Henry Mancini - Shadows of Paris - (Pink Panther A Shot in the Dark)

[@picklesthewise]

It's rare that the opening of a comedy film would have such a slow, dramatic, beautifully made opening. That's why it's amazing. Really love the structure of this whole shot, and of course the music.

[@caseyfalconer7347]

I love this song. It feels so slow and dramatic like you described, however it has a slight uplifting feeling also. A song of many emotions is a great work of art.

[@Islander255]

I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH. This is my favorite moment in the entire Pink Panther series. And this film is my favorite Pink Panther film, even ahead of the excellent original film. The ones done in the 70's aren't nearly as good, and there's no way I'm giving Steven Martin's version a chance. But "A Shot in the Dark" and "The Pink Panther" are simply sublime, and "Shot" is insanely rewatchable.

[@yacinekadri9110]

Peter sellers is the only inspector clouseau

[@singinjohnny]

It's been well over 40 years and I never heard this most beautiful theme from this movie. Elsie Bianchi's voice is a most beautiful, unique, and expressive instrument that I had never heard before. Henry Mancini wrote some really beautiful music in his time that is as fresh and unique to listen to now as it was then. Thanks so much for posting this.

[@robincutti4596]

A mix of melancholy ...romanticism..memories of when I watched this film as a teenager...everything was so perfect then!

[@PoppingYovi]

This song was lurking in my mind for months after i saw the movie. Awesome!

[@simonebulleri1975]

A Shot in the Dark is my favourite Pink Panther movie, and this section and music are perfect.

[@robertborich4404]

I saw this movie for the first time just a few days ago and was mesmerized from the moment this song came on.Peters Sellers was so funny & the lovely Elke Sommers melted my heart.

[@Swedchap]

Such a simple, yet wonderful song and such a beautiful voice.

[@TS2dethmonkey]

Love this opening, especially the song.

[@larencecammons7383]

TS2dethmonkey

[@jasonduvall9480]

Awesome choreography, awesome song, awesome movie.

[@dave0126]

Watched this movie for the first time in a long time this weekend. Always loved this opening sequence and song. Thanks for posting it.

[@welshbloke5471]

I clicked on this movie and found a staggeringly beautiful song. I know I've seen this movie before, I've only just realised how beautiful the music is.

[@drkran7608]

A spectacular spectral to behold! So shame not many music artist offer this emotional feeling of sad and romantic melodies. I play this song when I'm alone and it aches me to know that people prefer modern crap...

[@edmunddorf4549]

Only young people like modern music, because they don't know any better.

[@mossion]

@@edmunddorf4549 what is a FAIL in education.

[@stereoplayers]

Arthur Fiedler, former conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, said that there are only two kinds of music: Good music, and Bad music. Somewhat on the same level, English composer Arthur Sullivan said, after hearing the phonograph for the first time, recording a cylinder, thanking him for his invention, basically said, 'I'm very excited, that our music may be recorded for posterity. I'm also terribly frightened that so much bad music will be recorded'. He was basically right.

[@aninhaprsouza]

Why must we meet in the shadows of Paris Where hardly a star seems to shine? Why can't we meet in the sunlight of Paris Where Paris can see you are mine? Have you come to me from another Whose lips you have tried? Do you still belong to another? Is that why we hide? Why am I cold in the sunlight of Paris Where laughter and song fill the skies? Why am I warm in the shadows of Paris When I know that dawn means goodbye? (2x)

[@Leon-fn6qv]

Thanks for the Text what a Beautyful song

[@aninhaprsouza]

@@Leon-fn6qv you are welcome! It is a beautiful song, indeed. Enjoy it!

[@petermccann7933]

How good is George Sanders just brilliant

[@rolf2able8724]

what a voice Elsie beautiful warm

[@marden67]

Very beautiful song. Thank you fir posting it.

[@raulpierri]

Absolutely beautiful and the better beginning of a movie I have ever seen

[@janiegolden5338]

I laugh every time I see this with such a nicely sung song. I'm learning to tiptoe just in case.

