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Henry Mancini in rehearsal with the Utah Symphony, 1981

 

Henry Mancini:

Quartet Records


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[Limited Edition CD]

Henry Mancini, "The Curse of The Pink Panther", Quartet Records #QRSCE014 (2010).[Limited Edition CD, 1000 copies]
From a score written by Mancini in 1983.  This is the very first time it has appeared in recorded form.

 From Quartet Records: "Quartet Records proudly presents Curse of the Pink Panther, the only film in the Pink Panther series that had never seen an official soundtrack album release. Not a single piece from Curse of the Pink Panther has ever been released, even though it’s a huge and carefully crafted score. Perhaps in the expectation that the film could mark a new departure in the series and give way to further sequels, Mancini wrote a new and slick theme for Clifton Sleigh’s character: a playful melody for solo clarinet with orchestration reminiscent of Victor/Victoria. There were also a few dramatic themes used to underline the Mafia attacks as well as some amusing experiments with synthesizers to illustrate the world of computers. However, the funniest idea of all was to have some pasodobles and flamenco themes added to the series to underscore the episode that took place in Valencia. Discovering this film score has been a great and pleasant surprise. The tapes with the original sound mix made at CTS studios in London are completely lost. Therefore, we have had to go back to the 24-multi track courtesy of the MGM archives to try to create a new and fresh sound mix based on the original notes found in the composer’s and the sound engineer’s cue-sheets as well as referencing the film. Every single piece of music written by Henry Mancini for this film has been included in this soundtrack album. We have also added a few alternate takes of some of the themes such as the one used for the main titles, where Clifton Sleigh’s theme is preceded by some James Bond-style arrangements… perhaps in anticipation of the fact that Clouseau had now become Roger Moore! In a word, this score is pure Mancini: charm and elegance from one of the most indispensable film music composers, and a lost chapter in a saga has now achieved cult status."


Tracklist:

1. Main Title (5:13)
2. Operation Paragon (1:17)
3. Sabotage (1:06)
4. Looking for a New Clouseau (0.46)
5. Clifton Sleigh Theme (3:38)
6. Mafia Lunch (1:04)
7. Airport Attempts (0:59)
8. Museum Clouseau (2:52)
9. The Mechanic Dog (0:14)
10. Arrival at Liton's Chateau (1:15)
11. Car Chase (0:35)
12. On A Terrace with a Doll I (3:12)
13. On A Terrace with a Doll II (3:07)
14. Piano Source (1:54)
15. Mr.Chong (1:06)
16. Arrival in Valencia (3:46)
17. Las Fallas I (2:17)
18. Las Fallas II (1:54)
19. Café Olé (3:26)
 20. Street Fighters (1:49)
21. Something For Clifton (4:13)
22. Up in the Air (2:13)
23. End Titles (3:54)

Bonus Tracks:
24. Main Title (Alternate) (5:12)
25. Operation Paragon (Alternate) (1:16)
26. Arrival in Valencia (Instrumental) (2:30)
27. Café Olé (Alternate) (2:46)
28. Bullfight (0:38)


LINER NOTES (written by album producer Jose M. Benitez):

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Henry Mancini, "Harry and Son", Quartet Records #QRSCE023 (2011).[Limited Edition CD, 1000 copies]

From Quartet Records:  Quartet Records proudly presents a World Premiere Release for a Henry Mancini classic. This film marked the third collaboration between Paul Newman as director and Mancini after “Sometimes A Great Notion” (1970) and the TV movie “The Shadow Box” (1980). A fourth collaboration between the two would still follow in 1986 with the film adaptation of Tenessee William’s play “The Glass Menageire”. Paul Newman called “Harry and Son” his most personal film as a director. It portraits the relationships and misunderstandings between a widower father who loses his job and his young son who aspires to become a writer. In many ways, “Harry and Son” was Paul Newman’s final song to his own deceased son just a few years before the film was shot.

Henry Mancini’s score is utterly emotional, benefiting from a thrilling melody in jazz style, one of his better, used as a leitmotiv to reflect the melancholy and solitude of both Harry (Newman) and his son Howie (Bobby Benson).

