Like his good friend Esquivel, Henry Mancini mixed some mean orchestral Christmas cocktails. But where Esquivel was possessed by wackiness and whimsy, Mancini played things fairly straight and still managed to create a sound that defined his career and an era. Sadly, the selections here are pedestrian, even by the well-trodden holiday boulevard standards. "White Christmas," "The Little Drummer ...
Manufacturer: RCA
Out with the bad--in with the good. The fifth entry in the Panther series has all the best elements: the most carefully choreographed fight with Cato, Herbert Lom hamming up Dreyfuss and a brilliant comic soundscape from Mancini. The opening credits is a montage of "The Pink Panther Theme", the "Alfred Hitchcock Theme", Batman, The Sound of Music, "Singin' in the Rain" and ...
Manufacturer: MGM Soundtracks
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Manufacturer: Das Alte Werk / Warner Classics
