In a career that stretched nearly half a century, Henry Mancini became synonymous with catchy, jazzy, romantic music for film and television soundtracks. This 2014 Classic Soundtrack Collection features 18 original Mancini soundtrack albums for the RCA, Epic and Columbia labels on nine discs plus rare bonus tracks, including a never-before-heard version of "Nothing to Lose" from Blake Edwards' 1968 comedy the Party performed by Julie Andrews. Taken together, the albums in this collection underline the enduring popularity of Henry Mancini and his unique ability to create movie music that pop audiences could also embrace. Albums Included are: The Pink Panther, the Return of the Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, Hatari!, Oklahoma Crude, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? High Time, Experiment in Terror, Darling Lili, Gunn, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, Two for the Road, Arabesque, the Great Race, Me, Natalie, the Party &, Visions of Eight.
1 The Pink Panther Theme ((From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther", a United Artists Release))
2 It Had Better Be Tonight (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther" [Instrumental])
3 Royal Blue (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther", a United Artists Release)
4 Champagne and Quail (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther", a United Artists Release)
5 The Village Inn (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther", a United Artists Release)
6 The Tiber Twist (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther")
7 It Had Better Be Tonight (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther", a United Artists Release)
8 Cortina (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther")
9 The Lonely Princess (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther")
10 Something for Sellers (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther")
11 Piano and Strings (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther", a United Artists Release)
12 Shades of Sennett (From the Mirisch-G & E Production "The Pink Panther", a United Artists Release)
13 Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight) (From the MGM Film "The Pink Panther")
