Henry Mancini

composition, piano, flute, conducting · 1924–1994 · Cleveland

Pianist and arranger of the Glenn Miller Orchestra reformed by Tex Beneke in 1946, he joined Universal's music department in 1952. Associated with Blake Edwards on thirty films, he won four Oscars and twenty Grammys.

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Styles

• Jazz in film and on screen

Landmark tracks

• Peter Gunn (1958)
• The Pink Panther Theme (1963)

Sources

• Source

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