With less than 20 minutes of music in the film, it is thanks to MGM’s well-vaulted tapes with the original recording sessions that we have been able to discover an hour of music written by Mancini for the film, intended as both an underscore and source music, including many themes not included in the final cut.

Due to the original stereo mix being lost, we have remixed each and every single cue out of the 2’’ 24 multi-tracks to include a number of alternate cues as well as a rare arrangement of the “Harry’s Theme” produced exclusive for promotional purposes.

Including a 20-page booklet with many color stills and liner notes by Daniel Schweiger.

Tracklist:

1. Main Title (Harry’s Theme) (2:09)
2. Dinner for two (3:01)
3. Fired (3:03)
4. Looking for a new job (1:09)
5. Migraines (0:34)
6. Nina (1:25)
7. Harry’s Theme (0:56)
8. Sunny Calypso (4:33)
9. The cardboard machine (1:13)
10. Howie & Kate (2:38)
11. A bird speaking portuguese (1:37)
12. Beers & tequila (0:36)
13. Car recoveries (0:50)
14. Midnight Construction (1:49)
15. Raymond (3:12)
16. Harry’s Theme (3:01)
17. Happy Birthday, Daddy (0:41)
18. Aerobic (vocal) (3:21)
19. Sally’s Calypso (2:03)
20. a novel named “Harry” (1:44)
21. House In The Beach (3:43)
22. Harry’s Death (0:31)
23. Finale (Harry’s Theme) (3:12)
24. Fired (Alternate Version) (2:54)
25. Aerobic (Instrumental Version) (3:21)
26. Harry’s Theme (Radio Promo Version) (2:40)

LINER NOTES (written by Daniel Schweiger) and Musician Credits:

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Album produced by
Jose M. Benitez.


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Henry Mancini, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "Sunset", Quartet Records #________ (2012).[Limited Edition CD, 2000 Copies]

Description from Quartet Records: 

Quartet Records presents a world premiere release of the long-awaited score by Henry Mancini for the western-comedy-suspense fable about the meeting between a Hollywood star of the twenties and Wyatt Earp. The film was written and directed in 1988 by the long-time Mancini collaborator Blake Edwards. It starred Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway and M. Emmet Walsh.

The relationship between Blake Edwards and Henry Mancini has been, is and will always be one of the most celebrated, brilliant and prolific in Hollywood history. They spent 35 years working together (except for a break of five years and three movies), collaborating on TV successes like Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky, as well as unforgettable movies such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, The Pink Panther saga, The Party, 10, Victor/Victoria, etc…. But Henry Mancini always wanted to do a western, and the only “real” western directed by Edwards in his career (Wild Rovers in1971), coincided with the period in the careers of both men when they were not working together, so Jerry Goldsmith wrote the score. Mancini’s only chance to score a western was Oklahoma Crude for Stanley Kramer in 1973. Finally, in 1988 Edwards and Mancini had the opportunity to work together in a western with Sunset ... not a real western, but sort of a western ... give or take a lie or two.

Sunset represents what is probably the last great effort of Henry Mancini, his last great symphonic score, after a decade full of film music triumphs (Condorman, Lifeforce, Without a Clue, The Great Mouse Detective, The Man Who Loved Women, That’s Life!, Santa Claus, The Thorn Birds), far from the obscurity of his many (excellent) seventies scores. The music of Sunset opens with a great widescreen western theme (“The Cowboys”) and includes a lot of suspense, adventure and action music (always with the elegant Mancini touch). His melodic gift is present in the delicate “Theme for Cheryl” and the elegant melody composed for the “Tom Mix” character. The source music is also entirely by Mancini: barroom pianos for silent films, big band sounds, and Mexican music in waltz, ranchera and fox-trot style.

The album has been assembled in dynamic stereo from the three-channel stereo master tapes courtesy of Sony Pictures. The package includes a 16-page full color booklet and liner notes by film music specialist Daniel Schweiger. We are very happy that you can finally enjoy this amazing Mancini score from his final period!


