Editing The Caine Mutiny (1954 film) (section)

== Music ==
This was the last of a number of Bogart films scored by composer [[Max Steiner]], mostly for [[Warner Bros.]] The main title theme, ''The Caine Mutiny March'', was included in [[RCA Victor]]'s collection of classic Bogart film scores, recorded by [[Charles Gerhardt (conductor)|Charles Gerhardt]] and the [[National Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050500/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ql_1 ''The Caine Mutiny'' Music Credits] IMDb</ref>

The lyrics of the song, "Yellowstain Blues", which mocked Queeg's perceived cowardice during the landing incident, were drawn from the source novel.<ref>Wouk, Herman. ''The Caine Mutiny''</ref>

===Soundtrack===
The original [[soundtrack album]] for ''The Caine Mutiny'' was not officially released until 2017, and copies of the soundtrack made before that are very rare. Perhaps a dozen copies survive. [[RCA Victor]] planned an [[LP album|LP]] release with musical excerpts on the first side and the complete dialogue of the climactic court-martial scene on side two, but Herman Wouk believed that including this scene was an infringement on his recently opened [[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (play)|Broadway play]] dealing with the court-martial. He threatened to prohibit Columbia Pictures from making any further adaptations of his work. According to Wouk, "Columbia head Harry Cohn looked into the matter, called me back, and said in his tough gravelly voice, 'I've got you beat on the legalities, but I've listened to the record and it's no goddamn good, so I'm yanking it.'"{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} Max Steiner's score was finally released by [[Intrada Records]] in 2017 as Special Collection Volume ISC 382.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.10886/.f?sc=13&category=22848 |title=The Caine Mutiny; Original Music from the Motion Picture|work=store.intrada.com|access-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref>