"Son of the Pink Panther Son of the Pink Panther is a 1993 Italian-American comedy film. It is a continuation of ""The Pink Panther"" film series. Directed by Blake Edwards, it stars Roberto Benigni as Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son. Also in this film are ""Panther"" regulars Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk and Graham Stark and a star of the original 1963 film, Claudia Cardinale. It was the final film for both filmmaker Blake Edwards and composer Henry Mancini; Edwards retired from movie making, and Mancini died the following year. Princess Yasmin of Lugash (Debrah Farentino) is abducted in French territorial waters"
"Henry Mancini Enrico Nicola ""Henry"" Mancini (; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the theme and soundtrack for the ""Peter Gunn"" television series as well as the music for ""The Pink Panther"" film series (""The Pink Panther Theme"") and ""Moon River"" from ""Breakfast"
"Pink Panther appeared in the opening credits as the villain. Music was scored by Henry Mancini. The character would appear in many animated shorts of his own, also produced by DePatie–Freleng. When these shorts aired on television, they were paired with backup segments. Music was composed by William Lava, Walter Greene, Doug Goodwin and David DePatie's son Steve DePatie. These cartoons were directed by many people including Arthur Davis, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, and Gerry Chiniquy. Chuck Jones was producing Dr. Seuss specials for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, until MGM shut down its animation studio. DePatie–Freleng picked up production of ""The Cat in"
"Black Panther (soundtrack) The soundtrack for the 2018 American superhero film ""Black Panther"", based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and produced by Marvel Studios, consists of an original score composed by Ludwig Göransson and original songs produced by Kendrick Lamar. Göransson worked on all of director Ryan Coogler's previous films, while Lamar and Coogler had previously discussed collaborating and the musician agreed to produce several songs for the film after seeing an early version of it. After reading the film's script, Göransson traveled to Africa to research traditional African music for the film. He went on"
"Mancini, performed by his orchestra. In 2001, the soundtrack album was awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2005, the score was listed at #20 on AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores. The distinctive tenor saxophone of Plas Johnson is heard on the main title theme music. Bibliography The Pink Panther (1963 film) The Pink Panther is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine and Claudia Cardinale. The film introduced the cartoon character of the same name, in an opening credits sequence"
"The Pink Panther (1963 film) The Pink Panther is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine and Claudia Cardinale. The film introduced the cartoon character of the same name, in an opening credits sequence animated by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. The film was selected in 2010 to be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry, being deemed ""culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant."" As a child in Lugash, Princess Dala receives a gift from her father, the Maharajah: the ""Pink"
"around ""The Pink Panther Theme"" composed by Henry Mancini, creating different variations of the famous theme. Unlike the music scores composed by Bill Lava, which were custom made for a specific entry, his compositions were generic and could be reused more freely. He is first credited is in the 19th ""Pink Panther"" theatrical short, ""Pink, Plunk, Plink"", with his final original music in ""Pink Panic"". From ""Pink Posies"" on, he never composed music for other shorts, even though his name his mentioned. This is because most of his cues (and some Lava cues as well) were reused frequently. His is"
"Panther (film) Panther is a 1995 cinematic adaptation of Melvin Van Peeble's novel ""Panther,"" produced and directed by Mario Van Peebles. The drama film portrays the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, tracing the organization from its founding through its decline in a compressed timeframe. It was the first narrative feature-film to depict the Black Panther Party. A soundtrack for the film containing R&B and hip hop music was released on May 2, 1995 by Mercury Records. It peaked at number 37 on the ""Billboard"" 200 and number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and was certified gold on July 25,"
"All the Stars ""All the Stars"" is a song recorded by American rapper Kendrick Lamar and American singer SZA. Written by Lamar, SZA, Sounwave, and Al Shux and produced by the latter two, the song was released on January 4, 2018, as the lead single to the of the film ""Black Panther"". Its release coincided with Top Dawg Entertainment's announcement that its president, Anthony ""Top Dawg"" Tiffith, and Lamar himself would be producing the ""Black Panther"" soundtrack album. Marvel Studios confirmed the news and revealed that Lamar was hand-picked by ""Black Panther""s director, Ryan Coogler, to produce the soundtrack album."
