Breakfast at Tiffany's (Remastered) Henry Mancini

• 1 Moon River (2024 Remaster) 02:41
• 2 Something for the Cat (2024 Remaster) 03:07
• 3 Sally's Tomato (2024 Remaster) 03:05
• 4 Mr. Yunioshi (2024 Remaster) 02:29
• 5 The Big Blow Out (2024 Remaster) 02:26
• 6 Hub Caps And Tail Lights (2024 Remaster) 02:24
• 7 Breakfast At Tiffany's (2024 Remaster) 02:46
• 8 Latin Golightly (2024 Remaster) 02:57
• 9 Holly (2024 Remaster) 03:18
• 10 Loose Caboose (2024 Remaster) 03:08
• 11 The Big Heist (2024 Remaster) 03:07
• 12 Moon River Cha Cha (2024 Remaster) 02:35
• Total Runtime 34:03

Info for Breakfast at Tiffany's (Remastered)

Lange Nächte, rauschende Parties, wechselnde Männergesellschaft und Frühstück vor dem Schaufenster des Nobel-Juweliers bestimmen das Leben der schillernden Holly Golightly, hinter der sich ein sterbenslangweiliger bürgerlicher Name mit ärmlicher Existenz verbirgt. Umso reicher ist der musikalische Plafond, den Henry Mancini zu Füßen der schrillen, geldheiratswütigen Lebedame ausbreitet. Den zart schmelzenden Welthit "Moon River" einmal ausgenommen, mischen Mancini und die Hollywood-Musiker viel zuckersüßen Sound mit den nötigen Bitterstoffen an, um das vertrackte Persönlichkeitsprofil der Lady zu glasieren. So würzt man frischen Bigband-Sound mit widerborstigem Trompetensolo ("The Big Blowout") und liebliche Geigenmelange mit verdächtig ergebenem Männerchor ("Breakfast At Tiffany’s"). Bekanntlich gibt es im Film viel zu tanzen, unter anderem in lateinamerikanischem Rhythmus ("Latin Golightly") und Mambo-Groove ("Loose Caboose"). Am Schluss schwingt sich sogar der "Moon River" zu ratschendem Cha-Cha-Gebrodel auf, als wolle er sagen, dass ein Happy End keineswegs sentimental klingen muss.

Henry Mancini & His Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor's Music Center of the World in Hollywood, California, 1961
Engineered by Al Schmitt
Produced by Dick Peirce

Digitally remastered

Henry Mancini (1924-1994)
(Enrico Nicola Mancini) was born on 16 April 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, but he grew up in Pennsylvania. His father, an Italian immigrant, taught him to play the flute and piccolo. As a young boy, he played the flute in a youth band for several years. After graduating from high school he received musical training from Max Adkins, the musical director of the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, who encouraged Henry to pursue further musical studies. Mancini decided to attend the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh (now Carnegie Mellon University). Adkins introduced Henry to Benny Goodman, who encouraged Henry to move to New York. Mancini took Goodmans advice and left Philadelphia. Soon after his move to New York, he was accepted into the Julliard School of Music.

After only a year in New York, Mancini was drafted in into the Air Force in 1943 during WWII. After his service ended, he moved to Los Angeles with his new wife, Ginny OConnor and began working as a freelance musician. He received a wonderful opportunity in 1952 when he was hired for a temporary assignment at Universal studios, working on an Abbott and Costello film. His talent earned him a permanent position at Universal Studios where he remained for 6 years, building his reputation as a skilled film composer and arranger. One of his earlier projects, The Glenn Miller Story, earned him an Oscar in 1954 (Best Adaptation of a Score). Mancini went on to receive eighteen Academy Award nominations, winning two Oscars for Breakfast at Tiffanys, one for The Days of Wine and Roses, and one for Victor/Victoria. Mancini was also nominated for 72 Grammys. Among the twenty Grammys that he was awarded are five for Breakfast at Tiffanys and three for The Pink Panther. He also received two Emmy nominations and was given a Golden Globe Award for his work in Darling Lili in 1970 (Best Song).

In addition to his motion-picture work, Mancini did work for television films (including The Thorn Birds), wrote the themes of many popular television shows (including Newhart, Peter Gunn, and Remington Steele) and recorded more than ninety albums. Through the nineteen-eighties, Mancini continued his work on film scores, while also working as a conductor and performer.

After a long battle with Cancer, Henry Mancini passed away in Beverly Hills, CA on 14 June 1994.

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