It Had Better Be Tonight

Henry Mancini

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General Info

Year: 1963 / 2013
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00 | Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This work comes from the Peter Sellers movie The Pink Panther.

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Skidmore Community Concert Band (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) (Milton Lee, conductor) – 7 April 2019
Oakland (Calif.) Municipal Band (Troy Davis, conductor) - 19 July 2015
Pearland (Texas) Community Band – 4 July 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Baby Elephant Walk (arr. Vinson) (1962/2007/2013)
Peter Gunn (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1958/2015)
The Pink Panther (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (1963/2011)

All Wind Works

Baby Elephant Walk (arr. Moss) (1962/1996)
Baby Elephant Walk (arr. Vinson) (1962/2007/2013)
Baby Elephant Walk (arr. Vlak) (1962)
Days of Wine and Roses (arr. Krance) (1962/1967)
Drummer's Delight (arr. Erickson) (1969)
The Great Race March (arr. Moss) (1965/2005)
The Great Waldo Pepper March (arr. Moss) (1965/2005)
Henry Mancini's Concert Band Medley (arr. Warrington) (1966)
Inspector Clouseau Theme (arr. Kazik) (1976/2015)
It Had Better Be Tonight (arr. Brown) (1963/2013)
Jesus Christ Superstar (as arranger, with John Moss) (1970/2004)
Mancini! (arr. Bulla) (2000?)
Mancini! (arr. Reed) (1965)
Mancini Magic (arr. Brubaker) (1990)
Moon River (arr. Bilik) (1961/1963)
Moon River (arr. Brown) (1961)
Moon River (arr. Powers) (1961/1969)
Mr. Lucky. See: Selections from "Mr Lucky"
Pennywhistle Jig (arr. Moss) (1970/1999)
Peter Gunn (arr. Faini) (1958/)
Peter Gunn (arr. Murtha) (1958)
Peter Gunn (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1958/2015)
Pie in the Face Polka (arr. Vinson) (1965/2012)
The Pink Panther (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (1963/2011)
The Pink Panther (arr. Edmondson) (1963/1984)
The Pink Panther (arr. Frackenpohl) (1963)
The Pink Panther (arr. Warrington) (1963/1964)
Selections from "Mr Lucky" (arr. Krance) (1959/1961)
Selections from "The Great Race" (arr. Bulla) (1965/2015)
Toy Tiger

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Henry Mancini." Accessed 13 August 2015.