Les Baxter and His Orchestra - The High And The Mighty free for downloading

The  Theme  Song  from the  MOVIE  "The High And  The  Mighty"  is  ...What I  consider  a "HAUNTING   MELODY".... I'd  love to hear a  modern  version of it

I recall a Federated commercial had Lil Fred whistling this as he bailed out of a plane Fred Rated was flying.

Yes! I was certain that was what I was remembering, The Million Dollar Movie! it was a regular at our house. I grew up in the Culver City :o)

This music was an integral part of my childhood.

Actor Paul Fix kept griping about having a steak throughout the whole flight. I was waiting for John Wayne to toss him off the plane.

I was 10 in 1954, and don't remember much of the movie, but I sure remember that music and that summer .

Without a doubt, one of the most hauntingly beautiful movie themes ever!

I mentioned on the other site I became a pilot in 1968 because of this movie. Sang it for my exam in Acapella in 1967. Even now we break out of the clouds at night on the ILS and when I see the lights of the runway I tilt my cap back and whistle this theme song. The young First Officers don't have a clue, sad. Also "Island in the Sky" was a good one.

Well aren't you something,, all high and mighty.

I just luv the movie & the song!!!!!!!!!! Luv John Wayne in this too!!!!! 

Always a big John Wayne fan.  Watched it on TV when I was little and I was confused by the last line.  As Wayne walks away from the plane he had just saved,  one of the characters says "So Long. So long, you ancient pelican."  My dad explained to me it was the man's way of showing respect to Wayne's tough uncompromising character. 

First heard it in 1954 and has been my favorite tune of all time.

"The High and the Mighty" was the first movie I ever saw. I was 5, and my AF family was stationed in the Azores. The opening credits were playing as we walked down the darkened aisle of the theater, and this theme, which is the first tune I ever heard that was played on decent speakers instead of on a small record player, sent chills down my spine. It can still have that effect.

I'll remember Jan Sterling's performance always.  She literally "let her hair down" for the entire world to see.  A great actress.  Those were the days, weren't they?  The way we were.

Haunting and memorable theme by Dimitri Tiomkin.

I was aged 11 and living in Durban RSA. It is a melody that has stayed with me for almost 60 years.

Saw this movie in 1954 with my Mom and Dad when I was twelve and have always remembered the end with John Wayne walking toward a plane whistling this song.

One of the greatest movie scores of all time.

All of these great film score composers had two things in common. They were classically trained composers, mostly in European conservatories, and were influenced by the music of the Immortal Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninoff. This mighty composition is a sui generis example.