<P> `` Theme from A Summer Place '' is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner , written for the 1959 film A Summer Place , which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue . It was recorded for the film as an instrumental by Hugo Winterhalter . Originally known as the `` Molly and Johnny Theme '' , the piece is not the main title theme of the film , but a secondary love theme for the characters played by Dee and Donahue . </P>
when was theme from a summer place released
1959