Sony/Legacy Recordings will celebrate American composer Henry Mancini (April
16, 1924 - June 14, 1994) with a variety of collectible commemorative titles to
be released throughout 2014. The new
official Henry Mancini website (www.HenryMancini.com) will launch on April 16,
2014, the composer's 90th birthday.
The 50th
Anniversary of The Pink Panther - Music from the Film Score Composed and
Conducted by Henry Mancini will be commemorated with the release of a limited
edition, individually numbered 12" PINK VINYL LP created for Record Store
Day 2014, celebrated at independent record stores worldwide on Saturday, April
19, 2014. Mancini's indelible "Pink
Panther Theme," first heard in the archetypal '60s crime caper comedy
starring Peter Sellers and directed by Blake Edwards, is, in the current
digital era, the #1 most-streamed song in the entire Sony Music catalog. The original Pink Panther soundtrack album
was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2001 and is being expanded for a 2014
50th Anniversary Edition to include bonus material.
An 11 CD
deluxe box set comprising the best of Henry Mancini's classic film soundtracks
is in the works for 2014, while a retrospective tribute, featuring catalog and
new recordings of the composer's unforgettable songs, is currently under
development with details TBA.
Born
Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini in Cleveland's "Little Italy,"
the quintessential American soundtrack composer entered the music industry at
the end of World War II, becoming a pianist and arranger for the newly reformed
Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1946. By the
mid 1950s, Mancini had written music for more than 100 movies, from "The
Creature from the Black Lagoon" to Orson Welles' "Touch of
Evil." Mancini's score for
"The Glenn Miller Story" earned him his first Academy Award
nomination; out of his 18 nominations, he'd win four Oscars. Throughout his career, he released close to
250 album titles and scored more than 190 films.
Henry
Mancini composed music that's woven into the fabric of American pop culture:
The Pink Panther Theme, the "Peter Gunn" bass line, "Moon
River" (from "Breakfast at Tiffany's"), "Days of Wine and
Roses" and more.
Mancini
holds the record for most Grammy nominations (72), out of which he won 20. In addition to his four Academy Awards, he
won a Golden Globe, secured two Emmy nominations and was honored in 2004 with a
United States Commemorative Postal Stamp.
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