Editing Thunder Road (1958 film) (section)

===Music===
The film's theme song, "The Whippoorwill", was sung by [[Keely Smith]] in her role as a nightclub singer, and a different studio rendition by her was released as a 45 rpm single on [[Capitol Records]]. Mitchum wrote the music with lyrics by [[Don Raye]].<ref name=varrev/> The film's opening song, also co-written by Mitchum, is "The Ballad of Thunder Road", sung by [[Randy Sparks]], a different arrangement of which was recorded by Mitchum and released as a popular 45 rpm single, also on Capitol.