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48 followers · 7207 posts · Server musicworld.social"#ThePinkPanther Theme" is a #jazz composition by #HenryMancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalScore at the #37thAcademyAwards but lost to the #ShermanBrothers for #MaryPoppins. The #eponymousCartoonCharacter created for the film's opening credits by #DavidDePatie and #FrizFreleng was animated in time to the tune. The tenor saxophone solo was played by #PlasJohnson.
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