Meglio stasera Meglio stasera "Meglio stasera" (known in English as "It Had Better Be Tonight") is a 1963 song in samba rhythm with music by Henry Mancini, Italian lyrics by Franco Migliacci and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was composed for the 1963 film "The Pink Panther" where it was performed by Fran Jeffries. In addition to the vocal performance, instrumental portions of the song appear in the film's underscore, sometimes as an introduction to the main "Pink Panther Theme". The beginning of the song, in the original Italian, is here followed by a literal translation and the first two lines
Ron Goodwin military bands in the UK. He wrote the scores for "Of Human Bondage" (1964), "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965), Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy" (1972, replacing Henry Mancini), two movies featuring Morecambe and Wise, and the Norman Wisdom film, "The Early Bird" (1965). Goodwin's score for the 1966 film "The Trap" is now used by the BBC as the theme to the London Marathon coverage. A 30-second variation of his 1969 composition for the film "Monte Carlo or Bust" is used as the intro for the BBC Radio Four panel game "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue". Goodwin wrote