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"The Pink Panther Theme" is a jazz composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 37th Academy Awards but lost to the Sherman Brothers for Mary Poppins.
The music was composed and conducted by Henry Mancini. The album entered Billboard magazine's pop album chart on April 25, 1964, peaked at No. 8, and remained on the chart for 41 weeks. [1] The title song, "The Pink Panther Theme" was released as a single. It reached the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard adult contemporary chart.
"A Woman Like Me" is a moderate R&B song which samples the horn arrangement from Simon Haseley's orchestral library music "Hammerhead", and strings and drums from his "Great Day". [ 1 ] A performance video of the song appeared shortly on the film and the whole performance was included on the film's DVD.
The song has been recorded in a number of versions. The Italian version performed by Fran Jeffries appears in the film, but not on the soundtrack album.An instrumental that resembles the underscore of Jeffries' version is included on the soundtrack album, as is a group vocal with only vaguely related English lyrics (which can be heard in the film during the fancy-dress ball and costume party ...
An accompanying music video for "Mosquito" was directed by Sophie Muller and released on the same day as the song. It stars PinkPantheress and actresses Charithra Chandran , India Amarteifio , and Yara Shahidi going on a shopping spree at designer stores in London , including at the Royal Arcade and on New Bond Street . [ 3 ]
During performances of this song, Dizzy Reed would play piano instead of Axl Rose. A live version of this song can be heard on Live Era: '87-'93. During the Chinese Democracy Tour, a riff from the song was sometimes included in Ron Thal's solo interpretation of the Pink Panther Theme.
Now with an understanding and passion for music synchronization, the Bama Boyz created music for film and television such as Bring It On: All or Nothing, [5] The Pink Panther, Save the Last Dance 2, [6] a Ford Fusion Commercial featuring Funkmaster Flex, [7] MTV's Super Sweet 16 TV Series, Last Holiday, Nickelodeon's "Wow! Wow!
Plas John Johnson Jr. (/ p l æ z /) (born July 21, 1931) [1] is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and baritone sax as well as various flutes and clarinets.