Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits Artist: Henry Mancini
Label: RCA
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 078636799728
EAN: 0078636799728
ASIN: B00004Y9YB


Release Date: 2000-09-26

Greatest Hits


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Tracks:

  1. Peter Gunn
  2. A Profound Gass
  3. Snowfall
  4. Mr. Lucky
  5. The Great Impostor: Theme
  6. Moon River
  7. Breakfast at Tiffany's
  8. Experiment In Terror
  9. Hatari: Theme
  10. Baby Elephant Walk
  11. Just For Tonight (Vocal)
  12. Days Of Wine And Roses (Vocal)
  13. Charade (Vocal)
  14. The Pink Panther Theme
  15. Dear Heart (Vocal)
  16. How Soon (Vocal)
  17. A Shot In The Dark
  18. The Sweetheart Tree (Vocal)
  19. Two For The Road (Vocal)
  20. Love Theme From 'Romeo An Juliet'
  21. Whistling Away The Dark
  22. What's Happening!!

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Typical Mancini.......2007-03-25

First, I really like Mancini's music generally and I am really concerned that he may be one of the greats of American music who will soon be forgotten if he hasn't been already. (US music schools tend to be a little snobby and don't give a number of truly great American composers their due.) However, the mix of this particular CD is simply too average. Many good songs are not on it and some weak ones are. I would not recommend this CD except to ManciniPhiles like me.

4 out of 5 stars It's Hard to Believe He's Gone.......2006-05-23

Henry Mancini gave us so much of our consciousness of the 1960s and 1970s, and yet was "out" almost as soon as he was "in."

His work became synonymous with much-despised "elevator music" in the later 1960s. This stereotype (or monotype, for his earliest works) can mislead.

For example, "Lujon" [not in this collection] was used in a movie just last year to exemplify mystery and an exotic atmosphere.

Mancini dies way too young. While some would argue that he'd become a self-parody, his innate gifts compromised by relentless commercialization, you cannot take away his lasting gift to our culture. He was an original, and he captured an essence of our collective experience.

He's here in this collection, waiting round the bend, my Huckleberry friend.

4 out of 5 stars Nostalgic.......2006-02-20

A great trip down memory lane. The selections sound just like I remember them from the movies and the radio. Enjoy

5 out of 5 stars On connaît tous sa musique, beaucoup moins son nom..........2005-09-20

En ces temps où le terme de BO est galvaudé (pénible Yann Tiersen, satanés Choristes !), cette compilation est l'occasion de rendre hommage à l'un des grands génies du genre, largement méconnu, et victime d'un des plus incroyables quiproquos de la Musique.
En effet, c'est lui qui a composé l'éternel thème de la Panthère Rose, et son mythique refrain de saxophone, définitivement associés au dessin animé du même nom, et qui invariablement provoquent sourires (voire moqueries) chez les non-initiés... Rappelons qu'au départ La Panthère Rose est un film réalisé par le génial Blake Edwards en 1964, avec l'inénarrable Peters Sellers dans le rôle principal, et que cette fameuse Panthère Rose désigne non pas un sympathique félin, mais un diamant d'une valeur inestimable, et dont le vol est à l'origine du scénario.
Mais sa contribution à l'histoire de la musique ne s'arrête pas là. En effet, on lui doit également le monumental Moon River, titre dont l'insurpassable limpidité mélodique est capable de me porter au bord des larmes en quelques mesures, repris entre autres par Sinatra et Morrissey et susurré par la délicieuse Audrey Hepburn dans Breakfast At Tiffany's. Et c'est toujours lui qui est à l'origine du thème explosif de Peter Gunn, avec sa ligne de basse à réveiller les morts et ses arrangements de cuivres qui traumatiseront toute une génération de compositeurs, Quincy Jones en tête...
En tout cas, cette compilation est une excellente introduction à l'univers de Henry Mancini, qui en mêlant arrangements jazzy, vocaux surannés et mélodies inoubliables, a tout simplement inventé la Lounge music, avant que ce mot ne désigne un vaste fourre-tout pour bobos peu curieux...

5 out of 5 stars Henry Mancini's Greatest Hits.......2005-07-13

This CD is all one needs to understand why this dude is the master when it comes to composing. Having been introduced to this great human being at an early age, my fascination for his work is still a vital part of my being. This CD is just what I have always wanted. It has all the classics, along with some older gems I never knew existed. I love it so much, that I am going to send my mama back home one. She was, is and always will be perhaps his GREATEST FAN ever. If you just can't live without Mancini's music, then this CD is for you. Enjoy, enjoy,

Music Album:

  1. A Knight's Tale ~ Various Artists - Soundtracks
  2. The Legend of Zorro
  3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film) ~ James Horner
  4. Studio 54, Vol. 1: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture ~ Original Soundtrack
  5. Phenomenon: Music From The Motion Picture ~ Various Artists
  6. Spider-Man 2 - Music From And Inspired By ~ Various Artists
  7. Music From 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' & 'A Fistful Of Dollars' & 'For A Few Dollars More' ~ Hugo Montenegro And His Orchestra
  8. Wonder Boys: Music from the Motion Picture (2000 Film) ~ Various Artists - Soundtrack
  9. The Rock: Original Motion Picture Score
  10. American Wedding ~ Various Artists

Music Album

Music Album

Music

Preacherman ~ Rod McGaha

Live at the Emu Farm ~ Common Ground

ECW Anarchy Rocks ~ Various Artists

Infernum: Prelude to a New Reign ~ Unearthly

Voices of the South Seas: Chants from the Marquesas Islands ~ Various Artists - International - Paci

Samadhi ~ Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Ich Will Spass: Die Partyk ~ Various Artists

Melhor De: Guerreiro Coracao ~ Emilio Santiago

Samba Esquema Novo ~ Jorge Ben

Cantos de Protesta Latino-Americanos ~ Hacia Libertad