<P> English composer Malcolm Arnold added a counter-march , which he titled `` The River Kwai March , '' for the 1957 dramatic film The Bridge on the River Kwai , set during World War II . The two marches were recorded together by Mitch Miller as `` March from the River Kwai -- Colonel Bogey . '' Consequently , the `` Colonel Bogey March '' is often miscredited as `` River Kwai March . '' While Arnold did use `` Colonel Bogey '' in his score for the film , it was only the first theme and a bit of the second theme of `` Colonel Bogey , '' whistled unaccompanied by the British prisoners several times as they marched into the prison camp . Since the film depicted prisoners of war held under inhumane conditions by the Japanese , Canadian officials were embarrassed in May 1980 , when a military band played `` Colonel Bogey '' during a visit to Ottawa by Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ōhira . </P>
<P> English composer Malcolm Arnold added a counter-march , which he titled `` The River Kwai March , '' for the 1957 dramatic film The Bridge on the River Kwai , set during World War II . The two marches were recorded together by Mitch Miller as `` March from the River Kwai -- Colonel Bogey . '' Consequently , the `` Colonel Bogey March '' is often miscredited as `` River Kwai March . '' While Arnold did use `` Colonel Bogey '' in his score for the film , it was only the first theme and a bit of the second theme of `` Colonel Bogey , '' whistled unaccompanied by the British prisoners several times as they marched into the prison camp . Since the film depicted prisoners of war held under inhumane conditions by the Japanese , Canadian officials were embarrassed in May 1980 , when a military band played `` Colonel Bogey '' during a visit to Ottawa by Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ōhira . </P>
theme song to bridge on the river kwai
theme song to bridge on the river kwai
The River Kwai March
The River Kwai March