Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores. Mancini also won a record number of Grammy awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to "performers who during their lifetimes have made creative contributions of outstanding His best-known works are the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series (The Pink Panther Theme) and Moon River. The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of " The Pink Panther Theme " is an instrumental composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently " Moon River " is a song composed by Johnny Mercer (lyrics and Henry Mancini (music in 1961 for whom it won that year's Academy Award for Best

He has a son with the name Chris Mancini.

Early life

Mancini was born Enrico Nicola Mancini in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the steel town of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Little Italy is a neighborhood in Cleveland Ohio located at the base of Murray Hill between Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood and the suburb of Cleveland Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Aliquippa is a city in Beaver County Pennsylvania, and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area His parents emigrated from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Mancini's father, Quinto, was a steelworker, who made his only child begin flute lessons at the age of eight. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied Industrial The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its When Mancini was 12 years old, he began piano lessons. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Quinto and Henry played flute together in the Aliquippa Italian immigrant band, "Sons of Italy". Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term After high school, Mancini attended the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. In 1943, after roughly one year at Juilliard, his studies were interrupted when he was drafted into the army. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. In 1945, he participated in the liberation of a South German concentration camp. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial

Career

Upon discharge, Mancini entered the music industry and became a pianist and arranger for the newly-formed Glenn Miller band, led by Tex Beneke. Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1 1904 &ndash presumably December 15 1944) was an American Jazz musician and Tex Beneke (b Gordon Lee Beneke February 12, 1914, Fort Worth, Texas - May 30, 2000, Costa Mesa, California was an American His greatest musical passions have been for swing and jazz. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States After World War II, Mancini broadened his composition, counterpoint, harmony and orchestration skills during studies with two acclaimed "serious" concert hall composers, Ernst Krenek and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Ernst Krenek ( August 23 1900 &ndash December 22 1991) was an Austrian born (and from 1945 an American) Composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ( April 3, 1895 &ndash March 16, 1968) was an Italian composer. ^[1]

In 1952, Mancini joined the Universal Pictures music department. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American During the next six years, he contributed music to over 100 movies, most notably The Creature from the Black Lagoon, It Came from Outer Space, Tarantula, This Island Earth, The Glenn Miller Story (for which he received his first Academy Award nomination), The Benny Goodman Story and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil. This article is on the film For the titular character see Gill-man Creature from the Black Lagoon is a Monster film It Came from Outer Space is a 1953 Science Fiction 3-D film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Richard Carlson, Tarantula is a 1955 Science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Leo G This Island Earth is a 1955 Science fiction Film directed by Joseph M The Glenn Miller Story is a 1953 American film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their first non- western "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Touch of Evil ( 1958) is a black-and-white American film written directed and co-starring Orson Welles. Mancini left Universal-International to work as an independent composer/arranger in 1958. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Soon after, he scored the television series Peter Gunn for writer/producer Blake Edwards, the genesis of a relationship which lasted over 35 years and produced nearly 30 films. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC Television networks Blake Edwards (born July 26, 1922) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Screenwriter, and producer Together with Alex North, Elmer Bernstein, Leith Stevens and Johnny Mandel, Henry Mancini was one of the pioneers who introduced jazz music into the late romantic orchestral film and TV scores prevalent at the time. Alex North ( December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American Composer responsible for the first Jazz Elmer Bernstein ( April 4 1922 - 18 August 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American Leith Stevens ( September 13, 1909 – July 23, 1970) was an American Composer. Johnny Mandel (born 23 November, 1925 in New York) is an American Composer and arranger of popular songs Film music

