PINK PANTHER (GATEFOLD)

The Pink Panther Theme, written by Henry Mancini in 1964. Mancini had just garnered a bagful of Grammy and Oscar awards for his music for Breakfast at Tiffany's when The Pink Panther writer/director Blake Edwards approached him to join the project. The resulting Panther music was almost as successful: three Grammys, an Oscar nod and over a year and a half riding on the charts. By sheer repetition, perhaps, the Theme with its unforgettable introductory rhythm and suave sax solo, is the part most remembered from Mancini's score.