Fiddler On The Roof Movie Theme

Prologue 1964 uncredited music by jerry bock played during the opening credits.

Fiddler on the roof movie theme. Tradition 1964 uncredited music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick performed by topol and chorus in the pre credits sequence. While most people who love fiddler on the roof may view it as a piece of popular entertainment that is endlessly fun to sing along to the reason fiddler on the roof has persisted and continues to resonate with audiences today is because the themes at the heart of the show are universal to people around the world and throughout time. Originally released as a double lp set and now on one cd the gold selling soundtrack album for the screen adaptation of the long running broadway musical fiddler on the roof which became the top grossing film of 1971 stretched out jerry bock and sheldon harnick s song score with musical adaptations by conductor john williams who used a giant orchestra and chorus that sounded like it was.