Mancini's scores for Blake Edwards included Breakfast at Tiffany's (with the standard, "Moon River"), and with "Days of Wine and Roses," "Experiment in Terror," The Pink Panther, (and all of its sequels, such as "A Shot in the Dark"), The Great Race, The Party, "Victor/Victoria". Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, " Moon River " is a song composed by Johnny Mercer (lyrics and Henry Mancini (music in 1961 for whom it won that year's Academy Award for Best "Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song from the 1962 movie of the same name. Experiment in Terror is a 1962 Crime film directed by Blake Edwards and written by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon based The Pink Panther, directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, is a Comedy film, starring David Niven A Shot in the Dark is a Comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series The Great Race is a 1965 Slapstick comedy movie directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A The Party (alternative title " Hollywood Party " is a 1968 comedy written and directed by Blake Edwards, ---- Victor/Victoria is a 1982 Musical comedy film which involves Transvestism and Sexual identity as central themes Another director with a longstanding partnership with Mancini was Stanley Donen (Charade, Arabesque, Two for the Road). Stanley Donen (born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and Choreographer hailed by David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood Charade is a film written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn The arabesque is an elaborative application of repeating geometric forms that often echo the forms of plants and animals Mancini also composed for Howard Hawks (Man's Favorite Sport, Hatari! - which included the well-known "Baby Elephant Walk"), Martin Ritt (The Molly Maguires), Vittorio de Sica (Sunflower), Norman Jewison (Gaily Gaily), Paul Newman (Sometimes a Great Notion, The Glass Menagerie), Stanley Kramer's (Oklahoma Crude), George Roy Hill(The Great Waldo Pepper), Arthur Hiller (Silver Streak),^[2] and Ted Kotcheff (Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?), and others. Howard Winchester Hawks ( May 30, 1896 &ndash December 26, 1977) was an American Film director, producer and Hatari! is a 1962 American film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne. "Baby Elephant Walk" is a tune written in 1961 by Composer Henry Mancini, for the 1962 release of the movie Hatari! Martin Ritt ( March 2, 1914 &ndash December 8, 1990) was an American director, Actor, and Playwright Vittorio De Sica ( 7 July 1901 or 1902&ndash 13 November 1974) was a critically acclaimed Italian neorealist director Norman Frederick Jewison CC, BA, LLD (born July 21, 1926) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian Film Paul Leonard Newman (January 26 1925 &ndash September 26 2008 was an Academy Award The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams that was originally written as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted Stanley Kramer ( September 29, 1913 &ndash February 19, 2001) was an Academy Award -nominated American Film director George Roy Hill ( December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an Academy Award winning American Film director. Arthur Hiller, OC (born November 22, 1923 in Edmonton Alberta) is an Oscar -nominated Canadian film director Ted Kotcheff (sometimes credited as William Kotcheff or William T Mancini's score for the Alfred Hitchcock film, Frenzy (1972), was rejected and replaced by Ron Goodwin's work. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Frenzy is a 1972 thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is the Penultimate feature film of his extensive career Ronald Alfred Goodwin (17 February 1925 &ndash 8 January 2003 was a British Composer and conductor best known for his Film scores

Mancini scored many TV movies, including The Thorn Birds and The Shadow Box. The Thorn Birds is an Emmy Award -winning television mini-series broadcast on ABC between 27 and 30 March 1983 The Shadow Box is a play written by actor Michael Cristofer. The play made its Broadway debut on March 31 1977. He wrote his share of television themes, including Mr. Lucky, NBC News Election Night Coverage, "NBC Mystery Movie,"^[3] What's Happening!!,^[4] Newhart, Remington Steele, Tic Tac Dough (1990 version) and Hotel. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic For the 1943 Cary Grant movie see Mr Lucky (film. Mr Lucky is a CBS Television show that ran from The NBC Mystery Movie is the Umbrella title of an American television series produced by Universal Studios, that aired on NBC from What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, Newhart is a Television Situation comedy starring Comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and his Remington Steele is an American television series produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 Tic-Tac-Dough was an American television Game show based on the Pen-and-paper game Tic-tac-toe. Hotel was based on the book of the same name by Arthur Hailey, which was also adapted into a 1967 movie, aired as a weekly Prime-time Mancini also composed the "Viewer Mail" theme for Late Night with David Letterman. Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy Talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. ^[3]

Mancini recorded over 90 albums, in styles ranging from big band to classical to pop. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more Eight of these albums were certified gold by The Recording Industry Association of America. He had a 20 year contract with RCA Records, resulting in 60 commercial record albums that made him a household name composer of easy listening music. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Easy listening music is a style of Popular music and radio format that emerged in the mid-20th century evolving out of swing and Big band music

Mancini's range also extended to orchestral and ethnic scores (Lifeforce, The Great Mouse Detective, Sunflower, "Tom and Jerry: The Movie", Molly Maguires, The Hawaiians), and darker themes ("Experiment In Terror," "The White Dawn," "Wait Until Dark," "The Night Visitor"). The Hawaiians is a 1970 American Historical film based on the novel Hawaii by James A

