"Theme for Young Lovers" is an instrumental by British group the Shadows, released as a single in February 1964.

It was also the last Shadows recording to feature bassist Brian Locking, who left the group before the release of their previous single "Geronimo", being replaced by John Rostill.

[3] Reviewed in Record Mirror, "Theme for Young Lovers" was described as an "easy on the ear treatment of a number from the film "Wonderful Life".

It's a delicate sounding slower-than-usual number which should give them a pretty big hit once more".

[4] For Disc, Don Nicholl wrote that "at first hearing, the line appears simple enough with roots, perhaps, in an old Scottish folk item.