Editing The Deer Hunter (section)

===Selected tracks===
* [[Stanley Myers]]'s "[[Cavatina (Myers)|Cavatina]]" (also known as "He Was Beautiful"), performed by classical guitarist [[John Williams (guitarist)|John Williams]], is commonly known as "The Theme from The Deer Hunter". According to producer Deeley, he discovered that the piece was originally written for a film called ''[[The Walking Stick]]'' (1970) and, as a result, had to pay the original purchaser an undisclosed sum.<ref name=Deeley-195>Deeley, p. 195</ref>
* "[[Can't Take My Eyes Off You]]", a 1967 hit song sung by [[Frankie Valli]].{{efn|While featured prominently in the film, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" does not appear on ''The Deer Hunter<nowiki>'</nowiki>s'' soundtrack.<ref name=Soundtrack/>}} 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 it would make the singalong seem more realistic.<ref name=DirCommentary/>
*During the wedding ceremonies and party, the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] song "Slava", and the Russian folk songs "[[Korobushka]]" and "[[Katyusha (song)|Katyusha]]" are played.
*The final passage from ''[[Kamarinskaya]]'' by [[Mikhail Glinka]] is briefly heard when the men are driving through the mountains. Part of the opening section of the same work is heard during the second hunt when Michael is about to shoot the stag.
*Russian Orthodox funeral music is also employed during Nick's funeral scene, mainly "[[Vechnaya Pamyat]]", which means "eternal memory".<ref>[https://www.dartmouth.edu/~karamazov/resources/?page_id=446 "An Eastern Orthodox Approach to the Brothers Karamazov by Donald Sheehan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926073428/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~karamazov/resources/?page_id=446 |date=September 26, 2014 }}. Dartmouth.edu. Retrieved May 23, 2015.</ref>
*In the scene before the film shifts to Vietnam, John plays [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s "[[Nocturnes, Op. 15 (Chopin)|Nocturne in G Minor]]" on the bar piano as the others listen in silence. George Dzundza appears to be actually playing it.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}