Nope - I said - it was composed LATER, than Gidget...
Then it's gotta be JOHN GOLDFARB PLEASE COME HOME, but I just remember the opening scene being a desert, not a beach. Incidentally, GIDGET also has his name on a beach background, so the confusion is easy to make!
Actually, come to think of it -- the image may indeed show a desert; the "rolling waves" being desert dunes instead.
1) Both scores was rather short, so when they were released, they were paired with the other score. 2) One title sounds almost the same as great film with music by Kenyon Hopkins; and the other - is adaptation of popular children's book...