"first season of the sitcom series ""Frasier"", as a call-in patient to Dr. 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?"" Moments after Mancini's cameo ends, Frasier's radio broadcast plays ""Moon River"". 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 composed by Mancini. In the 1966 Pink Panther cartoon ""Pink, Plunk, Plink"", the panther commandeered an orchestra and"
"Charade (1963 song) ""Charade"" is a sad lonely Parisian waltz with music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer performed in the 1963 film of the same name starring by Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. It was nominated that year for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Stanley Donen had heard and been charmed by Henry Mancini's song ""Baby Elephant Walk"" from the film ""Hatari!"", Henry Mancini had become a friend of Audrey Hepburn while scoring ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", and he composed the song for ""Charade"": ""Our next film together was ""Charade"" in 1963. Stanley Donen directed Peter"
"Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack from the 1961 movie ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" starring Audrey Hepburn. The tracks were re-arranged parts of the film music composed and conducted by Henry Mancini. At the 1962 Academy Awards, Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer won Oscars for Best Original Song for ""Moon River"", while Mancini picked up a second statue for Best Original Score. The album also stayed on Billboard's album charts for over ninety weeks. Because of his success with title themes, such as the hit theme to the"
"film ""Dumb and Dumber"". In 2016, the song was used in a Land Rover TV ad. Baby Elephant Walk ""Baby Elephant Walk"" is a song written in 1961 by Henry Mancini for the 1962 film, ""Hatari!"" In 1962, the song earned Mancini a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement. The tune was written for an impromptu scene in ""Hatari!"" in which 'Dallas' (Elsa Martinelli) led three baby elephants to a waterhole to bathe. The catchy simplicity has made it one of Mancini's most popular works, appearing on many compilation albums. Although not used for the film, Hal David composed lyrics"
"bar. The lanes where merchants and workers once carried their produce, as seen in the film, are now occupied by tourists and street performers. Novelist La Bern later expressed his dissatisfaction with Shaffer's adaptation of his book. Henry Mancini was originally hired as the film's composer. ""If the same film was made ten years ago it would've had twice the amount of music in it,"" he said. His opening theme was written in Bachian organ andante, opening in D minor, for organ and an orchestra of strings and brass, and was intended to express the formality of the grey London"
"Baby Elephant Walk ""Baby Elephant Walk"" is a song written in 1961 by Henry Mancini for the 1962 film, ""Hatari!"" In 1962, the song earned Mancini a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement. The tune was written for an impromptu scene in ""Hatari!"" in which 'Dallas' (Elsa Martinelli) led three baby elephants to a waterhole to bathe. The catchy simplicity has made it one of Mancini's most popular works, appearing on many compilation albums. Although not used for the film, Hal David composed lyrics to Mancini's tune, which appear in the printed sheet music and later were recorded by Pat"
"to film music in a broader way, often combining jazz, pop, and classical music. Henry Mancini in particular found plenty of work for him; the two shared an interest in experimenting with tone colors, and Mancini came to rely on Manne to shape the percussive effects in his music. ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961), ""Hatari!"" (1962) and ""The Pink Panther"" (1963) are only a few of Mancini's films where Manne's drums and special percussive effects could be heard. Manne frequently collaborated with Mancini in television as well, such as in the series ""Peter Gunn"" (1958–1961) and ""Mr. Lucky"" (1959–1960). Although Mancini"
"is sometimes revealed in later scenes. Several locations are used in different segments to show continuity throughout the twelve-year period. Frederic Raphael received an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Audrey Hepburn received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress, and Henry Mancini received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score. The film's theme song, ""Two for the Road"", was composed by Mancini, who wrote many notable theme songs for films, including ""Moon River"" for ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"". He considered ""Two for the Road"" his favorite of all the songs he wrote. Cars featured in the film,"
"respect for Audrey Hepburn and the feeling was mutual; after watching the film Audrey wrote a letter to Mancini saying, “Your music has lifted us all up and sent us soaring. Everything we cannot say with words or show with action you have expressed for us. You have done this with so much imagination, fun and beauty. You are the hippest of cats - and the most sensitive of composers!” The album includes twelve original compositions that can be enjoyed on their own but also contribute to the mood of scenes and plot line of the film. The title song"
