Henry Mancini - Breakfast At Tiffany's / Speakers Corner

Long nights, dizzy parties, a variety of men-friends, and breakfast standing before the window display of the famed jewellery company govern the life of the dazzling Holly Golightly, who has in reality a very ordinary

name and poverty-stricken background. All the more rich is the musical carpet that Henry Mancini lays beneath the feet of the exotic, wealthy-husband-seeking socialite. The tender, plaintive worldwide hit "Moon River"

apart, Mancini and his Hollywood musicians mix a sugar-sweet sound with enough acrid elements to glaze over the capricious lady’s character. The cool big band sound is spiced with a bold trumpet solo ("The Big Blow Out")

and mellow violins with a suspiciously tame male choir ("Breakfast At Tiffany’s"). As is well known, there is a great deal of dancing in the film, including a number with a Latin-American rhythm ("Latin Golightly"), and a grooving

mambo ("Loose Caboose"). At the end of the film even the "Moon River" swells to become a bubbling cha-cha, as though to say that a 'happy end' must in no way sound sentimental.

A further Mancini mix –The "Pink Panther" soundtrack (RCA LSP 2795) – is also available from Speakers Corner.

Henry Mancini (arr, cond, p) & orchestra  Recording: 1961 Production: Dick Pierce

Title

Side One

1. Moon River

2. Something For Cat

3. Sally's Tomato

4. Mr. Yunioshi

5. The Big Blow Out

6. Hub Caps And Tail Lights

Side Two

1. Breakfast At Tiffany's

2. Latin Golightly

3. Holly

4. Loose Caboose

5. The Big Heist

6. Moon River Cha Cha