"Angelo Badalamenti Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22, 1937) is an American composer, best known for his work scoring films for director David Lynch, notably ""Blue Velvet"", the ""Twin Peaks"" saga (1990–1992, 2017), ""The Straight Story"" and ""Mulholland Drive"". Badalamenti received the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for his """"Twin Peaks"" Theme"", and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Awards and the Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Badalamenti was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Italian-American family; his father, who was of Sicilian descent, was a"
"plot, garish production design, blatant product placement (particularly for McDonald's, though Coke and Pabst Blue Ribbon are also prominent), and scenery-chewing overacting on the part of Lithgow. Duralde ultimately concludes that the film is ""a train-wreck of a Christmas movie that's so very wrong that you won't be able to tear yourself away from it."" The soundtrack score was composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, composer of the themes from ""The Pink Panther"" and ""Peter Gunn"", with veteran lyricist and screenwriter Leslie Bricusse contributing five original songs. The song ""It's Christmas (All Over The World)"" was written by Bill House"
"Elmer Bernstein Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor who is best known for his film scores. In a career that spanned more than five decades, he composed ""some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history"", including over 150 original movie scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. Examples of his widely popular and critically acclaimed works are scores to ""The Magnificent Seven"", ""The Ten Commandments"", ""The Great Escape"", ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", ""Ghostbusters"", ""The Black Cauldron"", ""Airplane!"", ""The Rookies"", ""Cape Fear"", ""Animal House"", and ""The Age of"
"company handled the soundtracks of the United Artists films that he composed the music for, most notably ""The Pink Panther""; exceptions include ""Gaily, Gaily"", ""The Hawaiians"", ""The Pink Panther Strikes Again"" and ""Revenge of the Pink Panther"". Many of these soundtracks have reverted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, whose MGM Music unit licensed them to other labels for reissue, first Rykodisc, then Universal Music and EMI. As owner of Columbia and RCA Victor, Sony released the ""West Side Story"" original cast album and film soundtrack on CD. Sony has owned most of Mancini's soundtrack albums since its music division's merger with BMG in"
"States) in 1964; the single reached the Top 10 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" adult contemporary chart and won three Grammy Awards. Various recordings of the composition appeared in the opening credits of all ""The Pink Panther"" films except ""A Shot in the Dark"" and ""Inspector Clouseau"". It has also been used in countless works in which the animated Pink Panther appears. ""The Pink Panther Theme"", composed in the key of E minor, is unusual for Mancini's extensive use of chromaticism. In his autobiography ""Did They Mention the Music?"" Mancini talked about how he composed the theme music: From 1976 to"
"educational TV series ""Sesame Street,"" demonstrating his karate skills to carve the letter K out of a block of stone, only for it to crumble quickly afterwards. Notes The Pink Panther The Pink Panther is a British-American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the classic ""Pink Panther"" film in 1963. The role of Clouseau was originated by and is most closely associated with Peter Sellers. Most of the films were written and directed by Blake Edwards, with theme music composed"
"A line in a Henry Kuttner science-fiction short story ""Piggy Bank"" reads, ""Within seconds the scene resembled a Mack Sennett pie-throwing comedy."" In ""A Story of Water"", a 1961 short film by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, the directors dedicate the film to Mack Sennett. Henry Mancini's score for the 1963 film ""The Pink Panther"", the original entry in the series, contains a segment called ""Shades of Sennett"". It is played on a silent film era style ""barrel house"" piano, and accompanies a climactic scene in which the incompetent police detective Inspector Clouseau is involved in a multi-vehicle chase with"
"and fellow Disney orchestra members who had died earlier that year within a month of each other. He was buried in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Frank Churchill Frank Churchill (October 20, 1901 – May 14, 1942) was an American film composer. He wrote most of the music for Disney's 1937 movie ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"", including ""Heigh-Ho"", ""Whistle While You Work"", and ""Some Day My Prince Will Come"". Other Disney films that he worked on include ""Dumbo,"" ""Bambi,"" and ""The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad."" Churchill was born in Rumford, Maine, on October 20, 1901."
