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
Tracy's Theme Tracy's Theme "Tracy's Theme" is a 1959/1960 instrumental written by Robert Ascher and recorded by Robert Mersey under the name "Spencer Ross". The fictitious name may have been used because Mersey was under contract to a record label other than Columbia, which released "Tracy's Theme", at the time of the recording. It peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 after being used as the theme for a TV production of "The Philadelphia Story". "Tracy's Theme" is a 1960 instrumental recorded by producer, conductor and arranger Robert Mersey under the name "Spencer Ross". As part of the December 7, 1959