The Harry Lime Theme is from the film "The Third Man", and was made famous by Anton Karas playing his zither.

From Wikipedia:

The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir, directed by Carol Reed. One night after a long day of filming The Third Man on location in Vienna, Reed and cast members Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Orson Welles had dinner and retired to a wine cellar. In the bistro, which retained the atmosphere of the pre-war days, they heard the zither music of Anton Karas, a 40-year-old musician who was playing there just for the tips. Reed immediately realized that this was the music he wanted for his film. Karas spoke only German, which no one in Reed's party spoke, but fellow customers translated Reed's offer to the musician that he compose and perform the soundtrack for The Third Man. Karas was reluctant since it meant traveling to England, but he finally accepted. Karas wrote and recorded the 40 minutes of music heard in The Third Man over a six-week period, after the entire film was translated for him at Shepperton Studios.

The 'zither' is not a 'voice' on the AR80 organ that you can choose by pressing a button. So I had to create this sound from other Voices and mixing them together. I have added this recording as the background to the video I put together of photographs I had taken in the summer of 2018 whilst on holiday in the Isle of Wight.

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My wife and I were married in 1968 and had our honeymoon on the Isle of Wight (that was going abroad in those days!). So 2018 was our 50th Wedding Anniversary and we decided to go back to the Isle of Wight to celebrate. One of the places we visited was the Godshill Model Village. Although we have been back to the Isle of Wight, we hadn't been there since 1968!

This was put together using Movie Maker.

Godshill Model Village - Isle of Wight



The MP3 can be downloaded from here.
https://app.box.com/s/2tycfl9v5pm7v7ywvjpzxb377li29xlb

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Below is a Pathé News production featuring Anton Karas playing The Harry Lime Theme and CafeMozart in the Empress Club, London.

Zither Man (1950)



Hugh

I must say it is a lot easier to play the melody on the organ or kbd than the zither. I just could not co-ordinate my fingers to play the bass chords, pluck the strings for the melody and also handle the fret board. Nice music, relaxing. Regards, Den.

Hi there Hugh,
A very nice performance you captured the music for this great old film I enjoyed listening my friend.

Jon D.

Hi Hugh enjoyed your version of the Song and the Video with it was Lovely Best Regards mikeG.

Hi Hugh. It’s a catchy tune. Liked the sounds. Enjoyed the model village they are always a treat to visit. I like the Isle of White. I bet it brought back many happy memories. John

Hi Hugh,

Remember the Theme tune well, you made a great job of playing that and putting together a very nice video.

All the best, Brian007