The Third Man Theme 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
Michael Korda writer. In the mid-sixties Korda began to write freelance articles for "Glamour" magazine and eventually wrote their film review column for almost ten years. Korda also wrote for Clay Felker's "New York" magazine including a piece that eventually became his first book, "Male Chauvinism and How it Works at Home and in the Office". Korda's second book, "Power!", reached the number one spot on "The New York Times" Bestseller list in 1975. Korda the writer was represented by agent Lynn Nesbit. Among Korda's other books are "Charmed Lives", which the story of his father and his two uncles, and the