Did They Mention the Music?: The Autobiography of Henry Mancini [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

Reading this book is like being invited to an old friend's house for the evening to see some slides from recent vacations. The friend is dear, and you want to see the slides, but it's all a little boring. This first biography of Mancini chronicles the life of an important composer of contemporary popular music who, despite huge successes (90 film scores, 90 record albums, 20 Grammys, 4 Oscars), has led a fairly low-key, unassuming, occasionally bittersweet life. This book is a neat chronological recollection of personal and professional life, with some insights into the film industry and scores of names dropped along the way. A slow but harmless way to spend an evening.
- Donald W. Maxwell, Carmel Clay P.L., Carmel, Ind.
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This book is a neat chronological recollection of personal and professional life, with some insights into the film industry and scores of names dropped along the way. (Library Journal )

Best known for the 'dead-ant' theme to the Pink Panther films, Henry Mancini also composed the music to Peter Gunn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Orson Welles' Touch of Evil, and the Academy Award winning soundtracks to Victor/Victoria and The Days of Wine and Roses. In a career that lasted over thirty years, Mancini amassed twenty Grammy awards and more nominations than any other composer. In his memoir, written with jazz expert Lees, Mancini discusses his close friendships with Blake Edwards, Julie Andrews, and Paul Newman, his professional collaborations with Johnny Mercer, Luciano Pavarotti, and James Galway, and his achievements as a husband, father, and grandfather. A great memoir loaded with equal parts Hollywood glitz and Italian gusto.

This is the remarkable autobiography of composer and pianist Henry Mancini, whose more than ninety film scores include The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Touch of Evil, and Victor/Victoria.

Gene Lees is the author of Oscar Peterson: The Will to Swing and Waiting for Dizzy, both published by Cooper Square Press. He lives in Ojai, CA.