Henry Mancini
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Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. 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. His best-known works are the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series (The Pink Panther Theme) and Moon River.
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Discography
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Hit singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US AC | US Country | UK | ||
| 1960 | "Mr. Lucky" | 21 | — | — | — |
| 1961 | "Theme from the Great Imposter" | 90 | — | — | — |
| "Moon River" | 11 | 1 | — | 44 | |
| 1962 | "Theme from Hatari" | 95 | — | — | — |
| 1963 | "Days of Wine and Roses" | 33 | 10 | — | — |
| "Banzai Pipeline" | 93 | — | — | — | |
| "Charade" | 36 | 15 | — | — | |
| 1964 | "The Pink Panther Theme" | 31 | 10 | — | — |
| "A Shot in the Dark" | 97 | — | — | — | |
| "Dear Heart" | 77 | 14 | — | — | |
| "How Soon" | — | — | — | 10 | |
| 1965 | "The Sweetheart Tree" | 117 | 23 | — | — |
| "Moment to Moment" | — | 27 | — | — | |
| 1966 | "Hawaii (Main Theme)" | — | 6 | — | — |
| 1967 | "Two For the Road" | — | 17 | — | — |
| "Wait Until Dark" | — | 4 | — | — | |
| 1968 | "Norma La De Guadalajara" | — | 21 | — | — |
| "A Man, a Horse and a Gun" | — | 36 | — | — | |
| 1969 | "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| "Moonlight Sonata" | 87 | 15 | — | — | |
| "There Isn't Enough to Go Around" | — | 39 | — | — | |
| 1970 | "Theme from Z (Life Goes On)" | 115 | 17 | — | — |
| "Darling Lili" | — | 26 | — | — | |
| 1971 | "Love Story" | 13 | 2 | — | — |
| "Theme from Cade's County" | — | 14 | — | 42 | |
| 1972 | "Theme from the Mancini Generation" | — | 38 | — | — |
| "All His Children" (with Charley Pride) | 92 | — | 2 | — | |
| 1973 | "Oklahoma Crude" | — | 38 | — | — |
| 1974 | "Hangin' Out"(with the Mouldy Seven) | — | 21 | — | — |
| 1975 | "Once Is Not Enough" | — | 45 | — | — |
| 1976 | "African Symphony" | — | 40 | — | — |
| "Slow Hot Wind" | — | 38 | — | — | |
| 1977 | "Theme from Charlie's Angels"" | 45 | 22 | — | — |
| 1980 | "Ravel's Bolero" | 101 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | "The Thornbirds Theme" | — | — | — | 23 |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||
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Albums
- 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
- Everybody's Favorite, RCA Camden CXS-9034
- 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
- This Is Henry Mancini, RCA Victor VPS6029
- Music from the TV Series "The Mancini Generation", RCA Victor LSP-4689
- The Academy Award Songs, RCA Victor LSP-6013
- 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
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Soundtracks
Many of Mancini's "soundtracks" are actually "Music from ...", which allowed him to arrange the music to be more accessible and to release records without the expense of paying studio orchestra fees.<citation needed>
- The 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
- High Time, RCA Victor LSP-2314
- Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture, RCA Victor LSP-2362
- A Change of Seasons
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Intrada special collection vol. 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
- Darling Lili, RCA LSPX-1000
- Visions of Eight, RCA Victor ABL1-0231
- The Great Waldo Pepper, MCA 2085
- 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
- Nightwing
- Oklahoma Crude, RCA APL1 0271
- 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. 5
- Sometimes a Great Notion, 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
- Without a Clue
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Filmography
(not completed)
- The Glenn Miller Story - 1953
- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars - 1953
- Law and Order (1953 film) - 1953
- City Beneath the Sea (1953 film) - 1953
- Destry (film) - 1954
- The Private War of Major Benson - 1955
- Tarantula (film) - 1955
- This Island Earth - 1955
- Mister Cory - 1957
- Touch of Evil - 1958
- High Time (film) - 1960
- Bachelor in Paradise - 1961
- The Great Impostor - 1961
- Breakfast at Tiffany's - 1961
- Days of Wine and Roses - 1962
- Hatari! - 1962
- Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation - 1962
- Experiment in Terror - 1962
- The Pink Panther - 1963
- Charade Universal Studios - 1963
- A Shot in the Dark - 1964
- A Shot in the Dark - 1964
- Man's Favorite Sport? - 1964
- The Great Race - 1965
- Moment to Moment - 1965
- Arabesque - 1966
- What Did you Do in the War, Daddy? - 1966
- Two for the Road (1967 film) 1967
- Wait Until Dark (film) - 1967
- The Party - 1968
- Gaily, Gaily - 1969
- Sometimes a Great Notion - 1970
- The Hawaiians - 1970
- The Molly Maguires - 1970
- Frenzy (Rejected Score) - 1972
- the thief who came to dinner - 1973
- The White Dawn- 1974
- The Return of the Pink Panther - 1975
- The Great Waldo Pepper - 1975
- Silver Streak (film) - 1976
- W.C. Fields and Me - 1976
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again - 1976
- Revenge of the Pink Panther - 1978
- 10 (film) - 1979
- Mommie Dearest- 1981
- Victor Victoria - 1982
- Trail of the Pink Panther - 1982
- Curse of the Pink Panther - 1983
- The Great Mouse Detective – Walt Disney Pictures 1986
- That's Life! - 1986
- Blind Date (1987 film) - 1987
- Without a Clue - 1988
- Physical Evidence - 1989
- Ghost Dad – Universal Studios 1990
- Fear - 1990
- Switch - 1991
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie – Turner Pictures - 1992
- Son of the Pink Panther - 1993
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