"their list of the greatest film scores. His scores for ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961), ""Charade"" (1963), ""Hatari!"" (1962), ""Touch of Evil"" (1958) and ""Wait Until Dark"" (1967) were also nominated for the list. Mancini was nominated for seventy-two Grammy Awards and won twenty. He was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards and won four. He also won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for two Emmy Awards. In 1961, Mancini won two Academy Awards, one for ""Moon River"" for Best Original Song and one for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for the movie ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"". In"
"is a police inspector (Trevor Howard) who must determine if Anton is really crazy for claiming he saw Salem outside of the asylum and discover if Salem was really framed. Christopher Lee was first choice to play Salem, but was not available. The film is also notable for its unusual score by renowned Hollywood film and TV composer Henry Mancini. The music was arranged for synthesiser, 12 woodwinds, organ, two pianos and two harpsichords and Mancini achieved an unsettling effect by having one of the harpsichords tuned a quarter-tone flat. The film was released theatrically in North America in 1971"
"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet ""Love Theme from ""Romeo and Juliet"""", also known as ""A Time for Us"", is an instrumental arranged by Henry Mancini (from Nino Rota's music written for Franco Zeffirelli's film of ""Romeo and Juliet"", starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). It was a number-one pop hit in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for two weeks; it was also his only Top Ten single on that chart. Rearranged by Mancini, the song started competing with rock and roll songs"
"whom Mancini had a longstanding partnership was Stanley Donen (""Charade"", ""Arabesque"", ""Two for the Road""). 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 (""Oklahoma Crude""), George Roy Hill (""The Great Waldo Pepper""), Arthur Hiller (""Silver Streak""), Ted Kotcheff (""Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?""), and others. Mancini's score for the Alfred Hitchcock film ""Frenzy"" (1972) in Bachian organ andante, for organ and an orchestra"
"bless America, God bless the universe, God bless Japanese, Chinese, Indians, all of them and let's have peace."" The film continues to draw criticism for this character, now widely considered to be a racist caricature, particularly when the movie is selected as a ""classic"" screened in public spaces, supported by tax dollars. In 2011, a SyFy and Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation screening inspired petitions. The soundtrack featured a score composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, with songs by Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer. Mancini and Mercer won the 1961 Oscar for Best Original Song for ""Moon River"". Mancini won for"
"The Academy Award-Winning ""Call Me Irresponsible"" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies The Academy Award-Winning ""Call Me Irresponsible"" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies is the fourteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1964 by Columbia Records. Williams had already had great success with his albums named after Henry Mancini's Oscar winners from 1961 and 1962, ""Moon River"" and ""Days of Wine and Roses"", and was asked to sing Mancini and Johnny Mercer's title song collaboration from the 1963 film ""Charade"" at the Academy Awards on April 13, 1964,"
"the fox utters the words ""chaos reigns"" was particularly difficult to make. The mouth movements had to be entirely computer-generated in order to synchronise with the sound. The scene in Chapter Three during which the couple makes love and numerous hands emerge from the roots of a tree was subsequently adapted into the principal promotional art for the film. The aria ""Lascia ch'io pianga"" from Handel's opera ""Rinaldo"" is used as the film's main musical theme. The aria has previously been used in other films such as ""Farinelli"", a 1994 biographical film about the castrato singer Farinelli, and was used"
"Mankiewicz, the film's director, made the unusual gesture, for him, of contributing extensive liner notes for the 1963 Original Soundtrack Album. These notes provide a valuable elucidation of many points in Mankiewicz's conception of ""Cleopatra"" that are unrealized in the version of the film that was released. Ironically, it was Mankiewicz's son Christopher who recommended North after his enthusiasm for his great score for ""Spartacus"" (1960). In 1964, ""Cleopatra: Original Soundtrack Album"" was nomiated for the Academy Award for Best Music Score - Substantially Original, and for the Grammy Award for Best Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television,"
"spectacular stunts. The original score for ""Darling Lili"" was composed by Henry Mancini. He and Johnny Mercer wrote the title tune, as well as ""Whistling Away the Dark"" and ""Your Good-Will Ambassador"". Songs from the era were performed in the film, including ""It's a Long Way to Tipperary"", ""Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag"", ""Keep the Home Fires Burning"", and ""Mademoiselle from Armentières"". The film's distribution was badly managed by Paramount executives and ""Darling Lili"" barely got a release in most of the United States. Despite setting box-office records at Radio City Music Hall, the film was a"
