MALCOLM ARNOLD
1921 - 2006
BBC News Tribute
"David Lean initially wanted Nicholson's soldiers to enter the camp while singing 'Hitler Has Only Got One Ball', a popular (during World War II) parody version of the 'Colonel Bogey March' poking fun at Adolf Hitler and various other Nazi leaders. Sam Spiegel told him it was too vulgar, and the whistling-only version was used instead."