Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1958-1961 TV Series)
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Free Music Review: Great find
Hit: 5 Stars
Was so delighted to find this Peter Gunn cd with the additional tracks on it. In excellent condition and service and shipping great.Free Music Review: For those of us who are old enough to not forget to remember...
Hit: 5 Stars
Ah, the joys of pre-socially-unconscious television! Todays' TV can be truly called bad, but it was not always thus! The '50s and early '60's had some short-lived, but really good TV, and some GREAT people composing themes and incidental music for them. Henry Mancini's legacy in this genre is without peer and prolific - Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky are just two examples. His place in cinematic history is solid as well, with "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "Elephant Walk", and many other great works in his repertoire. This album shows him at his best in his favorite form - cool jazz.
As a '50s brat, I watched Peter Gunn as much for the post-episode jazz sets as for the plot, and not just for the theme - everyone's heard that! It's great to hear these masterpieces in Hi-Fi (what stereo USED to be called), instead of out of the speaker from our old Sears black-and-white set, or off of some old LP, complete with scratches.
If you like cool jazz, this is one of the best. The Peter Gunn theme is legendary, but pieces like "The Brothers Go to Mother's" and "Fallout" will bring back that feeling of real artistry - and you'll expect to see a cigarette commercial break somewhere. "Slow and Easy" is one of those old-style blues pieces that's understated, but oh-so good!
So, let's break out the frozen TV dinner, pull up the bean bags, and remember when music on TV was actually GOOD.
Heavens to... Murgatroyd!
Free Music Review: The Music from Peter Gunn
Hit: 5 Stars
I didn't think I could find the complete copulation of music. Great Mancini and wonderfully reproduced.Free Music Review: Mancini Music is the best music ever on TV
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is a must if you ever watched Peter Gunn on TV way back when. Each one of these songs are great. Interesting to note that John Williams was the pianist on most of these songs. I always thought it was Mancini hemself. Great album. Get it before it's not made anymore. You cannot have my copy. Free Music Review: The First, The Most
Hit: 5 Stars
This was Henry Mancini's first hit album. Hey, when this was released, the notion of "record album" was still fairly new itself, and yet listen to how well this material stands up today.
Henry Mancini had been a big-bad conductor before this album arrived. He'd issued some "gag" disks and gimick recordings, and this was more than a little bit different for him.
I can remember being 8 years old, listening to this stuff emanating from my big sister's room. It was just so, adult. So sophisticated and cool.
It comes from the 50s-era jazz combos, and yet it is arranged for a big band. Vibes, string bass, muted drums, and then a whole bunch of really polished players. This precise combination was Mancini's own at the time. The sounds were so different and so ear-catching. Yet, Mancini's purpose was limited to bringing a backdrop to a TV detective show.
Does anybody remember the detective TV series starring Craig somebodyorother? No, not really. It's not too high on the nostalgia radar for some reason. But this music, which really launched Mancini's career, was impossible to forget.