Our Man in Hollywood
| Our Man in Hollywood | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 39:14[1] | |||
| Label | RCA Victor LSP-2604 | |||
| Producer | Dick Peirce, Steve Sholes | |||
| Henry Mancini chronology | ||||
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Our Man in Hollywood is a 1963 album by American composer and arranger Henry Mancini.[1][2][3]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| New Record Mirror | [4] |
Greg Adams reviewed the album for AllMusic and wrote that "All of the selections were newly recorded for the album, and many display Mancini's skill as a composer as well as arranger and conductor".[1]
The initial Billboard review from January 5, 1963 commented that the tracks featured the "highly stylised Mancini treatment" and noted the "wall to wall violins" and "driving percussion" of the "top-notch Hollywood instrumentalists".[5]
Track listing[edit]
- "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:05
- "Walk on the Wild Side" (Elmer Bernstein, Mack David) – 3:27
- "The Theme from "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" (Bob Merrill) – 1:52
- "Love Song from "Mutiny on the Bounty" (Bronislaw Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:44
- "Mr. Hobbs Theme" (Mancini) – 1:54
- "Seventy-Six Trombones" (Meredith Willson) – 2:33
- "Love Theme from Phaedra" (Mikis Theodorakis) – 2:38
- "Bachelor in Paradise" (Mancini, David) – 2:28
- "Too Little Time" (from The Glenn Miller Story) (Don Raye, Mancini) – 3:48
- "Drink More Milk" (from Boccaccio '70) (Nino Rota) – 2:05
- "The Wishing Star" (from Taras Bulba) (Franz Waxman, David) – 2:55
- "Dreamsville" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) – 3:12
Personnel[edit]
- Henry Mancini – arranger, conductor
- Vincent DeRosa – French horn (solo on "Days of Wine and Roses")
- Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone (solo on "Walk on the Wild Side")
- Dick Nash – trombone (solo on "Too Little Time")
- Ted Nash – soprano saxophone (solo on "Love Theme from Phaedra")
- Ronnie Lang – piccolos
- Laurindo Almeida – guitar
- Shelly Manne – percussion
- Bob Bain – guitar
- Jimmy Rowles – piano
- Unidentified chorus
Production
- Al Schmitt – engineer
- Dick Peirce, Steve Sholes – producer
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Our Man in Hollywood at AllMusic
- ^ "Henry Mancini - Our Man In Hollywood at Discogs". discogs.com. 1963. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ John Caps (15 February 2012). Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music. University of Illinois Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-252-09384-5.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (1 June 1963). "Henry Mancini: Our Man in Hollywood" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 116. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "The Best of the Week's New Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 5 January 1963. p. 25.
External links[edit]
- Our Man in Hollywood at Discogs (list of releases)