The Music from Peter Gunn
Soundtrack album by Henry Mancini
Released	January 1959
Recorded	August 26, 31, and September 4, 29, 1958
Studio	Radio Recorders (Hollywood)[1]
Genre	Jazz cool jazz[2]
Length	39:52
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Simon Rady
Henry Mancini chronology
Sousa in Stereo (1958) The Music from Peter Gunn (1959) The Mancini Touch (1959)

More Music from Peter Gunn
Soundtrack album by Henry Mancini
Released	1959
Studio	RCA Music Center of the World (Hollywood)[1]
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:01
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Dick Peirce

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The Music from Peter Gunn is asoundtrackalbum to the TV seriesPeter Gunn, composed and conducted byHenry Mancini, and released in January 1959 onRCA Victor. It was the first album ever to win theGrammy Award for Album of the Year in 1959. The album was followed byMore Music from Peter Gunn, released on RCA Victor in July 1959. In 1998 the album was inducted into theGrammy Hall of Fame.^[4]

Theopening theme music is notable for its combination ofjazz orchestration with a straightforward rock 'n roll beat. In his autobiographyDid They Mention the Music? Mancini stated:

ThePeter Gunn title theme actually derives more from rock and roll than from jazz. I used guitar and piano inunison, playing what is known in music as anostinato, which means obstinate. It was sustained throughout the piece, giving it a sinister effect, with some frightened saxophone sounds and some shouting brass. The piece has one chord throughout and a super-simple top line.^[5]

The Music from Peter Gunn was selected by theLibrary of Congress as a 2010 addition to theNational Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[6]

The theme from Peter Gunn has been featured in the filmsThe Blues Brothers,Sixteen Candles, andThe Lion King 1½.

The Music from Peter Gunn (1959) RCA Victor LPM/LSP-1956

1. "Peter Gunn" – 2:06
2. "Sorta Blue" – 2:57
3. "The Brothers Go to Mother's" – 2:56
4. "Dreamsville" – 3:51
5. "Session at Pete's Pad" – 3:57
6. "Soft Sounds" – 3:35
7. "Fallout!" – 3:13
8. "The Floater" – 3:15
9. "Slow and Easy" – 3:04
10. "A Profound Gass" – 3:18
11. "Brief and Breezy" – 3:31
12. "Not from Dixie" – 4:09

More Music from Peter Gunn (1959) RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2040

1. "Walkin' Bass" – 4:20
2. "Timothy" – 2:35
3. "Joanna" – 2:39
4. "My Manne Shelly" – 2:35
5. "Goofin' At The Coffee House" – 4:09
6. "Odd Ball" – 3:22
7. "Blue Steel" – 3:39
8. "The Little Man Theme" – 3:12
9. "Spook!" – 2:55
10. "A Quiet Gass" – 3:01
11. "Lightly" – 3:21
12. "Blues For Mother's" – 3:16

Musicians vary from song to song, but include:^[7]

• Pete Candoli,Ray Linn, Frank Beach,Uan Rasey,Conrad Gozzo - trumpet
• Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy,Milt Bernhart, Karl DeKarske - trombone
• John Graas,Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, John Cave - French horn
• Ted Nash,Plas Johnson,Ronny Lang,Paul Horn,Gene Cipriano - reeds
• John Williams - piano
• Bob Bain,Al Hendrickson - guitar
• Victor Feldman,Larry Bunker - vibraphone
• Rolly Bundock - bass
• Shelly Manne,Alvin Stoller,Jack Sperling - drums

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