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Henry Mancini, born Enrico Nicola Mancini, (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted composer and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being one of the most acclaimed composers of music for TV and films, winning a record number of Grammy awards (including a 'Lifetime Achievement' award in 1995). His daughters were educated at Millfield School, Somerset.
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Carol For Another Christmas (written by Henry Mancini) is a masterpiece which provokes thoughts of future Christmases. A very moving piece of music. All the music on this album is excellent, but Carol For Another Christmas is 5 Stars.
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Henry Mancini set the music world on fire with his soundtrack score to the popular television detective show “Peter Gunn.” The two albums of music from this series became monster hits in 1959 especially the theme music. Each piece depicts different aspects and moods of each particular episode or a character study. “Dreamsville” is the music always used to describe the lovely Edie Hart(played by the equally gorgeous Lola Albright). MORE
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You talk about musical geniuses, Henry Mancini fit the bill. In a career that spanned 40 years, Henry Mancini scored the music for more than 80 films, collecting 20 Grammy’s in the process. Mancini is probably best known for "The Pink Panther Theme" and the Peter Gunn Theme song.
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Mancini and Edwards would collaborate on 26 movies between 1960 and 1993. Three of Mancini's most enduring hits came from 1961: "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's, the similarly lush theme from Days of Wine and Roses, and the playful "Baby Elephant Walk" from Hatari! Despite averaging three film scores a year through the 1980s, Mancini would always be best-remembered for these earliest efforts, along with the theme from 1964's The Pink Panther and perhaps his score for the 1983 TV miniseries The Thorn Birds. He was a more versatile composer than his mainstream fans may think; for example, he adopted an avant-garde style for the 1985 science fiction movie Lifeforce. Mancini's final work was on a stage adaptation of Edwards' Julie Andrews vehicle Victor/Victoria, which originated as a 1982 film and opened on Broadway in 1995, shortly after the composer's death, running more than 700 performances. ~ James Reel, All Music Guide
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Mancini won a total of four Oscars for his music in the course of his career. He was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1955 for his original score of The Glenn Miller Story, on which he collaborated with Joseph Gershenson. He lost out to Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. In 1962 he was nominated in the Best Music, Original Song category for "Bachelor in Paradise" from the film of the same name, in collaboration with lyricist Mack David. That song did not win. However, Mancini did receive two Oscars that year: one in the same category, for the song "Moon River" (shared with lyricist Johnny Mercer), and one for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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