"Judith" is a 1966 song written by

Sol Kaplan Sol Kaplan (April 19, 1919 – November 14, 1990) was an American film and television music composer. Life and career Kaplan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked as a successful concert pianist, including performing at Carnegie Hal ...

and Earl Shuman, known in the instrumental version as "Judith (Love Theme From Judith)" for the 1966 film of the same title starring

Sophia Loren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren ( , ), is an Italian actress. She was named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest female stars of Classical Hollywood ci ...

.Saturday Review - Volume 49, Part 1 - Page 70 1966 Judith: The original motion picture score, Sol Kaplan's music for this adventure-drama set in Israel is somewhat reminiscent (Exodus re- composed and conducted by Sol Kaplan. visited, so to say), but consistently attractive all the same. It was a best selling single for

Pat Boone Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer and actor. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in mo ...

, with lyrics beginning "Judith, you are the twilight..". Other versions were recorded by

Ferrante and Teicher Ferrante & Teicher were a duo of American pianists, known for their light arrangements of familiar classical pieces, movie soundtracks, and show tunes as well as their signature style of florid, intricate, and fast-paced piano playing performances ...

1966, The Golden Voices,

Hugo Montenegro Hugo Mario Montenegro (September 2, 1925 – February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is interpretations of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, especially his cover version of Ennio M ...

and his orchestra, Jimmy Sedlar and orchestra.

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