14 The Pink Panther (From the United Artists Film, the Pink Panther)
15 The Pink Panther Theme
16 The Greatest Gift
17 Here's Looking at You, Kid
18 Summer in Gstaad
19 So Smooth
20 The Return of the Pink Panther (Pt. 1 and Pt. 2)
21 The Greatest Gift
22 The Orange Float
23 Dreamy
24 Disco
25 Naval Maneuver
26 Belly Belly Bum Bum
27 The Wet Look
- Disc 2 -
1 Moon River
2 Something for Cat
3 Sally's Tomato
4 Mr. Yunioshi
5 The Big Blow Out
6 Hub Caps and Tail Lights
7 Breakfast at Tiffany's
8 Latin Golightly
9 Holly
10 Loose Caboose
11 The Big Heist
12 Moon River Cha Cha
13 Breakfast at Tiffany's (From the Paramount Film, Breakfast at Tiffany's)
14 Charade (Main Title)
15 Bistro
16 Bateau Mouche
17 Megeve
18 Bye Bye Charlie
19 The Happy Carousel
20 Charade (Vocal)
21 Orange Tamoure
22 Latin Snowfall
23 The Drip-Dry Waltz
24 Mambo Parisienne
25 Punch and Judy
26 Charade (Carousel)
27 Charade
- Disc 3 -
1 Theme from "Hatari!"
2 Baby Elephant Walk
3 Just for Tonight
4 Your Father's Feathers
5 Night Side
6 Big Band Bwana
7 The Sounds of Hatari
8 The Soft Touch
9 Crocodile, Go Home
10 Just for Tonight (Vocal)
11 Baby Elephant Walk (From the Film, Hatari!)
12 Oklahoma Crude
13 Lightfinger
14 Cleon and Lena
15 Lena's Tune
16 Over the Top
17 Send a Little Love My Way (Choral) ((From the Columbia Picture, "Oklahoma Crude", a Stanley Kramer Production))
18 The Big Climb ((From the Columbia Picture, "Oklahoma Crude", a Stanley Kramer Production))
19 The Dude of My Dreams ((From the Columbia Picture, "Oklahoma Crude", a Stanley Kramer Production))
20 On Your Hill ("Oklahoma Crude") ((From the Columbia Picture, "Oklahoma Crude", a Stanley Kramer Production))
21 In Your Hill ("Oklahoma Crude") ((From the Columbia Picture, "Oklahoma Crude", a Stanley Kramer Production))
22 Send a Little Love My Way (Instrumental) ((From the Columbia Picture, "Oklahoma Crude", a Stanley Kramer Production))
- Disc 4 -
1 The Swing March
2 Tarantella Mozzarella
3 Gina
4 In the Arms of Love
5 The Girls Up-A-Stairs
6 Sicily Forever
7 In the Arms of Love
8 Echoes of Sicily
9 Buon Giorno
10 Wine and Women
11 A Tavern in Valerno
12 The Tender Thieves
13 Festa!
14 In the Arms of Love (From the United Artists Film "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?")
15 High Time
16 Moon Talk
17 So Neat
18 The Old College Try Cha-Cha
19 The Nutty Professor
20 Frish Frosh
21 The Second Time Around
22 A Mild Blast
23 Harv's Blues
24 New Blood
25 The Dean Speaks
26 Tiger!
27 The Second Time Around (From the 20th Century-Fox Picture, "High Time")
- Disc 5 -
1 Fluter's Ball
2 Tooty Twist
3 Kelly's Tune
4 Golden Gate Twist
5 The Good Old Days
6 Experiment in Terror
7 Experiment in Terror
8 Nancy
9 Down By the Wharf
10 Teen-Age Hostage
11 White on White
12 Final Out at Candlestick Park
13 Overture
14 Whistling Away the Dark
15 The Little Birds (Les P'tite Oisenux)
16 The Girl in No Man's Land
17 Gypsy Violin
18 I'll Give You Three Guesses
19 Darling Lili
20 Smile Away Each Rainy Day
21 The Can-Can Cafe
22 I'll Give You Three Guesses
23 SKÄL (Let's Have Another on Me)
24 Your Good-Will Ambassador
25 Whistling Away the Dark
26 Whistling Away the Dark (From the Paramount Film, Darling Lili)
27 Darling Lili (Album Version)
- Disc 6 -
1 Peter Gunn
2 A Quiet Happening
3 Dreamsville
4 Sky Watch
5 A Bluish Bag
6 Theme for Sam
7 The Monkey Farm
8 A Lovely Sound
9 I Like the Look
10 Silver Tears
11 Sweet!
12 Night Owl
13 Bye Bye
14 A Bluish Bag
15 Dreamsville
16 Theme from Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
17 Well Done Louis
18 Pesce!
19 Bombe Richelieu
20 Italian Soup
21 They Hang Chefs, Don't They?
22 Bombes Away / Natasha in Venice (Natasha's Theme); Bombes Away\ Natasha in Venice (Natasha's Theme)
23 Natasha's Theme (Piano Solo - Henry Mancini)
24 The Movable Feast
25 Late Night Call / the Gathering (Theme from Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?); Late Night Call\ the Gathering (Theme from Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?)
26 Fiery Finale (Theme from Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?)
27 The Final Feast / the Confession; the Final Feast\ the Confession
28 Natasha's Theme (End Title)
- Disc 7 -
1 Two for the Road
2 Something for Audrey
3 The Lovely Life (From "Two for the Road")
4 The Chaser
5 Something Loose
6 Happy Barefoot Boy (From "Two for the Road")
7 Two for the Road (Remastered)
8 Congarocka - (From Stanley Donen's "Two for the Road" a 20th Century-Fox Release)
9 French Provincial
10 The Donk (From "Two for the Road")
11 Domain St. Juste (Din-Din Music) (From "Two for the Road")
12 Two for the Road (Instrumental) (Remastered)
13 Two for the Road
14 Arabesque
15 We've Loved Before (Yasmin's Theme) (Instrumental)
16 Ascot
17 Dream Street
18 Facade
19 Something for Sophia
20 We've Loved Before (Yasmin's Theme) (Vocal)
21 Shower of Paradise
22 The Zoo Chase; Part I: Arabesque Theme\ Part II: Aquarium Scene\ Part III: Arabesque Theme (Reprise)
23 Bagdad on Thames
- Disc 8 -
1 Overture; He Shouldn't-A, Hadn't-A, Oughtn't-A Swang on Me!\ the Sweetheart Tree (Choral)\ the Great Race March
2 Push the Button, Max!
3 The Royal Waltz
4 Night, Night Sweet Prince
5 They're Off!
6 The Sweetheart Tree
7 The Great Race March (A Patriotic Medley)
8 He Shouldn't-A, Hadn't-A, Oughtn't-A Swang on Me!
9 Music to Become King By
10 Cold Finger
11 Pie-In-The-Face Polka
12 Pie in the Face Polka
13 The Sweetheart Tree (Album Version)
14 Natalie
15 Free!
16 Sequence for Uncle Harold
17 A Groovy Mood
18 Off-Ramp to Nowhere
19 Theme for Losers
20 We
21 W.A. Mozart, I Love You
22 In and Out of Love Montage
23 Bench Warmer
24 Dear David
25 Natalie
- Disc 9 -
1 The Party
2 Brunette in Yellow
3 Nothing to Lose (Instrumental)
4 Chicken Little Was Right
5 Candlelight on Crystal
6 Birdie Num-Num
7 Nothing to Lose
8 The Happy Pipers
9 Party Poop
10 Elegant
11 Wiggy
12 The Party (Instrumental)
13 Nothing to Lose
14 Ludmilla's Theme
15 Pretty Girls
16 Spaced Out
17 Warm Up
18 Soft Flight
19 The Race
20 Salute to the Olympians
21 Olympic Village
22 Ludmilla's Theme (Reprise)
23 Hurdles and Girdles
24 Theme for the Losers
25 Salute to the Olympians (Finale)
In a career that stretched nearly half a century, Henry Mancini became synonymous with catchy, jazzy, romantic music for film and television soundtracks. This 2014 Classic Soundtrack Collection features 18 original Mancini soundtrack albums for the RCA, Epic and Columbia labels on nine discs plus rare bonus tracks, including a never-before-heard version of "Nothing to Lose" from Blake Edwards' 1968 comedy the Party performed by Julie Andrews. Taken together, the albums in this collection underline the enduring popularity of Henry Mancini and his unique ability to create movie music that pop audiences could also embrace. Albums Included are: The Pink Panther, the Return of the Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, Hatari!, Oklahoma Crude, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? High Time, Experiment in Terror, Darling Lili, Gunn, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, Two for the Road, Arabesque, the Great Race, Me, Natalie, the Party &, Visions of Eight.