Third Man & Other Original Recordings [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] Review
Indelibly associated with the classic 1949 British film The Third Man starring Orson Welles in the key role of black marketeer Harry Lime, it was the haunting zither music of Anton Karas which also helped to make the film so memorable. The film theme went on to be a multi-million selling international hit, topping the American charts for weeks. At last JASMINE pays a fitting tribute to Karas with this 25 track collection of original recordings, including all the main music from the film (5 tracks) and other commercially released delightful zither gems. As a bonus, overlooked American songstress Kay Armen is delightfully featured on two songs, and the sleeve note by Paul Pelletier gives the full background of the man, the film, the music and the zither. Joel Whitburn, of American record chart book fame, describes Anton Karas as "the most remarkable of all one-hit artists". Remarkable indeed, how a humble musician trying to survive in post-war, partitioned (between the victorious Allies) Vienna came from nowhere and in 1950 topped the U.S. charts for eleven weeks with his self-composed theme for a British (albeit featuring American stars) film. His other claim to fame was introducing a hitherto obscure musical instrument, the zither, to the world of Popular music, although it has to be said its impact was not as enduring as the film theme it gave a voice to. Instantly recognisable, atmospheric and brilliant in its deceptive simplicity, "The Third Man Theme" (known as "The Harry Lime Theme" in Britain) remains both a 'Pop' and film theme classic. How it came to be allows use of that splendid word, serendipity. Read more...
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