Tracklist:

01. The Cowboys - Main Titles (2:54)
02. Tom Mix (Theme From “Sunset”)* (1:47)
03. The Mixenearp March (2:50)
04. Not Much Like Denver (1:29)
05. Theme For Cheryl (3:08)
06. The Insurance Policy (1:23)
07. The Kit Kat Caper (2:54)
08. Sweet Alfie (1:09)
09. Gotta Save Nancy / 50 Miles Further (3:04)
10. The Cowboys (3:07)
11. The Letter (2:25)
12. Christina's Story (2:34)
13. Alfie Takes a Drive (2:13)
14. New Scene (2:07)
15. Wyatt & Tom* (0:35)
16. The Mixenearp March (Reprise) (2:56)
17. End Credits (4:24)
   
Source Music:
   
18. The Candy Store (3:09)
19. Beyond the Candy Store (2:53)
20. Barroom Piano (1:22)
21. Cleo's Fiddle (Jack Hayes) (0:56)
22. Alfie's Act (1:01)
23. Awards Music (1:36)

The Mexican Band:

24. Blackie's Ranchero (1:44)
25. Mexican Waltz-Time (2:20)
26. Mexican Fox-Trot (2:35)

Bonus Tracks:

27. Theme for Cheryl – Alternate Version (1:14)
28. The Insurance Policy – Alternate Version (1:02)
29. Tom Mix (Theme From "Sunset" )* (1:57)

* does not appear in the film.
Total Time Disc:  62:24


Produced by Henry Mancini.
Orchestrations:  Henry Mancini and Jack Hayes.
Music Supervisor:  Tom Bocci.
Album Produced by Jose M. Benitez.
Liner Notes by David Schweiger.



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Henry Mancini, "Revenge of the Pink Panther", Quartet Records #QRSCE050 (2012).[Expanded Edition CD, Limited to 1500 Copies]


Album description:

Expanded release!

Quartet Records, in collaboration with Capitol Records and MGM, proudly presents a complete edition of Blake Edwards’ Revenge of the Pink Panther, the last film featuring Peter Sellers as the clumsy Inspector Clouseau (Trail of the Pink Panther was shot in 1982 after Sellers’ death; it was edited with outtakes from previous Panther films).

Naturally, the score was composed by Henry Mancini. In addition to including his iconic “Pink Panther Theme” in ’70s disco style, Mancini provided more than an hour of new, original material. Full of classy melodies, the score contains two fine romantic tunes (“After the Shower” and “Simone”), a funny pop song with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse (“Move ’Em Out”), a frantic chase scene along the streets of Hong Kong, and lots of descriptive music.

The original album was released on LP by United Artist Records in 1978 and reissued on compact disc by Capitol Records in 1988. It has been out of print and very difficult to find for a long time. This album is the first-ever release of Mancini’s complete score , presented in pristine stereo.

The package includes a full-color 16-page insert with liner notes and track-by-track analysis by film music writer John Takis. Limited edition of 1500 units.


Tracklist:

1. THE MAFIA MEETING (2:17)
2. MAIN TITLE–THE PINK PANTHER THEME (4:41)
3. ENTER MR. CHONG (1:10)
4. NOT TONIGHT CATO (3:30)
5. THE SILVER HORNET (0:15)
6. MADAME JACQUE (3:08)
7. FRENCH TAPS (0:42)
8. A TOUCH OF RED (5:31)
9. ALMOND EYES (3:15)
10. ODE TO CLOUSEAU (2:04)
11. THAR SHE BLOWS (2:51)
12. MOVE'EM OUT! (3:23)
13. GIVE ME SOME MO'! (2:55)
14. AFTER THE SHOWER (3:39)
15. SIMONE (4:31)
16. THE FIRE ESCAPE (1:11)
17. BALLS' CAPRICE (2:34)
18. WELCOME TO HONG KONG (1:23)
19. ENTER SCALLINI (0:24)
20. SIMONE (PIANO LOUNGE) (1:29)
21. TO THE SHIPYARDS (2:58)
22. BEFORE THE FIREWORKS/HONG-KONG FIREWORKS (3:59)
23. SALUTE TO CLOUSEAU (1:28)
24. FINALE–THE PINK PANTHER THEME (0:57)
25. MAIN TITLE–THE PINK PANTHER THEME (Album Version) (4:35)
26. HONG KONG FIREWORKS (Album Version) (3:19)
27. THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS (Album Version) (2:32)




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