Hatari! [Music from the Motion Picture Score]

Henry Mancini

Overview

In this made-for-television chiller, an enormous and angry Bigfoot launches a campaign of death and destruction against the skiers who have disturbed its home.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/18/2012
UPC:	0661799538510
Original Release:	1962
Source:	Desert Island Films
Region Code:	A
Language:	English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Henry Mancini	Primary Artist,Conductor,Piano
Bo Svenson	Gar Seberg
Yvette Mimieux	Ellen Seberg
The Orchestra	Primary Artist
Robert Logan	Tony Rill
Clint Walker	Sheriff Paraday
Michael London	Actor,Actor
Sylvia Sidney	Actor
Robert Prince	Composer

Technical Credits

Jordi Pujol	Producer
Dick Peirce	Producer
Johnny Mercer	Composer
Dick Pierce	Producer
Joe Lopes	Digital Engineer
The Orchestra	Performer
Herb Wallerstein	Director
Al Schmitt	Engineer
Hoagy Carmichael	Composer
John Snyder	Digital Producer
Wilfred Baumes	Producer
Henry Mancini	Arranger,Composer
Douglas Cramer	Executive Producer
Douglas S. Kramer	Executive Producer
Wilford Lloyd Baumes	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Coming off a double Oscar win for his Breakfast at Tiffany's score, Henry Mancini produced this score for the Howard Hawks-directed, John Wayne-starring safari comedy. This is at first a fun blend of jazz and Afro-exotica, jungle drums mixed with a classic bop combo. Elsewhere, however, the soundtrack opts for some pleasant, but very Western jazz, only stopping for the African instrument-sampler "The Sounds of Hatari," which features some nice treated piano. The filmmakers were probably hoping that the Mercer and Carmichael song "Just for Tonight" would be as much a success as Tiffany's "Moon River," but if Hatari! is memorable for anything, it's for the incredibly goofy "Baby Elephant Walk," which has gone on to be infamous musical shorthand for kookiness of any stripe. Get this tune in your head and it sticks. ~ Ted Mills