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In a comment that I'm sure will (quite reasonably) frustrate labels and producers, who have completely given in to the general demand for complete releases, I will say that this release plays a little long for me. The score is delightful but light, and to me doesn't quite hold up for an hour and a quarter. ...
Since i didnt order this, you are on your own.
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I would say if you enjoy Mancini's Pink Panther scores (minus the jazz/easy listening numbers), and particularly the scores for Without a Clue and Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe, you will enjoy this one. This makes a nice triptych with the latter two.
Very much enjoying the album - it's light orchestral music, but mostly doesn't come off as "comedy" music per se.
I am surprised by errors in the notes from the (usually) reliably excellent Jeff Bond. There were five previous adaptations of Zenda not three, including three silent versions, not one as the notes claim. The notes repeatedly claim A Shot in the Dark as the first Pink Panther film, when of course the first Pink Panther film is, um, The Pink Panther. (And whichever was filmed first, The Pink Panther was released first, so it's first.) And Elke Sommer's career as a "sex symbol" is said to have begun with "the first Pink Panther film" (which of course is not true, as she was not in The Pink Panther but A Shot in the Dark). IMDB lists 30 international credits for her before that, with posters that put the lie to the claim - including her co-starring turn with Paul Newman in The Prize from the year before.
Sorry to nitpick, but gotta point out the errata somewhere.
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Yes, Onya, we know, we know, we know. But please don't hesitate to keep saying it over and over and over. (I guess your goal is to leave no Mancini thread unmarked.)
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Samples are right there on the page on LLLr's website. Did you click on "Track Listing"?
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