The nice King Kong soundtrack with all the film dialogue in it made me think of this very cool soundtrack from one of the greatest movies ever, it also has a lot of dialogue in it and the music is basically one theme with variations but I like it a lot and listen to it quite often. Enjoy.

Wikipedia says:

The distinctive musical score was composed and played on the zither by Anton Karas. A single, "The Third Man Theme", released in 1950 (Decca in UK, London Records in USA) became a best-seller, and later an LP was released. Before the production came to Vienna, Karas was an unknown wine bar performer. Reed and Howard fell in love with Karas' zither after hearing him play inside a café. Karas agreed to record some of his own compositions on a reel-to-reel tape machine that Reed set up in the bedroom of his hotel; one of these was later to become the Harry Lime Theme and become a popular hit. The exposure made Karas an international star after the movie was released.[3] Film critic Roger Ebert wrote, "Has there ever been a film where the music more perfectly suited the action than in Carol Reed's 'The Third Man'?"




1. Big Ben Tune
2. Main Title/Holly Martin Arrives in Vienna
3. Harry Lime's False Burial
4. Holly Encounters Anna
5. Meeting of Conspirators at the Bridge Holly and Anna Talk About Harry
6. Holly Is Accused of Homicide
7. Martins Is Harassed by the Mob
8. Martins Rans Away
9. Calloway Persuades Martins About Harry's Crimes
10. Holly Gets Drunk at the Casonova Club
11. Holly Brings Flowers to Anna and Lets Her Know About His Feelings
12. Holly Runs After Harry's Shadow
13. Anna Is Arrested by the International Police
14. Holly and Harry Meet at the Prater's Big Wheel
15. Trap to Catch Harry
16. Harry Lime's Escape
17. Harry's Funeral
18. Anna Walks Away-Alone/End
19. Anton Karas' Performance at a London Club
20. Trailer

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This is really special! I know the movie but never heard the soundtrack. Those were the days...not a soundtrack with just a couple top40 hits like nowadays to earn some extra money, but an actual relevant one!

Good stuff. Heard somewhere that the main movie theme was popular enough at the time that when Orson Welles went into restaurants with a live orchestra they'd often launch into an arrangement of it--which he hated!

They recently did a re-recording of the original score, so the sound is a bit better & there's no talking over it (though it misses some of Anton Karas' special zing) which I'll try to post soon.

Okay--here's the confusingly titled "The Third Man - Original Soundtrack," which is actually a relatively recent re-creation. AMG explains it better than I can here.

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1- Big Ben (London Films)
2- The Harry Lime Theme
3- Dialogue - It's a Shame
4- The Cafe Mozart Waltz
5- Main Title - Harry's False Funeral
6- Dialogue - Heard of Harry Lime
7- Holly Encounters Anna - Meeting the Conspirators
8- Dialogue - The Third Man
9- Holly Is Accused of Homicide
10- Dialogue - This Isn't Santa Fe
11- Holly Brings Flowers
12- Holly Runs After Harry's Shadow
13- Dialogue - Holly, What Fools We Are
14- Trap to Catch Harry
15- Dialogue - The Cuckoo Clock
16- Anna Walks Away, The Harry Lime Theme
17- Visions of Vienna
18- Danube Dreams
19- The Harry Lime Theme (Orchestral Version)
20- The Cafe Mozart Waltz (Orchestral Version)

Thanks! I'll check it out.

Thank You PWURP!