The Pink Panther Theme The Pink Panther Theme "The Pink Panther Theme" is an instrumental composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film "The Pink Panther" and subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 37th Academy Awards but lost to the Sherman Brothers for "Mary Poppins". The eponymous cartoon character created for the film's opening credits by David DePatie and Friz Freleng was animated in time to the tune. The tenor saxophone solo was played by Plas Johnson. The song was included on the film's soundtrack album and issued as a single (in the United
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