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Henry Mancini
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Henry Mancini grew up in Pennsylvania, studied briefly at Juilliard and after the war played in the Glenn Miller Orchestra. At Universal he learned the trade in the studio music department. He contributed to Touch of Evil (1958), among other films. His breakthrough was the TV series Peter Gunn (1958), with a cool jazz score built around a repeated bass line. The album of it won the first Grammy for album of the year. For Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) he wrote Moon River, which earned Oscars for song and score. Charade (1963) and The Pink Panther (1963) followed, among others. Mancini also turned film music into successful records.
Listening
Listening tip. Notice the lounge-jazz sound: a steady bass line or a creeping tenor sax, with light strings or a choir over the top.
Peter Gunn · Henry Mancini, 1958
Moon River · Henry Mancini, 1961
The Pink Panther Theme · Henry Mancini, 1963
Charade (Main Title) · Henry Mancini, 1963
Discography
Studio albums
- 1958Touch of Evil (soundtrack)
- 1959More Music From Peter Gunn (soundtrack)
- 1959The Music from Peter Gunn (soundtrack)
- 1959The Versatile Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
- 1960Original Album Classics (soundtrack)
- 1960The Blues and the Beat
- 1960The Mancini Touch
- 1961Breakfast at Tiffany's (soundtrack)
- 1961Combo!
- 1961Mr. Lucky Goes Latin
- 1962Experiment in Terror (soundtrack)
- 1962Hatari! (soundtrack)
- 1963Charade (soundtrack)
- 1963Mancini Marches
- 1963Our Man in Hollywood
- 1963The Pink Panther (soundtrack)
- 1963Uniquely Mancini
- 1964The Concert Sound of Henry Mancini
- 1965Dear Heart and Other Songs About Love
- 1965The Great Race (soundtrack)
- 1965The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini
- 1966A Merry Mancini Christmas
- 1966Arabesque (soundtrack)
- 1966Music of Hawaii
- 1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (soundtrack)
- 1967Gunn ...Number One! (soundtrack)
- 1967Mancini ’67: The Big Band Sound of Henry Mancini
- 1967Two for the Road (soundtrack)
- 1968The Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini
- 1968The Party (soundtrack)
- 1969A Warm Shade of Ivory
- 1969Gaily, Gaily (soundtrack)
- 1969Me, Natalie
- 1969Six Hours Past Sunset
- 1970Darling Lili (soundtrack)
- 1970Mancini Country
- 1970Mancini Plays the Theme From Love Story
- 1970The Molly Maguires (soundtrack)
- 1971Dream of You
- 1971Never Give An Inch (soundtrack)
- 1972Brass on Ivory
- 1972Mancini Salutes Sousa
- 1972Music From the TV Series “The Mancini Generation”
- 1972The Sounds & Voices of Henry Mancini
- 1973Brass, Ivory & Strings
- 1973The Thief Who Came to Dinner (soundtrack)
- 1973Visions of Eight (soundtrack)
- 1974Country Gentleman
- 1974Hangin’ Out With Henry Mancini
- 1975Symphonic Soul
- 1975The Pink Panther (soundtrack)
- 1976Silver Streak (soundtrack)
- 1976The Pink Panther (soundtrack)
- 1977Mancini's Angels
- 1978The Pink Panther (soundtrack)
- 1978The Theme Scene
- 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (soundtrack)
- 1979“10” (soundtrack)
- 1982The Pink Panther (soundtrack)
- 1982Victor/Victoria (1982 film cast) (soundtrack)
- 1984In the Pink
- 1984Mamma
- 1985Santa Claus: The Movie (soundtrack)
- 1986The Hollywood Musicals
- 1987Mancini Plays Mancini and Other Composers
- 1987The Glass Menagerie (soundtrack)
- 1988Henry Mancini Pure Gold
- 1988Without a Clue (soundtrack)
- 1989Henry Mancini Plays Great Favorites of the ’60s & ’70s
- 1989Mancini Rocks The Pops
- 1990Mancini In Surround: Mostly Monsters, Murders & Mysteries
- 1991Cinema Italiano: Music of Ennio Morricone & Nino Rota
- 1991Lifeforce (soundtrack)
- 1991Mancini Goes to the Movies
- 1991Sunflower (soundtrack)
- 1991Switch (soundtrack)
- 1991The Music of Henry Mancini
- 1992As Time Goes By and Other Classic Movie Love Songs
- 1992The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective (soundtrack)
- 1992Tom and Jerry: The Movie (soundtrack)
- 1992時のたつまま〜アンチェインド・メロディー 映画のなかのラヴ・ソングス
- 1993Mancini in Hollywood
- 1993The Pink Panther (soundtrack)
- 1995Henry Mancini On The March
- 1995Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
- 1995Victor/Victoria (1995 original Broadway cast) (soundtrack)
- 1997The Masters
- 1998High Time (soundtrack)
- 1998ベスト
- 2000Uniquely Mancini - The Big Band Sound Of Henry Mancini
- 2003Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (soundtrack)
- 2003Music from Mr Lucky and Mr Lucky Goes Latin
- 2004Oklahoma Crude (soundtrack)
- 2004The Thorn Birds (soundtrack)
- 2004Ultimate Mancini
- 2005The Piano Men
- 2005Victor/Victoria (2005 German cast) (soundtrack)
- 2007Wait Until Dark (soundtrack)
- 2008The Man Who Loved Women (soundtrack)
- 2008The Versatile Henry Mancini
- 2009Nightwing (soundtrack)
- 201099 44/100% Dead! (soundtrack)
- 2010The Pink Panther (soundtrack)
- 2010Married to It (soundtrack)
- 2010The Hawaiians (soundtrack)
- 2010Uniquely Manicini
- 2011Harry & Son (soundtrack)
- 2011The Moneychangers (soundtrack)
- 2012Condorman (soundtrack)
- 2012Mommie Dearest (soundtrack)
- 2012Sunset (soundtrack)
- 2013Fear (soundtrack)
- 2013The Days of Wine and Roses (soundtrack)
- 2013The White Dawn (soundtrack)
- 2014Jacqueline Susann’s Once Is Not Enough (soundtrack)
- 2016The Great Waldo Pepper (soundtrack)
- 2017Sometimes a Great Notion (soundtrack)
- 2018The Prisoner of Zenda (soundtrack)
- 2020Bachelor in Paradise (soundtrack)
- 2022Frenzy (soundtrack)
- 2023CELLISTA
- 2023Moment to Moment (soundtrack)
- 2024Henry Mancini Centennial
- ?Henry Mancini A Genius in our Time
- ?The Complete Peter Gunn
- ?The Remasters
- ?ヘンリー・マンシーニ・アンソロジー
- ?マンシーニ・イン・サラウンド〜SFホラー映画自曲選集
Other work
- 1958Peter Gunn (tv)
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 4NL Reader
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 6NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Suspense and psychological thriller (Hitchcock) Genre
In the Hitchcockian thriller Charade (1963), Henry Mancini showed how suspense goes together with an elegant, lighter theme.
- Pop jazz, lounge and crime TV (Mancini school) Genre
Henry Mancini, trained at Juilliard and for years employed by the music department of Universal, wrote the music for the TV series Peter Gunn in 1958.