Henry Mancini的個人檔案
歌手：Henry Mancini
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Henry Mancini簡介
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亨利·曼西尼，1924年4月16日生于美國，1994年6月14日去世，美國著名電影作曲家之一，他的作品膾炙人口，卡通“頑皮豹”的旋律早已成為同類型音樂的經典，由奧黛麗赫本主演的《第凡內早餐》（BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY‘S）主題曲《月亮河》（MOON RIVER）更是年奧斯卡最佳配樂得主。他曾三次榮獲奧斯卡音樂獎，其歌曲作品小巧玲瓏，大都顯示一種精致的通俗音樂的曲風。作為4座奧斯卡獎、7座金球獎、20座格萊美獎獲得者，以及1995年格萊美終身成就獎獲得者，亨利·曼西尼創造了眾多耳熟能詳的影視配樂，堪稱“現代電影與電視主題音樂之父”。他制造的歡樂與浪漫，總是讓人們深深感動。該輯收藏了他職業生涯中所有的經典配樂，其中包括絕對不能錯過的1961年奧斯卡最佳歌曲、格萊美年度最佳歌曲《月亮河》，1964年獲奧斯卡最佳配樂、格萊美最佳演奏、編曲獎的《粉紅豹》主題曲，1970年奧斯卡最佳配樂《愛情的故事》……曼西尼的音樂悄無聲息地滲透了人們的記憶與生活，細細品味這張專輯，我們會再次走進了那熟悉的世界：飛翔的小鳥、醉人的花香、和煦的陽光，以及綠陰下歡躍的節拍……應該感謝音樂，感謝曼西尼帶給我們的這一切，以及那伴隨我們成長的、最為珍貴的平常心。
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Henry Mancini曾如此說：“我很幸運能從1952年到1958年在大學中待了6年的時光，這段時間就像我出師前的學徒時期， 這6年鍛練我成為一個成熟的電影音樂制作者。對一個從事電影音樂制作的作曲家來說，他們必須面對各種不同的銀幕上表現的計劃，并著手於編曲、配樂、改編成管弦樂等各式樣的工作，他們必須利用日常生活的平凡題材，以極快的速度完成作品；這是一個和時間，以及和商界詭詐爭戰的工作。在那時他們拍片，只要求我在隔年完成音樂即可，但今日的工業社會，這種速度已不合時代了?！钡拇_，從過去時日來看，Mancini創作電影音樂，不論是藍調爵士，流行音樂，Mancini對於電影的想像力及原創力，以及真切的的態度，已完完全全表現在他的成績單上了。他說：“我所唯一學到的就是，好的音樂，能使好電影更出色，但它絕不可能使一部爛電影變好。我們是作曲家，不是魔術師，我們只是創作音樂；在電影整體創作計劃中，我們只是其中重要的一環，而非全部，一但它完成呈獻時，若我們能感到真的對於整體有所貢獻時，那正是我們滿足與安慰的時刻?！?br /> by Kenneth M. Cassidy & Stephen Thomas Erlewine
If the recognition of one's peers is the true measure of success, then few men are as successful as composer, arranger, and conductor Henry Mancini. In a career that spanned 40 years, writing for film and television, Mancini won four Oscars and twenty Grammys, the all-time record for a pop artist. For 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's alone, Mancini won five Grammys and two Oscars. Breakfast at Tiffany's includes the classic "Moon River" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer), arguably one of the finest pop songs of the last 50 years. At last count, there were over 1,000 recordings of it. His other notable songs include "Dear Heart," "Days of Wine and Roses" (one Oscar, two Grammys), and "Charade," the last two with lyrics by Mercer. He also had a number one record and won a Grammy for Nino Rota's "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet." Among his other notable film scores are The Pink Panther (three Grammys), Hatari! (one Grammy), Victor/Victoria (an Oscar), Two for the Road, Wait Until Dark, and 10. His television themes include "Peter Gunn" (two Grammys, recorded by many rock artists), "Mr. Lucky" (two Grammys), "Newhart," "Remington Steele," and The Thorn Birds television mini-series.
