Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1970 “musical” romantic comedy Darling Lili co-written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival, Michael Witney and Jacques Marin. The album features the original songs from the film written by Academy Award winner Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther, The Thorn Birds, Santa Claus: The Movie, Charade, Lifeforce) and featuring lyrics by Johnny Mercer, as well as demos played by Mercer before filming that include two unused songs, as well as instrumental versions of the songs. Also included is the premiere release of Mancini’s complete original underscore from the movie. Mancini & Mercer received two Academy Award nominations (for the original song Whistling Away the Dark and the “song score”). The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release.
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New Soundtrack Album for Blake Edwards’ ‘The Pink Panther’ Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the original 1964 The Pink Panther movie co-written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Claudia Cardinale and Capucine. The album features the premiere release of the original film tracks of the comedy’s original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Santa Claus: The Movie, The Thorn Birds, Charade, Lifeforce), the original song It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera) written by Mancini & Johnny Mercer and performed by Fran Jeffries, as well as alternate versions and unused music. Also included is a remastered version of the original RCA soundtrack album, which Mancini recorded with new arrangements. The 2-CD set, which is being released to coincide with the movie’s 60th anniversary, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check audio samples.
‘The Tamarind Seed’ Soundtrack Released
Silva Screen Records has released the first officially sanctioned soundtrack album for the 1974 romance thriller The Tamarind Seed written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Dan O’Herlihy, Sylvia Syms and Oskar Homolka. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa, Goldfinger, Body Heat, The Man with the Golden Gun, Somewhere in Time, Octopussy), as well as Wilma Reading’s commercially released single Play It Again, two different versions of The End performed by Danny Street, plus different versions of both main and end title themes. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version is available to order on Amazon.