They seek Bart's blessing, but he is about to be admitted to the veterans' hospital due to ulcers from his drinking, and drunkenly tries to talk them out of marriage, later calling Helen to let her know what happened.
The theme has also been referenced, sampled, or otherwise adapted into several other songs. It soon becomes apparent that they still love each other and have missed each other for many years, and that Ken returned to Pine Island in hopes of seeing Sylvia again.
More recently, the song's peaceful and relaxed theme has taken on a darker significance as it has been used to convey an eerie sense of false security in Review Changes Faith re-recorded the song twice first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place 76". View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1960 Vinyl release of Theme From A Summer Place on Discogs. As it turns out, Ken and Sylvia were lovers twenty years ago, when they were teenagers. Faith re-recorded the song twice: first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at #18 on Most vocal versions of the theme have featured the Discant lyrics. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy. Soon after, Molly discovers she is pregnant, and she and Johnny run away together planning to get married. They talk Molly and Johnny into visiting them there, to which the teenagers agree largely because it will give them a chance to be together away from Helen, who is unable to prevent the visit due to a court order. Theme From A Summer Place
Following its initial film appearance, the theme has been recorded by many artists in both instrumental and vocal versions, and has also appeared in a number of subsequent films and television programs. The best-known The single was not an immediate hit and did not enter the The Faith version reached #2 in the UK. The local I have two kids who are just about the same age of these two in Some exterior and interior scenes involving Ken and Sylvia's beach house were filmed at The movie became popular after its release but had a mixed critical reception. The 1960 instrumental hit "Theme from A Summer Place", composed by Max Steiner, was used in the film as a secondary musical theme (not the main title theme) for scenes featuring Molly and Johnny.The version used in the film was recorded by Hugo Winterhalter.It was later arranged and recorded by Percy Faith and performed by his orchestra, enriching and improving on the original. The lyrics of the song "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" from the musical Grease are in part specifically about the events in this movie. During their visit, Molly and Johnny secretly consummate their love. Ken goes on a business trip for a weekend, during which time Molly and Johnny, with Ken's permission, go sailing around the island. However, some featured wordless vocals by singers who voiced the melody line. Ken and Sylvia suspect that the teenagers are sleeping together and are concerned about the possible ill effects, but in view of their own past teenage history, feel they cannot order Molly and Johnny to stop loving each other. Ken and Sylvia find themselves drawn to each other again and begin secretly meeting every night. The album topped Billboard's album charts in 1960 for two weeks, and stayed in the charts for a total of 62 weeks.
It was also a #1 hit in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole." "Theme from A Summer Place" has been covered by a number of artists in addition to Percy Faith, in both non-vocal instrumental versions, and with one or more vocalists either singing the Discant lyrics or a wordless melody line. Helen initially keeps quiet, on her mother's advice, planning to catch them in the act in order to ensure a large divorce settlement. They had broken up because Ken was a poor college student, while Bart was the son of a rich established family, so Sylvia married Bart, and Ken, after seeing Sylvia's wedding announcement in the newspaper, married Helen. *** Percy Faith – "Theme From A Summer Place" HIT #1: February 22, 1960 STAYED AT #1: 9 weeks How, exactly, does stuff like this happen? Both marriages were unhappy but Ken and Sylvia stayed in them because of their love for their respective children, Molly and Johnny. The Ken and Sylvia eventually marry and move into a beach house. Jon from Scotland, United Kingdom Although I'd heard - and loved - "Theme from a Summer Place" many years previous, my favourite memory of this song comes from 1998 when I spent a magical summer at Atlantic Beach, NC, and the Percy Faith version seemed to be played every hour on a quite antiquated oldies radio station. Their boat capsizes in rough water, stranding them on the beach overnight. The 'I washed my hair for you scene' can be seen on the 1990s show A cassette version was released as PA 26027 on Paramount according to the list of available releases in my copy of "The Illusion." It was definitely a big part of the soundtrack to that summer for me. Theme from a Summer Place is a studio album released by Billy Vaughn in 1960 on Dot LP record DLP 3276 (mono) 25276 (stereo). They are soon spotted by the island's night watchman, who informs Helen. Also released in stereo in the same year.