The Pink Panther (1963 film) Mancini, performed by his orchestra. In 2001, the soundtrack album was awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2005, the score was listed at #20 on AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores. The distinctive tenor saxophone of Plas Johnson is heard on the main title theme music. Bibliography The Pink Panther (1963 film) The Pink Panther is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine and Claudia Cardinale. The film introduced the cartoon character of the same name, in an opening credits sequence
The Killers (1964 film) in his career. According to Kirk Douglas' autobiography "The Ragman's Son", Reagan regretted doing the movie, particularly because of a scene in which he slaps Dickinson. The main title and closing music, originally composed by Henry Mancini for the 1958 Orson Welles film "Touch of Evil", was drawn from the Universal Pictures music library and re-edited for use in this film. The song "Too Little Time", which was composed by Mancini with lyrics by Don Raye as the love theme from "The Glenn Miller Story", was sung in a new arrangement by Nancy Wilson. "The Killers" holds a rating of