See also Cavatina For the piece of music known as Cavatina or Theme from The Deer Hunter, see Cavatina (song) Cavatina (Italian diminutive of cavata, the producing of tone from an instrument, plural cavatine) is a musical term, originally a short song of simple character, without a second strain or any repetition of...

Cavatina is a classical guitar piece by Stanley Myers and is most famous for its role as the theme from The Deer Hunter. A classical guitar, also called a Spanish guitar, is a musical instrument from the family of musical instruments called chordophones. ... Stanley Myers (6 October 1933 - 9 November 1993), born in Birmingham, was a prolific British film composer who scored over 60 films. ... The theme music of a radio or television program is a piece that is written specifically for that show and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits. ... The Deer Hunter is a 1978 English language film that tells the fictional story of a group of Rusyn-American steel workers during the Vietnam War era. ...

The piece had been recorded by John Williams, long before the film that made it famous. It had originally been written for piano but at Williams' invitation, Myers re-wrote it for guitar and expanded it. After this transformation, it was first used for the film, The Walking Stick (1970). In 1973, Cleo Laine wrote lyrics and recorded the song "He Was Beautiful" accompanied by John Williams. A year later, it was a Top Five single in the UK for Iris Williams (no relation). Historical records of events have been made for thousands of years in one form or another. ... John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) is one of the worlds best-known classical guitarists. ... Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth DBE, (born Clementina Dinah Campbell on October 28, 1927 in Middlesex, England) is a scat and jazz singer and an actor. ...

Trivia

This piece of music is also played at the end of the Battlestar Galactica (2003) episode 'Scar' where Starbuck toasts the memory of dead pilots.

It has a reputation as a staple of buskers, despite its relatively high technical requirements. The use of barre chords throughout the song makes it difficult to keep the melody legato. Busking is the practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips. ... In musical notation legato indicates that musical notes are played smoothly. ...