Record Store Day Release 2024 - Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther

April 16, 2024 marks the centenary of the birth of Henry Mancini. Ermitage celebrates him with the release of the very famous music of the Pink Panther with the unforgettable theme song and all the other compositions present in the 1963 film with Peter Sellers and Claudia Cardinale. Over forty years of career in cinema, music composed for over one hundred films, four Oscars out of 18 nominations, 20 Grammys and two Emmys, over 50 albums, more than 300 million copies sold worldwide, 500 songs composed: here is the portrait of Enrico Mancini.

Exclusively for Record Store Day 2024, pink vinyl edition in magnificent gatefold and collectible cover!

Special Gatefold 1XLP Record On Pink Vinyl

Album: Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther
Label: Ermitage - VNL 22684
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Hollywood Pressing
Genre: Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Big Band, Easy Listening

Tracklists:

Side A:

1. The Pink Panther Theme
2. It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera) (Instrumental)
3. Royal Blue
4. Champagne And Quail
5. The Village Inn
6. The Tiber Twist

Suide B:

1. It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)
2. Cortina
3. The Lonely Princess
4. Something For Sellers
5. Piano And Strings
6. Shades Of Sennett

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

"The Pink Panther Theme" is a jazz composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 37th Academy Awards but lost to the Sherman Brothers for Mary Poppins. The eponymous cartoon character created for the film's opening credits by David DePatie and Friz Freleng was animated in time to the tune. The tenor saxophone solo was played by Plas Johnson.

Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther: Record Store Day Release 2024

Ermitage on license by Opera Leader Ltd, United Kingdom.