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Greatest Hits
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Artist(s)Henry Mancini
StudioRCA
Release DateSeptember 26, 2000
UPC Code078636799728
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Tracks

  1. Peter Gunn
  2. A Profound Gass
  3. Snowfall
  4. Mr. Lucky
  5. The Great Impostor: Theme
  6. Moon River
  7. Breakfast at Tiffany's
  8. Experiment In Terror
  9. Hatari: Theme
  10. Baby Elephant Walk
  11. Just For Tonight (Vocal)
  12. Days Of Wine And Roses (Vocal)
  13. Charade (Vocal)
  14. The Pink Panther Theme
  15. Dear Heart (Vocal)
  16. How Soon (Vocal)
  17. A Shot In The Dark
  18. The Sweetheart Tree (Vocal)
  19. Two For The Road (Vocal)
  20. Love Theme From 'Romeo An Juliet'
  21. Whistling Away The Dark
  22. What's Happening!!

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (10 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteBuy this CD!Quote
This CD not only has some of the best of Mancini but the arrangements are easy to listen to while in traffic, at home or anywhere! Buy it! December 12, 2007

rating: 3 QuoteTypical ManciniQuote
First, I really like Mancini's music generally and I am really concerned that he may be one of the greats of American music who will soon be forgotten if he hasn't been already. (US music schools tend to be a little snobby and don't give a number of truly great American composers their due.) However, the mix of this particular CD is simply too average. Many good songs are not on it and some weak ones are. I would not recommend this CD except to ManciniPhiles like me. March 24, 2007

rating: 4 QuoteIt's Hard to Believe He's GoneQuote
Henry Mancini gave us so much of our consciousness of the 1960s and 1970s, and yet was "out" almost as soon as he was "in."

His work became synonymous with much-despised "elevator music" in the later 1960s. This stereotype (or monotype, for his earliest works) can mislead.

For example, "Lujon" [not in this collection] was used in a movie just last year to exemplify mystery and an exotic atmosphere.

Mancini dies way too young. While some would argue that he'd become a self-parody, his innate gifts compromised by relentless commercialization, you cannot take away his lasting gift to our culture. He was an original, and he captured an essence of our collective experience.

He's here in this collection, waiting round the bend, my Huckleberry friend. May 23, 2006

rating: 4 QuoteNostalgicQuote
A great trip down memory lane. The selections sound just like I remember them from the movies and the radio. Enjoy February 20, 2006

rating: 5 QuoteOn connaît tous sa musique, beaucoup moins son nom...Quote
En ces temps où le terme de BO est galvaudé (pénible Yann Tiersen, satanés Choristes !), cette compilation est l'occasion de rendre hommage à l'un des grands génies du genre, largement méconnu, et victime d'un des plus incroyables quiproquos de la Musique.
En effet, c'est lui qui a composé l'éternel thème de la Panthère Rose, et son mythique refrain de saxophone, définitivement associés au dessin animé du même nom, et qui invariablement provoquent sourires (voire moqueries) chez les non-initiés... Rappelons qu'au départ La Panthère Rose est un film réalisé par le génial Blake Edwards en 1964, avec l'inénarrable Peters Sellers dans le rôle principal, et que cette fameuse Panthère Rose désigne non pas un sympathique félin, mais un diamant d'une valeur inestimable, et dont le vol est à l'origine du scénario.
Mais sa contribution à l'histoire de la musique ne s'arrête pas là. En effet, on lui doit également le monumental Moon River, titre dont l'insurpassable limpidité mélodique est capable de me porter au bord des larmes en quelques mesures, repris entre autres par Sinatra et Morrissey et susurré par la délicieuse Audrey Hepburn dans Breakfast At Tiffany's. Et c'est toujours lui qui est à l'origine du thème explosif de Peter Gunn, avec sa ligne de basse à réveiller les morts et ses arrangements de cuivres qui traumatiseront toute une génération de compositeurs, Quincy Jones en tête...
En tout cas, cette compilation est une excellente introduction à l'univers de Henry Mancini, qui en mêlant arrangements jazzy, vocaux surannés et mélodies inoubliables, a tout simplement inventé la Lounge music, avant que ce mot ne désigne un vaste fourre-tout pour bobos peu curieux... September 20, 2005

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