Zorbas - wikipedia Zorbas For other uses, see Zorba ( disambiguation ). `` Zorbas '' Instrumental Published 1964 Composer ( s ) Mikis Theodorakis `` Zorbas '' ( or more commonly, `` Zorba 's Dance '' ) is an instrumental by Greek composer MikisTheodorakis. The song featured in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and became popular around the world. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas. The film 's track has since been recorded as a standalone song by many different musicians from around the world. Some of the more notable are listed below. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass recorded a 4 : 25 version of the song ( as `` Zorba the Greek '' ) for their 1965 album Going Places. Issued in single, the song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The tune reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1965, performed by Marcello Minerbi ( Durium Records DRS 54001 ). The song was featured, among others, in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and in the `` Subdivision '' episode of Prison Break, where Charles `` Haywire '' Patoshik raided a fast food joint and gorged himself on soda and ice cream. The song is particularly infamous in Peru for its association with Sendero Luminoso. In the early 1990s, a video of Sendero Luminoso 's leadership dancing to the song was given to the media, showing that the organization 's heads were hiding in Lima itself. The British dance act LCD covered the song in 1998. Their version peaked at number 20 in the UK chart that year, and at number 22 when re-issued in October 1999. References Jump up ^ Eder, Bruce ( 1925 - 07 - 29 ). `` Mikis Theodorakis - Music Biography, Credits and Discography ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2012 - 12 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Zorba the Greek ( Soundtrack ) - Mikis Theodorakis : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2012 - 12 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Zorba 's Dance ( search results ) ''. Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012 - 12 - 18. Jump up ^ Ginell, Richard S. `` Going Places - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2012 - 12 - 18. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 368. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 309. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zorbas&oldid=834301490 '' Categories : Mikis Theodorakis songs 1960s instrumentals Songs written by Mikis Theodorakis 1964 songs Hidden categories : CS1 : Julian -- Gregorian uncertainty All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2018 Talk About Wikipedia Ελληνικά Français Nederlands Română Edit links This page was last edited on 4 April 2018, at 23 : 52. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the music for zorba the greek
Answer: MikisTheodorakis