Ka kammala wannan magana: Mai shirya waƙa Dimitri Tiomkin ya shirya waƙar fim ɗin kuma ya rubuta waƙar jigon fim ɗin "The High and the Mighty". An kuma kira waƙar taken "Waƙar Whistling" saboda John Wayne ya busa waƙar yayin samarwa. Kiɗan Tiomkin don fim ɗin ya kasance a saman jadawalin wasan kwaikwayo kuma ya kasance a can har tsawon makonni, yana ƙara girman fim ɗin kanta. Wani bincike na kasa na 1955 na 'yan wasan diski ya lakafta waƙar a matsayin "mafi yawan waƙar da za a iya busawa". Masu shirya fina-finai na Hollywood sun fahimci cewa waƙar da aka yi amfani da ita za ta iya jawo hankalin masu kallo zuwa gidan wasan kwaikwayo. An buga waƙar "ƙwaƙwalwa" a rediyo da kuma rikodin a cikin shekaru bayan fitowar fim ɗin. An zabi shi a matsayin Mafi Kyawun Waka a
27th Academy Awards a shekarar 1955, amma ya rasa zuwa "Kudi uku a cikin Fountain" daga fim din wannan sunan.