Our Man in Hollywood

Our Man in Hollywood is a 1963 album by American composer and arranger Henry Mancini.[1][2][3]

Our Man in Hollywood
Studio album by
Henry Mancini
Released1963
Recorded1963
StudioRCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, Los Angeles
GenreTraditional pop music
Length39:14[1]
LabelRCA Victor LSP-2604
ProducerDick Peirce, Steve Sholes
Henry Mancini chronology
Mr. Lucky Goes Latin
(1963)		 Our Man in Hollywood
(1963)		 Uniquely Mancini
(1963)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
New Record Mirror[4]

Greg Adams reviewed the album for AllMusic and wrote that "All of the selections were newly recorded for the album, and many display Mancini's skill as a composer as well as arranger and conductor".[1]

The initial Billboard review from January 5, 1963 commented that the tracks featured the "highly stylised Mancini treatment" and noted the "wall to wall violins" and "driving percussion" of the "top-notch Hollywood instrumentalists".[5]

Track listing
  1. "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:05
  2. "Walk on the Wild Side" (Elmer Bernstein, Mack David) – 3:27
  3. "The Theme from "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" (Bob Merrill) – 1:52
  4. "Love Song from "Mutiny on the Bounty" (Bronislaw Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:44
  5. "Mr. Hobbs Theme" (Mancini) – 1:54
  6. "Seventy-Six Trombones" (Meredith Willson) – 2:33
  7. "Love Theme from Phaedra" (Mikis Theodorakis) – 2:38
  8. "Bachelor in Paradise" (Mancini, David) – 2:28
  9. "Too Little Time" (from The Glenn Miller Story) (Don Raye, Mancini) – 3:48
  10. "Drink More Milk" (from Boccaccio '70) (Nino Rota) – 2:05
  11. "The Wishing Star" (from Taras Bulba) (Franz Waxman, David) – 2:55
  12. "Dreamsville" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) – 3:12

Personnel

Production

References
  1. Our Man in Hollywood at AllMusic
  2. "Henry Mancini - Our Man In Hollywood at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. John Caps (15 February 2012). Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music. University of Illinois Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-252-09384-5.
  4. Watson, Jimmy (1 June 1963). "Henry Mancini: Our Man in Hollywood" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 116. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. "The Best of the Week's New Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 5 January 1963. p. 25.
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