[@ebailey140]

Classic opening to the greatest of the Pink Panther films.

[@madMosher023]

this song for me is one of the many reasons why i watch shot in the dark more than any other pink panther film. this scene with this song followed by the sketch with the classic shot in the dark title theme. fantastic.

[@ThiagoMorgoth]

Sei que fazia parte da comédia ter uma música romântica como plano de fundo, mas acho que essa música ficou perfeita. Não se fazem nem comédias e nem músicas assim nos dias de hoje.

[@KoalaHugsGoatSharks]

Thank you for this song. I love this movie and song so much.

[@janiegolden5338]

Lovely song!

[@yvanduclos1963]

The interpretation of this magnificent song is a masterpiece.

[@califgirl101]

Yippie! Horray! I found this video at last! I'm so happy to see this opening song/sequence again! Danka my friend! :)

[@JavertRA]

Look at George Sanders run! Comedy in itself.

[@mossion]

They just dont make physical comedy like this anymore.

[@photojohne]

@malteseconnexion Didn't know that. Thanks for that bit of info. Just watched the first Pink Panther again. Terrific cast and wardrobe by Yves Saint Laurent. Classic Cool too right!!!

[@BankruptMonkey]

I love this song! I`m sooo glad you uploaded it!

[@ahmedhow]

the song fits the scene so well :D i loved this movie :')

[@LeMoFirst]

This scene looks like Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

[@lescobrandon3047]

Mancini did so much to increase interest in what was going on in movies. In Charade, he made the film.

[@acquimat]

Großartig, dankeschön! Das hab ich schon so lange gesucht, das Lied ...

[@91FroSt91]

This is really beautiful

[@dagenhamlad2160]

Remeber listening to this song in a shot in the dark love it to now

[@lugash4]

Beautiful song/words/music..........so typical of classic films. Today it's all noise and tunes that will last only in the memory for as long as the tune itself!!! 2 maybe 3 minutes!!!!! Ah memories memories.............Not now Kato.................aaaaaggghhh

[@scottperry8354]

A Shot In The Dark, After The Fox, and What's New Pussycat? are my favorite Peter Sellers movies.

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

Can you believe that After the Fox and What's New Pussycat both got bad reviews when they first came out?!?!

[@fa2126]

My favourite music - beautiful

[@MrSven191272]

Gina Carroll definitely sings here !! So, on the Henry Mancini Songbook CD I have the sung version of Elsie Bianchi. This recording from 1965 differs not only from the jazz arrangement (piano and drums), but also from the singing. Elsie can't make the high notes and her voice sounds smokier. It is deviant to hear the better and more beautiful voice of Gina Carroll in the film! Here is the proof: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2K9nWV3a91srsU + kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3ymg3yEYq-geqM In addition, her voice sounds a lot stronger than Elsie's and reminds of Sherley Bassy! Unfortunately this recording is not yet available on any sound carrier! There are always only the versions sung by Henry Mancini's choir and the versions sung by Elsie. I have been waiting for the original film version, sung by Gina Carroll and finely orchestrated by Henry Mancini, for ages !! Gina Carroll on CD, that would finally be a revelation !!

[@alexlongo8291]

Wow thanks this is super interesting.

[@AhsokaTanoTantiveIV]

This a so beautiful music

[@Sashakie]

Great song ... Haven't heard it in years, though

[@KamElassal]

j'adore Peter Sellers

[@ikewasgen45]

Lots of class !!!!!!

[@malteseconnexion]

I found this song on iTunes!

[@deanakhoshaba8697]

I can't find this version of this song for the life of me. Bummer!

[@Nikodymus]

Deana Khoshaba I’m led to believe that it was written only for this movie. I looked too. : (

[@sherrythegypsysalzman7032]

killer vocal performance here by Fran Jeffries.

[@michaelg.golden7327]

Terrific song. No other version seems to exist. Funny scene.

