[4] The music, and its song "Strose To Stroma Sou Gia Dio" ("Make Your Bed for Two"), was adapted from a syrtos traditional composition from Chania by the Cretan musician Giorgis Koutsourelis, which was chosen as it had "energetic rhythm" and some resemblance to the rebetiko.

It was among a number of different versions performed by different artists released around the world the same year due to the success of the film.

Mikis Theodorakis's soundtrack version topped the charts in Austria and Belgium, and reached No.

[8] The music, as with other works by Mikis Theodorakis, was banned by the Greek junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.

", a 1966 hit single by British group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached number 1 in Germany, New Zealand and South Africa.