Mancini was also a concert performer, conducting over fifty engagements per year, resulting in over 600 symphony performances during his lifetime. A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. Among the symphony orchestras he conducted are the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well The London Symphony Orchestra ( LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisre'elit The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO founded four years earlier The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil LAP or LAPO is an American Orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( RPO) is a British Orchestra based in London. He appeared in 1966, 1980 and 1984 in command performances for the British Royal Family. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. Generally the head of a royal family is a king or queen regnant He also toured several times with Johnny Mathis and with Andy Williams, who had sung many of Mancini's songs. John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American Singer of Popular music. Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3 1927 in Wall Lake Iowa) is an American pop singer

Mancini had experience with acting and voice roles. In 1994 he made a one-off cameo appearance in the first season of the sitcom series Frasier, as a call-in patient to Dr. Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane's radio show. Mancini voiced the character Al, who speaks with a melancholy drawl and hates the sound of his own voice, in the episode "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast?" Mancini also had an uncredited performance as a pianist in the 1967 movie Gunn, the movie version of the series Peter Gunn, the score of which was originally composed by Mancini himself. Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC Television networks

Mancini died at the age of 70 in Beverly Hills/Los Angeles, California of pancreatic cancer. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the Pancreas. Each year about 37680 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with this condition and 34290 He was working at the time on the Broadway stage version of Victor/Victoria. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located At the time of his death, Mancini was married to singer Virginia "Ginny" O´Connor, with whom he had three children. Ginny Mancini went on to found the Society of Singers a non profit organization which benefits the health and welfare of professional singers worldwide. The Society of Singers (established 1984 is a 501(c3 non profit charitable organisation based in Sherman Oaks, California. Additionally the Society awards scholarships to students pursuing an education in the vocal arts and holds the annual Ella Awards. One of Mancini's twin daughters - Monica Mancini is a professional singer. Monica Mancini (born 1952 is an American recording artist and concert Performer.

In 1996, the Henry Mancini Institute, an academy for young music professionals, was founded by Jack Elliott in Mancini's honor, and later under the direction of composer-conductor Patrick Williams. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Patrick Williams or Pat Williams is a name shared by the following individuals John Patrick Williams (born 1937 American politician generally known By the early 2000s, however, the institute could not sustain itself and closed its doors on December 31, 2006. However, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers(ASCAP) Foundation "Henry Mancini Music Scholarship" has been awarded annually since 2001. The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP) is a non-profit Performance rights organization that protects its

Awards

 

Moon River

Theme of Moon River composed by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer

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Mancini was nominated for an unprecedented 72 Grammys, winning 20^[5] Additionally he was nominated for 18 Academy Awards, winning four. ^[6] He also won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for two Emmys.

Mancini won a total of four Oscars for his music in the course of his career. He was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1955 for his original score of The Glenn Miller Story, on which he collaborated with Joseph Gershenson. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) He lost out to Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Adolph Deutsch (October 20 1897 - January 1 1980 was an Academy Award -winning composer conductor and arranger Saul Chaplin ( February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997) was one of Hollywood 's preeminent composers and Musical directors Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a Musical film released in 1954. In 1962 he was nominated in the Best Music, Original Song category for "Bachelor in Paradise" from the film of the same name, in collaboration with lyricist Mack David. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A lyricist is a Writer who specializes in Song Lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song(s Mack David ( July 5, 1912 - December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his work in film and television in the That song did not win. However, Mancini did receive two Oscars that year: one in the same category, for the song "Moon River" (shared with lyricist Johnny Mercer), and one for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for Breakfast at Tiffany's. John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer ( November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American Songwriter and Singer Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, The following year, he and Mercer took another Best Song award for "Days of Wine and Roses," another eponymous theme song. "Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song from the 1962 movie of the same name. His next eleven nominations went for naught, but he finally garnered one last statuette working with lyricist Leslie Bricusse on the score for Victor/Victoria, which won the "Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score" award for 1983. Leslie Bricusse (born 29 January 1931) is a British lyricist and composer ---- Victor/Victoria is a 1982 Musical comedy film which involves Transvestism and Sexual identity as central themes All three of the films for which he won were directed by Blake Edwards. Blake Edwards (born July 26, 1922) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Screenwriter, and producer His score for Victor/Victoria was adapted for the 1995 Broadway musical of the same name. Victor/Victoria is a musical with a book by Blake Edwards, music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and additional musical

Discography (non-soundtracks, incomplete)

