<Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Film score </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Capitol </Td> </Tr> <P> The soundtrack to The Deer Hunter was released on audio CD on October 25, 1990 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Stanley Myers' "Cavatina" (also known as "He Was Beautiful"), performed by classical guitarist John Williams, is commonly known as "The Theme from The Deer Hunter". According to producer Deeley, he discovered that the song was originally written for a film called The Walking Stick (1970) and, as a result, had to pay the original purchaser an undisclosed sum . </Li> <Li> "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", a 1967 hit song, sung by Frankie Valli . It is played in John's bar when all of the friends sing along and at the wedding reception . According to Cimino, the actors sang along to a recording of the song as it was played instead of singing to a beat track, a standard filmmaking practice . Cimino felt that would make the sing - along seem more real . </Li> <Li> During the wedding ceremonies and party, the Eastern Orthodox Church songs such as "Slava", and Russian folk songs such as "Korobushka" and "Katyusha", are played . </Li> <Li> Russian Orthodox funeral music is also employed during Nick's funeral scene, mainly "Vechnaya Pamyat", which means "eternal memory". </Li> </Ul>

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