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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 Pink Panther: 3:38: 7. ... Chris Botti – trumpet (5, 14) Jim Hynes – trumpet (6) ... Phil Ramone – producer, liner notes; Frank Filipetti – recording;
The film that launched the second Pink Panther series, The Pink Panther, starring Steve Martin as Clouseau, directed by Shawn Levy and produced by Robert Simonds, was released in February 2006 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was co-produced with Columbia Pictures. It is set in the present day and introduces different main characters, therefore ...
The Pink Panther sabotages the plans of a housepainter (the Little Man) who wants to paint a house blue, and counters this by painting the house pink.Note: First animated short featuring the Pink Panther and first to be produced by Depatie-Freleng Enterprises; it is the only Pink Panther cartoon to have won an Academy Award for Animated Shorts.
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. The distinctive tenor saxophone of Plas Johnson is heard on the main title theme music.
All music composed by Henry Mancini, lyricists indicated "Baby Elephant Walk" – 2:49 "Charade" (Johnny Mercer) – 3:15 "Dreamsville" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:48
DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, Inc. [a] (also known as Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng Productions when involved with the Mirisch brothers and Geoffrey Productions, and DFE Films) was an American animation studio founded by former Warner Bros. Cartoons employees in May 1963, before being acquired by Marvel in 1981 and renamed Marvel Productions.
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.