Our Man in Hollywood explained

Our Man in Hollywood
Type:	studio
Artist:	Henry Mancini
Cover:	Our Man in Hollywood.jpg
Released:	1963
Recorded:	1963
Studio:	RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Genre:	Traditional pop
Length:	39:14
Label:	RCA Victor LSP-2604
Producer:	Dick Peirce, Steve Sholes
Chronology:	Henry Mancini
Prev Title:	Mr. Lucky Goes Latin
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Uniquely Mancini
Next Year:	1963

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

Reception

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".

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".^[3]

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

• Henry Mancini – arranger, conductor
• Vincent DeRosa – French horn (solo on "Days of Wine and Roses")
• Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone (solo on "Walk on the Wild Side")
• Dick Nash – trombone (solo on "Too Little Time")
• Ted Nash – soprano saxophone (solo on "Love Theme from Phaedra")
• Ronnie Lang – piccolos
• Laurindo Almeida – guitar
• Shelly Manne – percussion
• Bob Bain – guitar
• Jimmy Rowles – piano
• Unidentified chorus

Production

• Al Schmitt – engineer
• Dick Peirce, Steve Sholes – producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henry Mancini - Our Man In Hollywood at Discogs. 1963 . discogs.com. 17 March 2020.
2. Book: John Caps. Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music. 15 February 2012. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-09384-5. 97.
3. Billboard . The Best of the Week's New Albums . 5 January 1963 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 25.