When I first started doing Two for Tuesday, one of my early posts was about Henry Mancini, who I consider to be in a league with John Williams, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and all the other great American composers. He frequently collaborated with producer/director Blake Edwards, most notably composing the "Pink Panther" theme that was used in all of those movies and the music for the film Victor/Victoria. He also wrote theme songs for two of Edwards’s TV shows…
Mr. Lucky
Peter Gunn, which was said to be the first time jazz was used in a theme song.
His non-Edwards related theme songs include…
Remington Steele
Newhart
Henry Mancini, your Two for Tuesday, December 24, 2019.
The Sound of One Hand Typing 
I love Henry Mancini and the pieces you chose here just shows how different his works could be. Always loved Peter Gunn music.
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He was a fantastic composer and no slouch as a performer. He and Doc Severinsen (from the Tonight Show) did an album together that’s just gorgeous. I don’t think it’s out of the question to put him in with the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and other great American composers.
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I love Henry Mancini because there’s always a lightness, a bit of bop or cheer. We sometimes get on a real kick listening to his pieces. Usually because Pink Panther 😛 Brilliant!
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The Pink Panther theme is classic Mancini. WGN used his “Experiment in Terror” for its “Creature Features” (their Saturday horror movie). Not actually a “happy” tune, but there was that “lightness” to it.
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I always liked him – very talented!
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Like I said, he’s one of the great American composers, and one of the most ubiquitous.
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I loved his stuff, he was a master at composing these –
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He was a tremendous composer, whether it was a one-minute theme song or a full orchestral work.
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Would you believe I was listening to him only last night at bedtime?
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I can. He was ubiquitous…
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