 John Wayne (I) (qv) was a fan of The Kingston Trio (qv)s  recording of "Remember the Alamo", composed by Jane Bowers (qv),  and wanted to use the song in the film. When, for various reasons,  the rights to the song couldnt be obtained, Dimitri Tiomkin (qv),  who scored the film, and Paul Francis Webster (qv) wrote their own  song for the film, "The Green Leaves of Summer".