"The Pink Panther Theme" is an instrumental composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film "The Pink Panther" and subsequently nominated for the 1964 Academy Award for Original Music Score. The cartoon character created for the opening credits of the movie by David DePatie and Friz Freleng was animated in time to the tune.The soloist of this song was Plas Johnson.
RCA Records released the tune as a single in 1964; it reached the Top 10 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and won three Grammy Awards.
Quote from "Pink Panther Theme"
It was featured in the opening credits of all The Pink Panther films, with the exception of "A Shot in the Dark", and "Inspector Clouseau".
USE IN OTHER MEDIA:
- A variation of "The Pink Panther Theme" performed by Hollywood Studio Orchestra was used in the film "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" as the background music at a burlesque club.
- The original theme by Henry Mancini was used in the recurrente sketch "Los Caquitos" from the mexican sitcom "Chespirito" as the theme to Ramón Valdés' character "Peterete".
- From 1976 until 1993, it was used in the pricing game "Safe Crackers" on the U.S. game show "The Price Is Right." The theme was played as the doors opened to reveal the game set, and again as "think music" while the contestant played the game.
- In the 5th season of Moonlighting it is used in the episode "Shirts and Skins."
- In the film Ice Princess, it is used as the music for the character Nikki's figure-skating routine.
- In the Indonesian comedy film Warkop (Warung Kopi) it is used as the theme song.
- In season 7 (2008) of Dancing with the Stars, Kim Kardashian and her professional dance partner Mark Ballas did a Foxtrot to "The Pink Panther Theme."
- On the radio station 98fm (Dublin, Ireland) a variation of "The Pink Panther Theme" was used for "The Secret Sound of The City."
Cartoon Character: Pink Panther
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