Peter Gunn/Timothy/Lujon/March Of The Cue Balls/Fallout/Mr Lucky/Moon River/Experiment In Terror/Baby Elephant Walk/Days Of Wine & Roses/Theme From Hatari/Charade
Henry Mancini's first compilation LP of his best known recordings. More comprehensive CDs are currently available. This kind of music was facilely dismissed as elevator music by some critics. (US:42)
"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." "I really like Mancini's music generally and I am becoming concerned that he may be one of the greats of American music who will soon be forgotten if he hasn't been already."
"As always, the music of Henry Mancini never fails to deliver the range of sounds associated with his talented career. This album showcases a wide variety of his music, and that's the key to his charm. He could never be expected to do the same thing, and his talent led him from the growling notes of the Peter Gunn theme to the sentimental Moon River. Mancini always delivered in an expert, smooth style that is so lacking in the present. The perfect album for what is now sneeringly referred to as easy listening, it's just the thing for a rainy afternoon sipping coffee."
"Henry Mancini was one of the greatest composers of the 20th Century. I have a number of collections of his music. He was a perfectionist when conducting his compositions. The result is high quality music that sets a romantic mood."
"Truly one of the best composers ever. I've always enjoyed the way his arrangements and certain instrumentations all come together. He truly understood styling, and the vocals sound timeless. You always knew a Henry Mancini track by the way it was played and arranged. He had his own musical signature."
"I have been ordering Mancini albums lately because his music brings back a feeling from when I was young. My parents had Mancini music on during their dinner parties, cocktail parties and of course everyone was smoking away."
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