Editing Gheorghe Zamfir (section)

==Soundtracks==
His first appearance as soloist interpreter in a movie soundtrack was in [[Vladimir Cosma]]'s  1972 ''[[Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire]]'', whose soundtrack became a worldwide hit.

Another of his notable contributions was to the soundtrack of the classic 1975 Australian film ''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)|Picnic at Hanging Rock]]''. His other film scores include ''[[La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu]]'' (1975) and the Moroccan film ''Bodas de Sangre'' (1977).

He was asked by [[Ennio Morricone]] to perform the pieces "Childhood Memories" and "Cockeye's Song" for the soundtrack of [[Sergio Leone]]'s 1984 gangster film ''[[Once Upon a Time in America]]''. His performance can also be heard throughout the 1984 film ''[[The Karate Kid]]'' plus the sequels.

One of Zamfir's most famous pieces is "[[The Lonely Shepherd]]", which was written by [[James Last]] and recorded with the [[James Last Orchestra]], and first included on Last's 1977 album ''Russland Erinnerungen'' (Memories of Russia); it was also released as a single. "The Lonely Shepherd" was used as the theme for the 1979 Australian miniseries ''[[Golden Soak]]''. It was also featured in Ishu Patel's 1984 Oscar-nominated short film Paradise, [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s 2003 film ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]'' and in Nikolas Grasso's 2010 short film ''[[Doina (film)|Doina]]''.

His song "Frunzuliță Lemn Adus Cântec De Nuntă" ("Fluttering Green Leaves Wedding Song") appears in the 1991 [[Studio Ghibli]] film ''[[Only Yesterday (1991 film)|Only Yesterday]]''.