Breakfast At Tiffany's: Music From The Motion Picture Score [SOUNDTRACK]

Henry Mancini

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: October 5, 1961
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W3F
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,564 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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  #11 in	Music > Soundtracks > By Decade > 1960s
  #23 in	Music > Pop > Easy Listening > Lounge

Track Listings

1. Moon river

2. Something for Cat

3. Sallys Tomato

4. Mr Yunioshi

5. The big blow out

6. Hub caps and tail lights

7. Breakfast at Tiffanys

8. Latin Golightly

9. Holly

10. Loose Caboose

11. The Big Heist

12. Moon River Cha Cha

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

When you think of Henry Mancini, you inevitably think of either "Peter Gunn" or "Moon River." (Well, maybe "The Pink Panther"--but that became a cartoon show, so it doesn't count!) Breakfast at Tiffany's gave the world the latter tune, and that beautiful melody recurs throughout this soundtrack LP, which remained No. 1 on the Billboard pop charts for 12 weeks in 1961. (Music for Peter Gunn in 1959 was Mancini's only other No. 1 album.) The soundtrack doesn't include Andy Williams's hit single of "Moon River," but then neither did the film. It does, however, take you through the many moods of the film (and the exploits of Miss Holly Golightly), with an emphasis on Latin influences in the forms of "Latin Golightly" and "Moon River Cha Cha." Nevertheless, one common complaint has been that RCA could've remastered the music and added additional tracks to flesh out the CD. Maybe in the future... --Bill Holdship

Product Description

Digitally remastered digipak reissue of the soundtrack to the 1961 celluloid adaptation of Truman Capote's novel that starred Audrey Hepburn. Includes one bonus track 'Wait Until Dark'. Features Henry Mancini's Oscar-winning score which includes the absolutely gorgeous 'Moon River', with a melody even more beautiful than the film's star! Featured musicians include Laurindo Almeida, Ralph Collier, Vince DeRosa, Shelly Manne, Jimmy Rowles, Jack Sheldon and others. RCA/Victor. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Story Behind Mr. Mancini's 'Soundtracks', February 28, 2002

By	Vincenzo Stonitelli (Martinsville, VA USA) - See all my reviews

Contrary to what the the Amazon editor and several reviewers thought. This is NOT a soundtrack. Most his movie music was released as "Music from the motion picture ..." and not as a "Soundtrack." Mr Mancini did this on purpose; it was not forced on him by the record company (RCA). Mr. Mancini usually retained the rights to the music, contrary to common practice. Allowing him to rerecord and in most cases rearrange the music allowed him to prepare a commercially viable record (which by the way he would receive all of the profits, not the studio) which could sell in larger volumns than most soundtracks would. He could arrange to maximize the effect of the music, without constraining it to fit the action in the movie. Remember,in 1961 the soundtrack album was much rarer than today. In his autobiography Mancini regrets not having Hepburn on the album...

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crossing Moon River in Style...., February 7, 2002

By	"liquidink" (St. Louis, Missouri) - See all my reviews

As several other reviewers have stated, this is a must-have for lounge fans and any fan of the music of Henry Mancini. I'm not entirely sure why I fall into the latter category, as so much of his music sounds the same to me, but nevertheless, I love it.

Perhaps my favorite two tracks on the album are two and nine--the fun "Something for Cat" and the beautifully romantic "Holly," respectively. I also think they are paricularly representative of the album--being about as different as they can be from one another despite sharing a composer. The album, like these two songs, inspires a range of emotional responses not typically found on the soundtrack albums of today.

As someone else pointed out, the album is lacking some of the beautiful film versions of "Moon River" (including that sung by Audrey Hepburn), but the two that are present are nice enough. I don't really like the Lawrence Welk-ish vocals in the version on track one, but it still shines. The version on the last track is great fun for fans of Mancini's more latin-esque material which can also be found in "Loose Caboose," "Latin Golightly," and the aforementioned "Something for Cat."

More fun tracks include "Hub Caps and Tail Lights"(the theme from the strip clubs), the great jazzy song "The Big Heist," and the pop-sixties-asian-influenced "Mr. Yunioshi."

Fans of slower, more jazzy sounds will enjoy "Holly," "Sally's Tomato," and the title track "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

There are, in fact, not really any songs on the album that I *don't* like! I may have to be in particualr moods for certain of them (and "Moon River" invariably makes me cry), but this is definitely a classic soundtrack album filled with wonderful songs for lovers of sixties films and the music of Henry Mancini.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, May 5, 2000

By A Customer

I was very disappointed in this soundtrack. The most poignant rendition of Moon River is sung by Audrey Hepburn in the movie and it is not on the album. Also different variations of Moon River that were used in the movie are not played here. The album should be redone and more added to it.