Spirit Music Group is to administer the music publishing catalog of Henry Mancini for North America. The catalog was previously administered by Universal Music Publishing Group, who retain admin rights to the catalogue outside of North America.
Through the deal, struck with Mancini’s estate, independent publisher Spirit will provide a wide range of creative services, including a pledge to ‘aggressively seeking sync opportunities in film, television, and advertising’.
Spirit Music Group will now administer Mancini standards like “The Pink Panther Theme”, “Peter Gunn”, “Mr. Lucky”, “Dear Heart”, “In the Arms of Love”, “I Love You and Don’t Forget It”, “Dreamsville”, “A Shot In the Dark”, “It Had Better Be Tonight”, “Mr. Lucky”, “Experiment in Terror”, “Charade”, and “The Sweetheart Tree.”
“It’s an honor for me to be once again working with the iconic music of Henry Mancini and the wonderful Mancini family,” said David Renzer (pictured), Chairman, Spirit Music Group.
“Henry Mancini created some of the most memorable, award-winning music for film and television and incredible songs, as well. I know that the entire Spirit team is excited to be representing this amazing music and finding new opportunities for this incredible catalog.”
“We are thrilled to be reunited once again with David Renzer as our long-term music publisher and to work with the Spirit Music Group team,” said Ginny Mancini.
During his lifetime, Mancini was nominated for 72 GRAMMY awards, winning 20. He was nominate for 18 Academy Awards winning four, honored with a Golden Globe award and nominated for two Emmy awards.
Mancini created many film scores including “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, “The Pink Panther”, “Days of Wine and Roses”, “Hatari!”, “Charade”, “Victor/Victoria”, “10”, “Darling Lili”, “Arabesque” and “The Glass Menagerie.”
He also wrote for a number of television films including “The Thorn Birds” and “The Shadow Box”, as well as television themes including “Peter Gunn”, “Mr. Lucky”, “NBC Election Night Theme”, “Newhart”, “Remington Steele” and “Hotel.”
Mancini recorded over 90 albums with styles varying from big band to jazz to classical to pop, eight of which were certified gold by the RIAA.
Henry Mancini died in 1994. His wife, Ginny, and their three children – Chris, Monica, and Felice; and two grandchildren – Christopher and Luca, continue the Mancini legacy.Music Business Worldwide
