The Pink Panther Theme

The Pink Panther Theme is the theme song of the Pink Panther series. The musical theme of the film is an instrumental piece and was composed by Henry Mancini. 1964, the song for the Academy Award nominee for Best Original Score. The cartoon character Pink Panther, invented by David DePatie and Friz Freleng for the opening sequences of the film was animated accurate to the music of the piece. The tenor saxophone solo was played by Plas Johnson.

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The song has been widely picked up and replayed.

John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola played a live version 1981 on the album Friday Night in San Francisco.

The Japanese punk band Hi- Standard took on a punk version of the piece and published it as a hidden track on their first Ablbum 1997.

The Guns N 'Roses guitarist Ron " Bumblefoot " Thal use the piece as his solo during the Chinese Democracy Tour 2009/10.