"Peter Gunn (song) ""Peter Gunn"" is the theme music composed by Henry Mancini for the television show of the same name. The song was the opening track on the original soundtrack album, ""The Music from Peter Gunn"", released in 1959. Mancini won an Emmy Award and two Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Arrangement. In his 1989 autobiography ""Did They Mention the Music?"" Mancini states: The wailing alto saxophone solo was played by big band veteran and Hollywood studio stalwart Ted Nash. Mancini arranged the first single version of the song for trumpeter Ray Anthony in 1959. Recorded"
"Romeo and Juliet"""" The film's love theme was widely disseminated, notably in ""Our Tune"", a segment of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s disc jockey Simon Bates's radio show. In addition, various versions of the theme have been recorded and released, including a highly successful one by Henry Mancini, whose instrumental rendition was a Number One success in the United States during June 1969. There are two different sets of English lyrics to the song. Notes Further reading Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian romantic drama film based on the play of the same name,"
"the song is subjugated, at various places in the film, to the role of source music. Though the Mancini-Mercer team lost the Oscar that year, Johnny Mercer said it was his favourite Mancini melody. Donen was impressed with Mancini as a working partner: ""just a lovely man to work with"" and ""elegant, meticulous, very organized"". The song was prominently featured in the ""Columbo"" fifth-season episode ""Now You See Him..."" It is sung twice onscreen by a cabaret singer (portrayed by Patrick Culliton) and later plays in an instrumental version over the episode's closing credits. Charade (1963 song) ""Charade"" is a"
"Hits"". From the liner notes for the original album: The Academy Award-Winning ""Call Me Irresponsible"" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies The Academy Award-Winning ""Call Me Irresponsible"" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies is the fourteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1964 by Columbia Records. Williams had already had great success with his albums named after Henry Mancini's Oscar winners from 1961 and 1962, ""Moon River"" and ""Days of Wine and Roses"", and was asked to sing Mancini and Johnny Mercer's title song collaboration from the 1963 film"
"and Henry Mancini. Williams recorded with Henry Mancini the film scores of 1959's ""Peter Gunn"", 1962's ""Days of Wine and Roses"", and 1963's ""Charade"". (Williams actually played the well-recognized opening riff to Mancini's ""Peter Gunn"" theme.) Williams (sometimes credited as ""Johnny Williams"", because of the already established actor of the same name) composed music for various television programs in the 1960s: the pilot episode of ""Gilligan's Island"", ""Bachelor Father"" (1959–1960), the ""Kraft Suspense Theatre"", ""Lost in Space"" (1965–68), ""The Time Tunnel"" (1966–67), and ""Land of the Giants"" (the last three created by the prolific TV producer, Irwin Allen). Williams's first"
"albums and film soundtracks. (Relatively little of his music was written for recordings compared to the amount that was written for film and television.) Beginning with his 1969 hit arrangement of Nino Rota's ""A Time for Us"" (as his only ""Billboard"" Hot 100 top 10 entry, the #1 hit ""Love Theme from ""Romeo and Juliet"""") and its accompanying album ""A Warm Shade of Ivory"", Mancini began to function more as a piano soloist and easy-listening artist primarily recording music written by other people. In this period, for two of his best-selling albums he was joined by trumpet virtuoso and ""The"
"early-20th-century poet from the town. Clara orders Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine for the dinner, and Corbijn said the film's company enjoyed many of the fine wines of the region during the months of production there. The film score was written and composed by German singer-songwriter (and longtime friend of Corbijn) Herbert Grönemeyer. A 1967 song called ""Window of My Eyes"" by the Dutch blues band Cuby & the Blizzards is played over the ending credits. The aria ""Un bel dì vedremo"" (""One fine day we'll see"") from Puccini's opera ""Madama Butterfly"" can be heard in the background of one scene, and"
"festive mood of the scene. Not only was this album successful when it was released in 1962, it remains popular today. The soundtrack was re-released in France in 2007, Greece in 2008, the Philippines in 2009, and in the United Kingdom in January 2011. In 2013, the actual soundtrack cues (including Audrey Hepburn's original version of ""Moon River"") were issued in a limited edition CD by Intrada Records. All music composed by Henry Mancini. Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack from the 1961 movie ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"""
"techniques, he worked with an open screenplay and used unknown actors, friends and family. The film features many pieces of classical music reinterpreted such as Un Sospiro and Piano Concerto No. 2 (Liszt), Funeral March (Chopin) and Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72 (Chopin), Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and Arabesque No. 1 by Debussy, L’usignuolo by Respighi, Prelude to Act 1 Lohengrin by Wagner. The film also features different music genres including hard rock, psychedelic rock, new age, funk rock, gothic rock, trash metal. The original score was composed by Jean Charles Carbone, Roberto Chemello and Paolo Benetazzo."
