<P> "Love Is a Many - Splendored Thing" is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster . The song was publicized first in the movie, Love Is a Many - Splendored Thing (1955), winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song . From 1967 to 1973, it was used as the theme song to Love is a Many Splendored Thing, the soap opera based on the movie . </P> <P> The music was commissioned for the movie Love Is a Many - Splendored Thing and initially included in the film's Oscar - winning score, composed and conducted by Alfred Newman . Lyrics were subsequently added to make it eligible for the Best Original Song category of the Academy Awards . The original lyrics were rejected by the studio so new ones were written . </P>

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