The Guns Of Navarone by Mitch Miller
Last week I noted the passing of Mitch Miller in a post. I’m back with some more notes now.
I loved Mitch Miller as a kid. I remember some of my fondest memories as a pre-teen were gathering around the Zenith black-and-white television watching Sing Along With Mitch. Some of my favorite childhood songs were courtesy of my mother’s old Decca Phonograph and Mitch Miller LP’s and 45′s.
In that post I mentioned that one of my favorite songs by Mitch Miller was his rendition of the theme to the movie “The Guns Of Navarone.” The music score and the song were composed by Dimitri Tiomkin, who also composed the scores for such highly-acclaimed movies as “The High and The Mighty,” “High Noon,” and “The Alamo.”
In my post, I lamented that that original recording by Mitch Miller was apparently unavailable today in its originally recorded form. Well, I found it, and I invite you to here it, exactly as I did, in 1961. Click below and here it.
The Guns Of Navarone (Theme) by Mitch Miller The Guns Of Navarone by Mitch Miller
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I agree with your comments and memories re Mitch Miller. Do you know where I could purchase/download Mitch Miller’s version of the theme to the Guns of Navarone? Like you, I found it on YouTube but I want to purchase a copy of it. Thanks so much.
Hey Neil,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I wish I could find a CD or MP3 DL “legit” version. To the best of my knowledge it was only on the original LP of the soundtrack to the movie. I’ve bought the CD re-issue of that soundtrack, but that track and one other were missing from it. I haven’t seen it anywhere, yet. Keep hoping, though.
Regards
Steve
Hey Neil and all…
Since I wrote that comment, I went on another search and found Guns Of Navarone available on a couple of CD’s. There’s good news and bad news, though.
See my new post update at http://stereoldie.com/mitch-miller-guns-of-navarone-availability/
Thanks,
Steve