The duo came up with , which eventually netted them an Oscar nomination for best song. For the tune, which doesn't actually include the word "unchained," Zaret chose instead to focus his lyrics on a singer who pines for a lover he hasn't seen in a long time. The 1955 film centres around a character who contemplates breaking free from prison and living life on the lam or completing his sentence and returning to his wife and family.
Overall, Zaret's oeuvre included advertising jingles and music for film and television, tunes recorded by artists ranging from Jimmy Dorsey to Leonard Cohen and songs about science or other topics for educational children's albums. More recently, Zaret fought off another man's claims to have written , which has been his most enduring work. Over the years, the song has been recorded by dozens of artists, from Al Hibbler to Elvis Presley to U2.
However, for many people, the best known version is the one produced by Phil Spector for the Righteous Brothers.
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