"the opera, ""Ch'ella mi creda"", has become a staple of compilation albums by operatic tenors. It is said that during World War I, Italian soldiers sang this aria to maintain their spirits. The 2008 Italian film, ""Puccini e la fanciulla"" (""Puccini and the Girl""), is based on the period of his life when he was composing the opera. Puccini completed the score of ""La rondine"", to a libretto by Giuseppe Adami in 1916 after two years of work, and it was premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Monte Carlo on 27 March 1917. The opera had been originally commissioned by"
"Lujon ""Lujon"" (also known as ""Slow Hot Wind"") is a musical piece by Henry Mancini. It appeared on his 1961 album ""Mr. Lucky Goes Latin"", but was an original piece of music that had nothing to do with the ""Mr. Lucky"" television program. It was included in the soundtracks for the films ""The Big Lebowski"", ""Sexy Beast"", ""W.E."", and ""Two Lovers"". Its name comes from the lujon percussion instrument heard on the recording. Mancini would later record a jazz/swing version of ""Slow Hot Wind"" and include it on his 1975 album ""Symphonic Soul"". The song would eventually reach the #38"
"Mankiewicz, who, according to Phil Hall, was happy to have work following the damage done to his reputation by ""Cleopatra"" the previous year. The actors involved with the production reportedly agreed to waive their fees due to the nature and perceived importance of the program. Peter Sellers, who at the time was reported to charge $750,000 or more, appeared for only $350, the Screen Actors Guild weekly minimum. Filming took place at the Michael Myerberg Studios located on Long Island, New York, during the fall of 1964. Henry Mancini wrote the theme music, also waiving his usual fee. It later"
"spot on the Adult Contemporary list in 1976. Lujon ""Lujon"" (also known as ""Slow Hot Wind"") is a musical piece by Henry Mancini. It appeared on his 1961 album ""Mr. Lucky Goes Latin"", but was an original piece of music that had nothing to do with the ""Mr. Lucky"" television program. It was included in the soundtracks for the films ""The Big Lebowski"", ""Sexy Beast"", ""W.E."", and ""Two Lovers"". Its name comes from the lujon percussion instrument heard on the recording. Mancini would later record a jazz/swing version of ""Slow Hot Wind"" and include it on his 1975 album ""Symphonic"
"military bands in the UK. He wrote the scores for ""Of Human Bondage"" (1964), ""Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines"" (1965), Alfred Hitchcock's ""Frenzy"" (1972, replacing Henry Mancini), two movies featuring Morecambe and Wise, and the Norman Wisdom film, ""The Early Bird"" (1965). Goodwin's score for the 1966 film ""The Trap"" is now used by the BBC as the theme to the London Marathon coverage. A 30-second variation of his 1969 composition for the film ""Monte Carlo or Bust"" is used as the intro for the BBC Radio Four panel game ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". Goodwin wrote"
"that shortly led to World War I: Puccini and Mascagni were against the involvement of Italy in this war, in which Mascagni's son Dino was later made a prisoner. In 1915 Mascagni wrote music for Nino Oxilia's movie ""Rapsodia Satanica""; the custom was for silent films to be accompanied live in a theater by organ, piano, or an orchestra, often using a prepared score (sometimes with original music) with cues for the conductor or musician. Mascagni had a quarrel regarding the rights of Louise de la Ramée's ""Two Little Wooden Shoes ""(""I due Zoccoletti""), that inspired both Puccini and Mascagni."