- In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning
- Cycles
- Moment to Moment
- A Day in the Life of A Fool
- Watch What Happens
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix
- Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
- The Windmills of Your Mind
- When I Look in Your Eyes
- Meditation
- Dream A Little Dream of Me
A Warm Shade of Ivory is an interesting departure for composer/arranger Henry Mancini.
The album focuses on his skill as a piano soloist, although he fills
some of his usual roles as well, since he also wrote the arrangements.
He had a hand in composing only one melody, "Moment to Moment," and
instead concerned himself with interpreting other composers' melodies.
His lush orchestrations are reminiscent of Mantovani, as piano notes sparkle on the surface of immense waves of strings. The album's concept may have been a novel one for Mancini,
but the music is not fundamentally different from his typical fare, and
encompasses his usual assortment of traditional and adult pop melodies
and film themes. Mancini's
rendition of "Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet" was a Number One pop
hit -- a rare achievement for an orchestral instrumental at the time --
and topped the easy listening chart for two months! The album itself
reached the Top Five and was certified gold. A Warm Shade of Ivory is a lovely, contemplative collection that combines Mancini's skills in new and unequivocally successful ways.
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