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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.
Christophe Beck rearranged the music for various uses in the 2006 reboot and its sequel, The Pink Panther 2—DJ Paul Oakenfold remixed the theme song for the 2006 film. Mancini is given a posthumous credit in the opening titles for the theme. The theme was featured in the film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).
The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence, created by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, featuring "The Pink Panther Theme" by Mancini, as well as the Pink Panther character. Designed by Hawley Pratt and Friz Freleng , the animated Pink Panther character was subsequently featured in a series of theatrical cartoons , starting ...
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 ...
The Pink Panther Show (in the USA) and The Pink Panther Cartoon Hour (in the UK) are showcase of animated shorts franchise by the Mirsch Company, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and MGM/UA Television called The Pink Panther Show between 1969 and 1980 complete with bumpers and laugh-tracked version of the shorts, and was broadcast Saturday morning ...
The animated Pink Panther character's initial appearance in the live action film's title sequence, directed by Friz Freleng, was such a success with audiences and United Artists that the studio signed Freleng and his DePatie–Freleng Enterprises studio to a multi-year contract for a series of Pink Panther theatrical cartoon shorts.
His is last mentioned in the Pink Panther short Therapeutic Pink in 1977 (he didn't compose the music, as his cues were reused). Greene also composed musical scores for the 1966 Tarzan TV series with some episodes linked together for feature film release and The New Three Stooges (1965). Putting the context of his short-lived contract with DFE ...
All tracks composed by Henry Mancini; except where noted. Side A: "The Pink Panther" – 3:14 "Meggie's Theme" – 3:18 (from The Thorn Birds) "Breakfast at Tiffany's" – 3:07