"his other film musicals were also nominated: Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film score composer and pianist. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989), ""Beauty and the Beast"" (1991), ""Aladdin"" (1992), and ""Pocahontas"" (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for ""Little Shop of Horrors"" (1986), ""Newsies"" (1992), ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (1996), ""Hercules"" (1997), ""Home on the Range"" (2004), ""Enchanted"" (2007), ""Tangled"" (2010), and ""Sausage Party"" (2016),"
"Randy Edelman Randy Edelman (born June 10, 1947) is an American musician, producer, and composer for film and television known for his work in comedy films. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and is the recipient of twelve BMI Awards. Some of Edelman's best known films scores include ""Twins"", ""Kindergarten Cop"", ""Beethoven"", ""The Mask"", ""Dragonheart"", ""Daylight"" and ""XXX"". He also wrote the theme of the popular television series ""MacGyver"". Edelman was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. He was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, the son of a first-grade teacher and"
"Randy Edelman Randy Edelman (born June 10, 1947) is an American musician, producer, and composer for film and television known for his work in comedy films. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and is the recipient of twelve BMI Awards. Some of Edelman's best known films scores include ""Twins"", ""Kindergarten Cop"", ""Beethoven"", ""The Mask"", ""Dragonheart"", ""Daylight"" and ""XXX"". He also wrote the theme of the popular television series ""MacGyver"". Edelman was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. He was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, the son of a first-grade teacher and"
"Christopher Palmer was twice nominated, both times unsuccessfully, for the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes: Christopher Palmer composed the original music for Miloš Forman's film ""Valmont"" (1989). He worked as an orchestrator or arranger on such films as ""Obsession"" (1976), ""Zulu Dawn"" (1979), ""A Passage to India"" (1984), ""Spies Like Us"" (1985), ""Legal Eagles"" (1986), ""Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills"" (1989), ""Shirley Valentine"" (1989) and ""The Witches"" (1990). He was the Musical Assistant/Associate on films such as ""The French Lieutenant's Woman"" (1981) and ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"" (1985), Music Co-Producer on """" (1984), and Music Consultant"
"""L.A. Confidential"" (1997). Jerry Goldsmith has often been considered one of film music history's most innovative and influential composers. While presenting Goldsmith with a Career Achievement Award from the Society for the Preservation of Film Music in 1993, fellow composer Henry Mancini (""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", ""The Pink Panther"") said of Goldsmith, ""... he has instilled two things in his colleagues in this town. One thing he does, he keeps us honest. And the second one is he scares the hell out of us."" In his review of the 1999 re-issue of the """" soundtrack, Bruce Eder highly praised Goldsmith's ability,"
"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"
"Jean Reno Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez (born 30 July 1948), known as Jean Reno (), is a French actor of Spanish descent. He has worked in French, English, Japanese, Spanish, and Italian productions, and appeared in films such as ""Crimson Rivers"", ""Godzilla"", ""The Da Vinci Code"", """", ""The Pink Panther"", ""Ronin"", ""Les visiteurs"", ""The Big Blue"", ""Hector and the Search for Happiness"" and """". Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez in Casablanca, Morocco. His parents were Spanish, natives of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Jerez de la Frontera in Andalucia, and had moved to North Africa to find work and"
"Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film score composer and pianist. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989), ""Beauty and the Beast"" (1991), ""Aladdin"" (1992), and ""Pocahontas"" (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for ""Little Shop of Horrors"" (1986), ""Newsies"" (1992), ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (1996), ""Hercules"" (1997), ""Home on the Range"" (2004), ""Enchanted"" (2007), ""Tangled"" (2010), and ""Sausage Party"" (2016), among others. He is also known for"
