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Mancini's Long Career Making Music for Movies and T.V.

Composer Henry Mancini who's famous for the his movie scores for "The Pink Panther," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and "The Days of Wine and Roses"....and for his tv themes for "Peter Gunn," "Newhart" and "Remington Steele." Mancini has won four Academy awards and 20 Grammys. (rebroadcast from 11/11/87).

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 7, 1994: Interview with Elmer Bernstein; Interview with Henry Mancini; Review of the film "Shadowlands."
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Film Composer Elmer Bernstein.

Composer Elmer Bernstein. He's composed the scores for around 80 films, including "Age of Innocence," "The Man With the Golden Arm," "The Magnificent Seven," "The Ten Commandments," "The Grifters," and "Cape Fear." (rebroadcast from 3/29/91).

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A Corny, but Effective Film.

Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the new movie "Shadowlands" starring Anthony Hopkins and Deborah Winger. It's based on the lives of British writer C.S. Lewis and the American poet who became his wife, Joy Gresham. Whitehead, who is Fresh Air's regular jazz critic, is filling in for film critic Stephen Schiff this week.

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Mancini's Long Career Making Music for Movies and T.V.

Henry Mancini, who's had a long career writing scores for movies and TV. He has composed some classic songs, such as "The Pink Panther," "Moon River," "The Days of Wine and Roses," and the themes for "Peter Gunn" and "Mr. Lucky." He had just done the music for the new film version of "The Glass Menagerie."

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