The Inspector the 1968 live-action film "Inspector Clouseau" (with Alan Arkin as Clouseau), the Inspector featured in the opening titles of later "Pink Panther" features beginning in the 1970s, changed dramatically to resemble Sellers, and then Steve Martin in the 2006 reboot of the series. The theme music heard during the titles of the cartoon was the instrumental "A Shot in the Dark" by Henry Mancini, from the 1964 feature film of the same name (the second entry in the "Pink Panther" film series). Additional music in the cartoons was composed initially by William Lava, then by Walter Greene. Two shorts had
Chase (instrumental) under the leadership of Giorgio Moroder. The song was used as the entrance theme for the professional wrestling tag team, The Midnight Express during the 1980s and 1990s, although neither their name nor their characters were based on the movie. The song is often used on the American syndicated late night radio show "Coast to Coast AM" as its opening theme, and was selected by original host Art Bell, and continued by the current hosts of the show. Chase (instrumental) "Chase" (also known as "The Chase") is a 1978 instrumental composition song by Italian music producer Giorgio Moroder. It was