Henry Nicola Mancini, by his real name Enrico Nicola Mancini, was an American composer, well known for his theme soundtracks as Peter Gunn television series, The Pink Panther and Moon River. He won Golden Globe, four Academy Awards, twenty Grammy Awards, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
He became a pianist in 1946 and he joined the Universal Pictures music department in 1952. His first hit was the song I Won’t Let You Out of My Heart.
The Pink Panther Theme is the song used for the movie The Pink Panther, released in 1963. The song’s genre is Jazz and it has about 2:40 minutes length.
The song was written and composed by Henry Mancini and it was nominated for a lot of awards, amongst which we can mention the Academy Awards for Best Original Score, the 37th Academy Awards. The song reached the Top 10 on Billboard adult contemporary chart and won three Grammy Awards.
The Pink Panther theme song was used in many commercials or spots where the animated Pink Panther appeared. It also appeared in a pricing game named The Price is Right, and it was slightly changed for the next Pink Panther movies, in 1978 for the Revenge of the Pink Panther and in 1983 for the Curse of the Pink Panther. It was rearranged in 1993 also, for the movie Son of the Pink Panther, being performed by Bobby McFerrin.
It was also used for some videogame’s themes, like Donkey Kong 64 in 1999 and for Wario Land 3 in 2000.
The free Pink Panther Theme piano sheets that you can find on our website help you with all the information you need to play the song at your piano.
Looking into the composition of free Pink Panther Theme piano sheet music, there are present instruments like saxophones, trumpets, trombones, guitars, piano, bass, drums, and accordion.