• The Versatile Henry Mancini, Liberty LRP 3121
• The Mancini Touch, RCA Victor LSP 2101
• The Blues & the Beat, RCA Victor LSP-2147
• Mr. Lucky Goes Latin, RCA Victor LSP-2360
• Our Man in Hollywood, RCA Victor LSP-2604
• Uniquely Mancini, RCA Victor LSP-2692
• The Best of Mancini, RCA Victor LSP-2693
• Mancini Plays Mancini, RCA Camden CAS-2158
• Concert Sound of Henry Mancini, RCA Victor LSP-2897
• Dear Heart and Other Songs, RCA Victor LSP-2990
• Theme Scene, RCA Victor LSP-3052
• Debut Conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, RCA Victor LSP-3106
• The Best of, Vol. 3, RCA Victor LSP-3347
• The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini, RCA Victor LSP-3356
• A Merry Mancini Christmas, RCA Victor LSP-3612
• Pure Gold, RCA Victor LSP-3667
• Mancini Country, RCA Victor LSP-3668
• Mancini '67, RCA Victor LSP-3694
• Music of Hawaii, RCA Victor LSP-3713
• Brass on Ivory, RCA Victor LSP-3756
• A Warm Shade of Ivory, RCA Victor LSP-3757
• Big Latin Band, RCA Victor LSP-4049
• Six Hours Past Sunset, RCA Victor LSP-4239
• Theme music from Z & Other Film Music, RCA Victor LSP-4350
• Big Screen-Little Screen, RCA Victor LSP-4630
• Music from the TV Series "The Mancini Generation", RCA Victor LSP-4689
• Brass, Ivory & Strings (with Doc Severinsen), RCA APL1-0098
• The Theme Scene, RCA AQLI-3052
• Country Gentleman, RCA APD1-0270 (Quadraphonic)
• Hangin' Out, RCA CPL1-0672
• Symphonic Soul, RCA APD1-1025 (Quadraphonic)
• Mancini's Angels, RCA CPL1-2290
• (with Johnny Mathis), The Hollywood Musicals, Columbia FC 40372
• The Pink Panther Meets Speedy Gonzales, Koch Schwann CD
• The Legendary Henry Mancini, BMG Australia 3 CD set

Soundtrack Albums (incomplete, CD and LP)

Many of Mancini's "soundtracks" are actually "Music from . . . ," which allowed him to rearrange the music to be more accessible and to release records without the expense of paying studio orchestra fees.

• Music from Peter Gunn, RCA Victor LSP 1956
• More music from Peter Gunn, RCA Victor LSP 2040
• Music from Mr. Lucky, RCA Victor LSP 2198
• Bachelor in Paradise, Film Score Monthly FSMCD vol. 7 Nr. 18
• Breakfast at Tiffany's, RCA Victor LSP-2362
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Intrada special collection vol. Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation is a 1962 American Comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring James Stewart and 11
• Experiment in Terror, RCA Victor LSP-2442
• Hatari!, RCA Victor LSP-2559
• Charade, RCA Victor LSP-2755
• The Pink Panther, RCA Victor LSP 2795
• The Great Race, RCA Victor LSP-3402
• Arabesque, RCA Victor LSP-3623
• What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, RCA Victor LSP-3648
• Two for the Road, RCA Victor LSP-3802
• Gunn, RCA Victor LSP-3840
• The Party, RCA Victor LSP-3997
• Me, Natalie, Columbia OS 3350
• Visions of Eight, RCA Victor ABL1-0231
• The Great Waldo Pepper, MCA 2085
• Darling Lili, RCA LSPX 1000
• Gaily Gaily, UAS 5202
• The Glass Menagerie, MCA MCAD 6222
• The Great Mouse Detective, Varèse Sarabande VSD 5359
• The Hawaiians, UAS 5210
• Lifeforce, BSXCD 8844
• The Molly Maguires, Bay Cities BCD 3029
• Oklahoma Crude, RCA APL1 0271
• The Party, RCA BVCP 1030
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again, UA-LA 694
• Revenge of the Pink Panther, EMI 791113-2
• Santa Claus - The Movie, EMI SJ 17177
• Silver Streak, Intrada special collection vol. Experiment in Terror is a 1962 Crime film directed by Blake Edwards and written by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon based Hatari! is a 1962 American film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne. Charade is a film written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of The Great Race is a 1965 Slapstick comedy movie directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A The arabesque is an elaborative application of repeating geometric forms that often echo the forms of plants and animals What Did You Do in the War Daddy? is a 1966 Second world war Comedy set in Sicily, Italy, written and directed by The Party (alternative title " Hollywood Party " is a 1968 comedy written and directed by Blake Edwards, Me Natalie is a 1969 American Dramedy Film directed by Fred Coe. The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 Drama film about a discontented pilot played by Robert Redford. Darling Lili is a 1970 American Musical film. The Screenplay was written by William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams that was originally written as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted The Great Mouse Detective was a 1986 Animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and originally released to Movie theaters The Hawaiians is a 1970 American Historical film based on the novel Hawaii by James A Season-By-Season |-| colspan="6" align="center" | Oklahoma Crude |-|2002 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 4th Atlantic Southern || --|-|2003 || 2 || 12 || 0 || 5th The Party (alternative title " Hollywood Party " is a 1968 comedy written and directed by Blake Edwards, The Pink Panther Strikes Again is the fifth Film in the Pink Panther series and continues the story after the end of The Return of the Pink Panther Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978 is the sixth film in the Pink Panther film series and last with Peter Sellers, though a later film in the 5
• Sometimes a Great Notion (1971 film), Decca DL 79185
• Son of the Pink Panther, Milan 21-16461-2
• Sunflower, SLC SLCS 7035
• The Thief Who Came to Dinner, WB BS 2700
• The Thorn Birds, Varèse Sarabande 30206 65642 8
• Tom and Jerry - The Movie, MCA MCD 10721
• Touch of Evil, Movie Sound MSCD 401
• Victor/Victoria, GNP Crescendo GNPD 8038
• W.C. Fields and Me, MCA 2092
• Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe, Epic SE 35692
• A Change of Seasons
• Music from Condorman, 1981
• Top Hat Music from the films of Astaire and Rodgers, 1992 BMG Music