As a child, Mancini learned how to play a variety of musical instruments and as a teenager, he became enamored with jazz and big bands. He began to write arrangements and sent a few to Benny Goodman, who wrote the teenager back, encouraging him to pursue a career in music. Mancini enrolled in the Julliard School of Music in 1942, but his studies were cut short when he served in the military during World War II. After the war, he was hired by Tex Beneke, the leader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, as a pianist and arranger. In the late '40s, he began writing scores for record and film studios, first for a recording session by the Mel-Tones, which featured his wife Ginny O'Connor, and then the Abbot & Costello film Lost in Alaska, the first movie he scored.
Lost in Alaska led to more film scores, in particular 1954's The Glenn Miller Story and 1956's The Benny Goodman Story, which both showcased his big band roots. Soon, he was working on a large number of films and television, including Orson Welles' Touch of Evil and the TV show Peter Gunn. Mancini's scores frequently straddled the line between jazz and Hollywood dramatics, making his music both distinctive and influential.
Mancini's heyday was the early '60s, when his score for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) yielded the Oscar-winning hit single "Moon River," which instantly became a pop standard. The following year, he wrote the music for Days of Wine and Roses, which also won an Oscar for its title song. Throughout the next three decades, he continued to be one of the most successful film composers in the world, as well as a popular concert conductor. He continued working until his death in 1994; just prior to his demise, he was writing the score for the musical adaption of Victor/Victoria.
What kept Mancini's work fresh was his ability to write in almost any style imaginable and his successful experimentations with unusual sounds and instruments. In his 1989 memoir Did They Mention the Music?, Mancini's co-author Gene Lees wrote that "More than any other person, he Americanized film scoring, and in time even European film composers followed in his path," and that Mancini wrote scores that "contained almost as many fully developed song melodies as a Broadway musical." Had he not remained true to his first love, film scoring, Mancini would have more than likely made as large an impact on the Broadway stage as he made on the silver screen.
亨利·曼西尼，1924年4月16日生于美國，1994年6月14日去世，美國著名電影作曲家之一，他的作品膾炙人口，卡通“頑皮豹”的旋律早已成為同類型音樂的經典，由奧黛麗赫本主演的《第凡內早餐》（BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY‘S）主題曲《月亮河》（MOON RIVER）更是年奧斯卡最佳配樂得主。他曾三次榮獲奧斯卡音樂獎，其歌曲作品小巧玲瓏，大都顯示一種精致的通俗音樂的曲風。作為4座奧斯卡獎、7座金球獎、20座格萊美獎獲得者，以及1995年格萊美終身成就獎獲得者，亨利·曼西尼創造了眾多耳熟能詳的影視配樂，堪稱“現代電影與電視主題音樂之父”。他制造的歡樂與浪漫，總是讓人們深深感動。該輯收藏了他職業生涯中所有的經典配樂，其中包括絕對不能錯過的1961年奧斯卡最佳歌曲、格萊美年度最佳歌曲《月亮河》，1964年獲奧斯卡最佳配樂、格萊美最佳演奏、編曲獎的《粉紅豹》主題曲，1970年奧斯卡最佳配樂《愛情的故事》……曼西尼的音樂悄無聲息地滲透了人們的記憶與生活，細細品味這張專輯，我們會再次走進了那熟悉的世界：飛翔的小鳥、醉人的花香、和煦的陽光，以及綠陰下歡躍的節拍……應該感謝音樂，感謝曼西尼帶給我們的這一切，以及那伴隨我們成長的、最為珍貴的平常心。
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Henry Mancini曾如此說：“我很幸運能從1952年到1958年在大學中待了6年的時光，這段時間就像我出師前的學徒時期， 這6年鍛練我成為一個成熟的電影音樂制作者。對一個從事電影音樂制作的作曲家來說，他們必須面對各種不同的銀幕上表現的計劃，并著手於編曲、配樂、改編成管弦樂等各式樣的工作，他們必須利用日常生活的平凡題材，以極快的速度完成作品；這是一個和時間，以及和商界詭詐爭戰的工作。在那時他們拍片，只要求我在隔年完成音樂即可，但今日的工業社會，這種速度已不合時代了?！钡拇_，從過去時日來看，Mancini創作電影音樂，不論是藍調爵士，流行音樂，Mancini對於電影的想像力及原創力，以及真切的的態度，已完完全全表現在他的成績單上了。他說：“我所唯一學到的就是，好的音樂，能使好電影更出色，但它絕不可能使一部爛電影變好。我們是作曲家，不是魔術師，我們只是創作音樂；在電影整體創作計劃中，我們只是其中重要的一環，而非全部，一但它完成呈獻時，若我們能感到真的對於整體有所貢獻時，那正是我們滿足與安慰的時刻?！?br /> by Kenneth M. Cassidy & Stephen Thomas Erlewine
