Max Steiner's theme for film Now Voyages ('42) became a n°1 US in '43 for Dick Haymes as It Can't Be Wrong.
Covers:
Johnny Desmond [as My Own True Love; first vocal version with Mack David lyrics]
Stan Getz [as My Own True Love]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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