One night after a long day of filming in the year 1949, The Third Man on location in Vienna,
Carol 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.
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.
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