One of the main reasons the theme is featured in so many tracks is that an impromptu balalaika orchestra was hired from several Russian Orthodox Churches in Los Angeles the musicians could only learn 16 bars of music at a time, and could not read written music. The orchestration is varied, most notably with balalaika and orchestra. Some tracks briefly include it, while others are composed entirely from the motif. A variation of the piece appears in numerous sections, however. On the Doctor Zhivago soundtrack album, there is no track listed as "Lara's Theme". In editing Zhivago, Lean and producer Carlo Ponti reduced or outright deleted many of the themes composed by Jarre Jarre was unhappy because he felt that an over-reliance on "Lara's Theme" would ruin the soundtrack.
Jarre spent the weekend in the mountains above Los Angeles, and by Monday, he found "Lara's Theme" when composing on the piano in an hour. Lean said the theme should not be specifically about Russia, rather it should be a universal theme. Lean suggested to Jarre that, rather than thinking about Zhivago or Russia, he should go to the mountains with his girlfriend and write a love theme for her. Jarre wrote a number of themes for the film, however, Lean was dissatisfied with the theme for Lara. Lean informed Jarre he was working under time constraint and that the score needed to be composed and recorded in around ten weeks. Initially Lean had desired to use a well-known Russian song but could not locate the rights to it, and delegated responsibility to Jarre. Maurice Jarre was asked by director David Lean to write the score for Doctor Zhivago, including a theme for the character of Lara, played by Julie Christie.
Numerous versions, both orchestral and vocal, have been recorded, among the most popular was the version by Ray Conniff Singers. Soon afterward, the leitmotif became the basis of the song " Somewhere, My Love". " Lara's Theme" is the name given to a leitmotif written for the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago by composer Maurice Jarre. For the Connie Francis album, see Somewhere, My Love.
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