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Name: FILM SCORE MONTHLY
Number: FSM1210

The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
Limited Edition of 3,000 Copies.
Composed by: Henry Mancini

01. Theme From The Thief Who Came to Dinner
02. Love Theme for Laura
03. Tail Gate
04. Jackie's Theme
05. Dog Eat Dog
06. Soft Scene
07. Love Theme for Laura (Reprise)
08. First Job
09. The Patter
10. The Really Big Heist
11. Getaway
12. Theme From The Thief Who Came to Dinner

Bonus Tracks
13. Trav'lin Music
14. First Job (Part II)
15. Late
16. The Meeting/Over the Fence
17. Settle Down
18. It's in the Car
19. Watching Dynamite/ Webster vs. Zukovsky
20. Two Knight to Pawn
21. An Honest Man/Sneaky Reily/Lock up
22. Don't Worry/Webster Worries/Casing the Joint/Lake House
23. Ass on the Grass/The Big Heave
24. Love Theme for Laura (3rd time)
Country Source Music
25. Houston by Night
26. At the Dance
27. Hank's Square Dance
Demo Themes
28. Ryan's Theme
29. Love Theme for Laura

TOTAL DISC TIME 63:13


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Few of Henry Mancini’s classic 1960s and ’70s scores are available in their original soundtrack recordings, as the composer typically re-recorded his scores for RCA Victor (concentrating on source cues and pop arrangements of themes). An exception was The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973), released by Warner Bros. Records in its original film performance, and presented by FSM on CD in complete form.

The Thief Who Came to Dinner was a light comedy/suspense/caper film—exactly the sort of project that Mancini often scored for Blake Edwards. Mancini’s friend Bud Yorkin directed and produced Thief from a screenplay by Walter Hill (adapting a novel by Terrence Lore Smith). The film stars Ryan O’Neal as a charming, self-made cat burglar who takes to robbing wealthy Houston mansions almost for the fun of it; along the way, he falls in love with a beautiful socialite (Jacqueline Bisset) and outsmarts a well-intentioned insurance investigator (Warren Oates).

Mancini’s delightful, groove-driven score updates the composer’s classic light suspense/comedy sound from the 1960s (The Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, Arabesque) for the “mod” era of the early ’70s, with electric keyboards and Fender bass adding a pulsating, modern component and “cool” moods to his flawless big band brass and suspenseful strings. It has often been said that Mancini packed more melody into his bass lines than the typical composer did in an entire score; The Thief Who Came to Dinner is a perfect case in point, hooking the listener from the opening conga riff and maintaining interest as a masterful and enjoyable romp. In addition to the dynamic “heist” music (which grows out of the main theme) the score features a soothing love theme for Bisset’s character, catchy source cues and dynamic one-off Mancini score creations like the boogie-woogie “Tail Gate.”

This premiere CD of The Thief Who Came to Dinner features the Warner Bros. Records program followed by the rest of the score—previously unreleased score and source cues. Two early demos of the main themes are included as well. The entire recording has been newly mixed from the original 2” 16-track masters engineered by Dan Wallin on the Warner Bros. scoring stage (then known as the Burbank Studios scoring stage). The album is designed so that the tracks can be programmed in film sequence if so desired. New liner notes are by Scott Bettencourt and Lukas Kendall, giving FSM’s customary detailed information as to the production and the recording.

track list

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    The Thief Who Came to Dinner

    Music Composed and Conducted by Henry Mancini

  1. Theme From The Thief Who Came to Dinner 5:09
  2. Love Theme for Laura 2:43
  3. Tail Gate 2:31
  4. Jackie’s Theme 1:45
  5. Dog Eat Dog 2:19
  6. Soft Scene 2:52
  7. Love Theme for Laura (Reprise) 2:04
  8. First Job 1:43
  9. The Patter 2:58
  10. The Really Big Heist 7:41
  11. Getaway 1:52
  12. Theme From The Thief Who Came to Dinner 0:38

    Total Time: 34:39

    Bonus Tracks

  13. Trav’lin’ Music 1:04
  14. First Job (Part II) 3:31
  15. Late 1:13
  16. The Meeting/Over the Fence 0:52
  17. Settle Down 2:09
  18. It’s in the Car 0:20
  19. Watching Dynamite/Webster vs. Zukovsky 1:37
  20. Two Knight to Pawn 0:28
  21. An Honest Man/Sneaky Reilly/Lock Up 1:12
  22. Don’t Worry/Webster Worries/Casing the Joint/Lake House 2:39
  23. Ass on the Grass/The Big Heave 1:43
  24. Love Theme for Laura (3rd Time) 1:10

    Total Time: 18:21

    Country Source Music

  25. Houston by Night 1:46
  26. At the Dance 0:32
  27. Hank’s Square Dance 1:12

    Total Time: 3:35

    Demo Tracks

  28. Ryan’s Theme 3:28
  29. Love Theme for Laura 2:47

    Total Time: 6:16

    Total Disc Time: 63:13


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