From '' Loneliness ''
Label: Psycho Records -- WRC1-1847
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Canada
Released: 1979
Tracklist
A1 As I Breathe On The T. T. C.
A2 Anna King
A3 Space Age Punks
A4 God Is A Machine
A5 Feable
A6 Got To Get Off The Earth
B1 *Electronic Pink Panther
B2 Human Question
B3 Traffic
B4 Loneliness
B5 Jungle Chant
B6 Hidden Melodies
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\"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 Best Original Score.
The cartoon character created for the film's opening credits by David DePatie and Friz Freleng was animated in time to the tune.
The soloist of this song was Plas Johnson.
The tune was included on the film's soundtrack album and issued as a single in 1964; it reached the Top 10 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and won three Grammy Awards.
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.
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 with Indonesian comedian group Warkop. This song was used until 1994 with last film titled Pencet Sana Pencet Sini.
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.\"
In season 13 (2011) of Dancing with the Stars, J.R. Martinez and his professional dance partner Karina Smirnoff 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.\"
In 2010, an Iranian website used the theme as the musical background for a cartoon themed site that claims that \"the killing of 6 million Jews in the Second World War known as the Holocaust was a sheer lie.\"
In 2011 the German right wing terror group National Socialist Underground used the theme and figure of Pink Panther for a propaganda DVD promoting the racially-motivated murders committed by members of the group. In 2012 this was referenced by attendees of a right wing street protest in Munich, using loudspeakers to air the theme as background for their protest.
The theme is also heard briefly in the opening sequence of the 2012 film Battleship when slacker Alex Hopper tried to impress Samantha Shane by getting her a chicken burrito while sneaking into a closed grocery store.
Other versions
In the 1978 film Revenge of the Pink Panther, the theme, and much of the soundtrack from this entry in the series, draw heavily from the \"disco\" trends of the late 1970s.
The theme itself was reworked to include a more dancy bassline, electric piano, and guitar solo.
A similar thing was done for 1983's Curse of the Pink Panther, where it had more electronic sounds incorporated.
The theme was used in John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola's live version of Chick Corea's Short Tales of the Black Forest, from the 1981 album Friday Night in San Francisco.
The Tibo Toussaint Orchestra perform a version on the 1988 album Sound of Movies: 20 Great Themes.
In the 1993 film Son of the Pink Panther, the theme was rearranged and performed by Bobby McFerrin in the opening titles. This version was unique in being the only version to be done in the style of acapella.
The Japanese punk rock band Hi-Standard recorded a punk cover of the theme and placed it as a hidden track on their Angry Fist album, which was released in 1997.
La Pantera Mambo is the most famous song of the Colombian salsa band La 33 (read article in French about the band) and is based on The Pink Panther Theme.
A tango version of the theme is a standard part of Cuarteto Almagro's repertoire as \"Pantera Tanguera.\" It was released on their album \"Hemisferios\" in 2003.
During a recorded concert by The Brian Setzer Orchestra (featured in The Brian Setzer Orchestra: The Ultimate Collection) while playing a version of \"Stray Cat Strut,\" the band slows down and plays \"The Pink Panther Theme.\"
Christophe Beck rearranged the music for the 2006 reboot, as well as its sequel, The Pink Panther 2. Paul Oakenfold remixed the theme song for the 2006 film.
In 2007, saxophonist Dave Koz recorded a version from his Standards album At The Movies.
Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron \"Bumblefoot\" Thal used the music as his solo during the band's Chinese Democracy 2009/10 Tour.
