Henry Mancini

I have always been a great admirer of Henry Mancini’s music. His romanticism and his keen sense of musical humor are qualities rarely to be found in the world of film music. He is neither a strictly symphonic writer nor a lightweight tunesmith. Goldsmith fans and those who love full-blooded orchestral music are not likely…

Henry Mancini on Scoring Lifeforce

While the name of Henry Mancini is most often linked with the light pop-jazz music he composed for films such as CHARADE, HATARI (remember the Baby Elephant Walk?) and the PINK PANTHER films, he has recently emerged with a pair of strong symphonic scores which demonstrate effectively that Mancini is no slouch when it comes…