Henry Mancini 30 films over 35 years. Along with Alex North, Elmer Bernstein, Leith Stevens and Johnny Mandel, Henry Mancini was a pioneer of the inclusion of jazz elements in the late romantic orchestral film and TV scoring prevalent at the time. Mancini's scores for Blake Edwards included "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (with the standard "Moon River") and "Days of Wine and Roses" (with the title song, "Days of Wine and Roses"), as well as "Experiment in Terror", "The Pink Panther" (and all of its sequels), "The Great Race", "The Party", "10" (including "It's Easy to Say") and "Victor Victoria". Another director with
Marc Mancini York, Henry Mancini (no relation), Carpenter and Zemeckis. While in college and graduate school, Mancini had paid his tuition in part by working as a tour director, taking groups on multi-day, international tours. In the midst of a California budget crisis, West Los Angeles College (where Mancini had become a full-time professor) decided to cut back its costly cinema program. The college knew of his travel experience and asked Mancini if he would teach in its Travel and Tourism program. He agreed. Mancini soon went beyond his teaching to become a well-known travel speaker, writer, instructional theorist and consultant. The