"The song ""Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'"" from the film ""High Noon"" was a big hit for Frankie Laine in the early 1950s. Who sang it on the film soundtrack?"
The Ballad of High Noon The Ballad of High Noon “The Ballad of High Noon” (or “Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin’”) is a popular song published in 1952, with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Ned Washington. It is the theme song of the movie "High Noon", sung over the opening credits by Tex Ritter, with its tune repeated throughout the film. It was awarded the 1952 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was performed that night for the Academy by Ritter. The song is about the film's main character, Will Kane (played by Gary Cooper), and the moral dilemma of
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling and the background music heard throughout it, derive from the American song "The Ballad of High Noon"—also called "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin—introduced in the 1952 movie "High Noon". In an atypical teaser before a modification of the standard opening sequence (different music, the usual Number Six/Number Two dialogue is absent), two men sit in the office of a senior intelligence officer named Sir Charles. They are analyzing photos by way of seeking clues that will lead them to locate a missing inventor named Professor Seltzman (later revealed to have developed a technology that can switch two people's