the music for "strangers in the night" was written by croatian composer ivo robic, but when it failed to gain recognition in the song festival for which it had been composed, robic sold the rights to german bandleader and composer bert kaempfert, who used it in the satirical spy film "a man could get killed". snyder collaborated with american lyricist charles singleton, although snyder insisted that he also contributed to the final music form, and the song is now credited to all four.