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
Charade (1963 song) Charade (1963 song) "Charade" is a sad lonely Parisian waltz with music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer performed in the 1963 film of the same name starring by Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. It was nominated that year for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Stanley Donen had heard and been charmed by Henry Mancini's song "Baby Elephant Walk" from the film "Hatari!", Henry Mancini had become a friend of Audrey Hepburn while scoring "Breakfast at Tiffany's", and he composed the song for "Charade": "Our next film together was "Charade" in 1963. Stanley Donen directed Peter