"Blake Edwards William Blake Crump (July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010), better known by his stage name Blake Edwards, was an American filmmaker. Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts before turning to producing and directing in television and films. His best-known films include ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", ""Days of Wine and Roses"", ""10"", ""Victor/Victoria"", and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British actor Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in"
"Ludwig Göransson Ludwig Göransson (; ; born September 1, 1984), is a Swedish film composer. His work includes ""Fruitvale Station"", the ""Rocky"" franchise entries ""Creed"" and ""Creed II"", ""Venom"" and the critically acclaimed super hero film ""Black Panther."" He is known for his work on U.S. TV sitcoms ""Community,"" ""Happy Endings"", and ""New Girl."" Göransson is also known as a record producer. He has frequently collaborated with Childish Gambino, producing his albums ""Because the Internet"" and """"Awaken, My Love!"""", which earned him three Grammy Award nominations. He has also produced for other recording artists such as Haim, Chance the Rapper"
"by Interscope Records on February 9, 2018, to large sales, including the top position on the ""Billboard 200"" chart. It was praised by many critics as a milestone for film soundtracks due to its ideas and lyrics, but it was considered by some to be weaker than his solo work. Göransson's score was released as Black Panther (Original Score) by Hollywood Records on February 16, and received praise for being unique among Marvel Cinematic Universe scores due to its authentic African elements and thematic material, though the album presentation was criticized as too long. Ryan Coogler signed on to direct"
"composer Ludwig Göransson, who both worked with Coogler on ""Fruitvale Station"" and ""Creed"". Coogler felt ""Black Panther"" would be unique while still fitting within the MCU's overall narrative. In April 2016, Feige said that Coogler was working on the script with Cole, and that filming would begin at the beginning of 2017. He added that the film would be the first Marvel Studios production to feature a ""primarily African-American cast"": Lupita Nyong'o soon entered negotiations to star as T'Challa's love interest, and Michael B. Jordan joined in an undisclosed role, after previously working with Coogler on ""Fruitvale Station"" and ""Creed""."
"Alfred John Ellory Alfred John Ellory or Jack Ellory (18 June 1920, Cornwall – 5 July 2009) was a British musician best known for playing flute on several of the James Bond films in the 1960s. A member of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Ellory provided music for EMI Records, including backing for the original Ealing comedies. From the 1950s, Ellory turned freelance and provided music for radio and television series, including The Avengers and, later, The Professionals. He also played on the famous Pink Panther soundtracks by Henry Mancini. Other film work he played on included soundtracks for The Guns of"
"the 1968 live-action film ""Inspector Clouseau"" (with Alan Arkin as Clouseau), the Inspector featured in the opening titles of later ""Pink Panther"" features beginning in the 1970s, changed dramatically to resemble Sellers, and then Steve Martin in the 2006 reboot of the series. The theme music heard during the titles of the cartoon was the instrumental ""A Shot in the Dark"" by Henry Mancini, from the 1964 feature film of the same name (the second entry in the ""Pink Panther"" film series). Additional music in the cartoons was composed initially by William Lava, then by Walter Greene. Two shorts had"
"to score both ""Infinity War"" and ""Endgame"". Silvestri started to record his score in January 2018, and concluded in late March. Silvestri felt working on the film ""was a really different experience than anything I'd done before, especially in regard to the approach and balancing quick shifts in tone"". Ludwig Göransson's theme from ""Black Panther"" is also used in the film. Hollywood Records and Marvel Music released the soundtrack album digitally on April 27, 2018, with a release on physical formats following on May 18. Two versions were released, a regular and deluxe edition, with the deluxe edition featuring some"
"for Warner Brothers Animation as well as ""Brandy & Mr. Whiskers"" for Disney. In scoring with Warner Brothers' television series ""Johnny Test"", he wrote the emo punk inspired main title and score to the first season. Manthei also created music for shows like Cartoon Network's ""Generator Rex"" and Adult Swim's ""Robot Chicken"". Manthei has also worked on scores for independent filmmakers such as ""The 24th Day"". He wrote the music for the feature films """" and """" and scored the animated series ""Ultimate Spider-Man"". Kevin Manthei Kevin Manthei (born 1970 in Maplewood, Minnesota) is an American composer for film, television,"