If the recognition of one's peers is the true measure of success, then few men are as successful as composer, arranger, and conductor Henry Mancini. In a career that spanned 40 years, writing for film and television, Mancini won four Oscars and twenty Grammys, the all-time record for a pop artist. For 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's alone, Mancini won five Grammys and two Oscars. Breakfast at Tiffany's includes the classic "Moon River" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer), arguably one of the finest pop songs of the last 50 years. At last count, there were over 1,000 recordings of it. His other notable songs include "Dear Heart," "Days of Wine and Roses" (one Oscar, two Grammys), and "Charade," the last two with lyrics by Mercer. He also had a number one record and won a Grammy for Nino Rota's "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet." Among his other notable film scores are The Pink Panther (three Grammys), Hatari! (one Grammy), Victor/Victoria (an Oscar), Two for the Road, Wait Until Dark, and 10. His television themes include "Peter Gunn" (two Grammys, recorded by many rock artists), "Mr. Lucky" (two Grammys), "Newhart," "Remington Steele," and The Thorn Birds television mini-series.
As a child, Mancini learned how to play a variety of musical instruments and as a teenager, he became enamored with jazz and big bands. He began to write arrangements and sent a few to Benny Goodman, who wrote the teenager back, encouraging him to pursue a career in music. Mancini enrolled in the Julliard School of Music in 1942, but his studies were cut short when he served in the military during World War II. After the war, he was hired by Tex Beneke, the leader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, as a pianist and arranger. In the late '40s, he began writing scores for record and film studios, first for a recording session by the Mel-Tones, which featured his wife Ginny O'Connor, and then the Abbot & Costello film Lost in Alaska, the first movie he scored.
Lost in Alaska led to more film scores, in particular 1954's The Glenn Miller Story and 1956's The Benny Goodman Story, which both showcased his big band roots. Soon, he was working on a large number of films and television, including Orson Welles' Touch of Evil and the TV show Peter Gunn. Mancini's scores frequently straddled the line between jazz and Hollywood dramatics, making his music both distinctive and influential.
Mancini's heyday was the early '60s, when his score for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) yielded the Oscar-winning hit single "Moon River," which instantly became a pop standard. The following year, he wrote the music for Days of Wine and Roses, which also won an Oscar for its title song. Throughout the next three decades, he continued to be one of the most successful film composers in the world, as well as a popular concert conductor. He continued working until his death in 1994; just prior to his demise, he was writing the score for the musical adaption of Victor/Victoria.
What kept Mancini's work fresh was his ability to write in almost any style imaginable and his successful experimentations with unusual sounds and instruments. In his 1989 memoir Did They Mention the Music?, Mancini's co-author Gene Lees wrote that "More than any other person, he Americanized film scoring, and in time even European film composers followed in his path," and that Mancini wrote scores that "contained almost as many fully developed song melodies as a Broadway musical." Had he not remained true to his first love, film scoring, Mancini would have more than likely made as large an impact on the Broadway stage as he made on the silver screen.