Theme from A Summer Place versions, and has also appeared in a number of subsequent films and television programs. The best-known cover version of the theme is an instrumental version by Percy Faith and his orchestra that was a Number One hit for nine weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in 1960. Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra," prior to the November 1959 release of the film
A Year With No Summer cover was created for each of the different physical formats, all of them presenting a different glitch variation on an original picture by French photographer Mathieu Bernard-Reymond. The release received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its complexity and gloomy sound. "A Year With No Summer" features the collaboration of Ulver's singer Kristoffer Rygg in the song "10th April" and Mayhem's Attila Csihar in "The Kandinsky Group". The digipak and jewelcase editions feature a hidden track that consist of a stripped-down bossanova rendition of the track "Darkness" by Jr Morgue. "A Year With No Summer" is noted for featuring