It's just one of 19 other memorable movie instrumentals and close to 40 classic movie songs from a three-disc "Hollywood Hits: 70 Years of Movie Music" collection recently released by Shout! Factory, a label that specializes in retro music compilations.
In addition to "Tara's Theme," score selections include everything from David Raksin's sensuous "Laura" to Henry Mancini's "The Pink Panther," John Barry's "James Bond Theme" to a trio of John Williams' blockbuster melodies -- "Jaws," "Star Wars" and "Superman."
The Shout! Factory collection was conceived as a tie-in with a PBS special, "Movie Songs Live" (it aired in Chicago in mid-March as part of WTTW's annual pledge drive). Patrick Milligan, a West Coast-based music consultant, was approached by Shout! Factory to create a list of songs for a tie-in audio set for the television special two years ago.