Editing High Noon (section)

===Music===
The movie's theme song, "[[The Ballad of High Noon|High Noon]]" (as it is credited in the film), also known by its opening lyric, "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling", became a major hit on the [[Country music|country-and-western]] charts for [[Tex Ritter]], and later, a pop hit for [[Frankie Laine]] as well.<ref name="TCM"/>  Its popularity set a precedent for theme songs that were featured in many subsequent Western films.<ref>[http://www.destinationhollywood.com/movies/highnoon/funfeatures_content.shtml ''High Noon''], retrieved September 6, 2016.</ref> Composer [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]'s score and song, with lyrics by [[Ned Washington]], became popular for years afterwards and Tiomkin became in demand for future westerns in the 1950s like ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]'' and ''[[Last Train from Gun Hill]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/HighNoon.htm|title=Film In Focus – HIGH NOON and Dimitri Tiomkin's film score|website=americanmusicpreservation.com|access-date=May 8, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819021833/http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/HighNoon.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song, along with its various instrumental arrangements, is heard 36 times throughout the film, functioning as a recurring musical motif.