Bibliography

• Mancini, Henry: Sounds And Scores: a practical guide to professional orchestration (Book on orchestration of popular music, 1962)
• Mancini, Henry: Did they mention the music? (Autobiography, with Gene Lees, 1989)
• Thomas, Tony: Music For The Movies (1973)
• Thomas, Tony: Film Score (1979)
• Larson, Randall: Henry Mancini: On Scoring Lifeforce and Santa Claus (interview)(in: CinemaScore #15, 1987)
• Büdinger, Matthias: An interview with Henry Mancini (in: Soundtrack, vol. Sometimes A Great Notion is a 1971 film starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda, and featuring Richard Jaeckel in his Oscar Son of the Pink Panther (1993 was the ninth entry in the 30-year-old Pink Panther film series The sunflower ( Helianthus annuus) is an Annual plant in the family Asteraceae and native to the Americas, with a large flowering The Thief Who Came to Dinner is a 1973 Comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin and based on the novel by Terrence Lore Smith. The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling Novel by Colleen McCullough, an Australian author Tom and Jerry The Movie is an original motion picture soundtrack featuring music from the film of the same name starring world famous cartoon stars Touch of Evil ( 1958) is a black-and-white American film written directed and co-starring Orson Welles. ---- Victor/Victoria is a 1982 Musical comedy film which involves Transvestism and Sexual identity as central themes WC Fields and Me is a 1976 American Biographical film directed by Arthur Hiller. A Change of Seasons is a 1980 American Dramedy Film directed by Richard Lang Condorman is a 1981 comedy/adventure film from Walt Disney Productions starring Michael Crawford. For the item of clothing see Top hat. For the fictional TUGS character see Top Hat (TUGS. 7, No. 26, 1988)
• Büdinger, Matthias: Henry Mancini (in: Soundtrack, vol. 13, No. 50, 1994)
• Büdinger, Matthias: Henry Mancini remembered (in: Soundtrack, vol. 13, No. 51)
• Büdinger, Matthias: Whistling Away The Dark. In: Film Score Monthly # 45, p. 7
• Büdinger, Matthias: Henry Mancini 1924-1994. In: Film Score Monthly # 46/47, p. 5
• Büdinger, Matthias: Feeling Fancy Free (in: Film Score Monthly vol. 10, No. 2)
• Brown, Royal S. : Overtones and undertones - reading film music (1994)

References

External links

• Henry Mancini at the Internet Movie Database
• Henry Mancini at the Internet Broadway Database
• Henry Mancini at Allmusic
• Brass band Tar from Croatia playing ’’Pink Panther’’ - (video)
• Henry Mancini at Space Age Pop
• A Henry Mancini Discography
• Henry Mancini @ the SoundtrackINFO project
• Official site on Mancini's 80th anniversary
• A Mancini Anthology
• The story behind the making of the music from Peter Gunn, including interviews with the musicians and sound engineers