[@coventrygardens]

@galapogodriver yea, i've read a wee bit about the origins of the movie. it was based on a play, and sellers was chosen to play a character in the play, and i guess they decided to change the name of the character that sellers was scheduled to play, and they gave that character the name "clouseau" because sellers was already known for playing clouseau. it's my favorite in the sellers/clouseau series, and i like the fact that it brought dreyfus and cato and maria gambrelli into the story line.

[@thespiritsandhambone6746]

Incredible

[@FICKENbisZUMtot]

wonderful song, triste and romantic

[@2ndMisterBurton]

Beautiful long take to accompany the song, by the way :)

[@OreadNYC]

I have to assume that the scene from "Victor/Victoria" in which King secretly sneaks into Victor's hotel room borrowed from this sequence...especially since Blake Edwards directed both films!

[@pallen1065]

The original 'Italian Job' also opened with a charmer, sung by Matt Munro. It too ends with a bang..

[@BuckieBear]

this is so fabulous! (and funny--must have taken a lot of practicing and coordination to get the visual scene) Thanks so much for posting!

[@califgirl101]

Cool beans! I've often wondered whom sang this particular song! Excellent info my friend! :)

[@PhantaziePhreeq]

@SplinteredSoulBand Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@1jfresh715]

Great stuff

[@singinjohnny]

@DarkScipio I'm surely glad that you uploaded it. All the best to you.

[@DarkScipio]

@singinjohnny You are welcome. In fact I was so surprised to not find this on youtube, that I had to upload it.

[@tonyanderton3521]

Comedy genius.

[@malteseconnexion]

I found this song on iTunes and it was under Fran Jeffries name.

[@brianwilcox3478]

That is possible. But I doubt it was Fran. Her voice is different than the person that sang this song. Sadly no one really knows. I would say Elsie or possibly someone else that I cant remember her name. Sorry! This other person has been mentioned before.. Sorry, My memory is a blank. :-/

[@menjobleeko4135]

"She killed him in a rit of fealous jaje." We always loved that.

[@salome7773]

Ex bf and I both liked that song *sad emoji*

[@SplinteredSoulBand]

It's actually not unknown, but info on it is difficult to find now. It's called "The Shadows of Paris", written by Henry Mancini, sung by Elsie Bianchi

[@valmarsiglia]

It's not an unknown song, it's called "The Shadows of Paris" and there are several versions of it.

[@bigverybadtom]

The irony of this song is the fact that the lyrics imply that the singer only suspects that her lover is cheating on somebody else, while in the actual movie, most everybody in the Ballon household is knowingly and deliberately cheating on other people-even the "innocent" Maria Gambrelli!

[@anthonymadrid4699]

By my troth a good song

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

I have the remastered version on DVD

[@saintsfan7991]

A discussion that the singer is neither Elsie nor Fran, but Gina Carroll. www.45cat.com/record/478381

[@califgirl101]

You guys, if I'm correct you may most likely find the soundtrack from this movie either on Ebay or Amazon! Check it out! :)

[@svetlanazaitseva3424]

This is Elsie Bianchi.

[@mossion]

Not sure on that.

[@malteseconnexion]

@sexualpumkin Her name is Fran Jeffries and you can buy the track from iTunes. Good luck!

[@coventrygardens]

@galapogodriver yea, i'm sure they would have done things differently if they ( at the time ) had known that the term "pink panther" would become so popular. the term "pink panther" really achieved a life of its own. i recall eating pink panther cereal when i was a young kid in the 1970s. it was like corn flakes with pink sugar blasted onto the flakes. i guess you know that the character of maria gambrelli returned in "son of the pink panther", in which she was played by claudia cardinale.

[@stereoplayers]

As the saying goes, 'Hindsight is 20/20'.

[@robbiejohnson2011]

Wow.

[@coventrygardens]

@galapogodriver i guess you know that "son of the pink panther" had roberto benigni play the son of clouseau, and the mother of the son of clouseau was maria gambrelli ( this time played by claudia cardinale, instead of elke sommer. cardinale being the one who played the princess in the original movie.). herbert lom as dreyfus was in it. though it had neither sellers nor clouseau, i regard it as part of the sellers/clouseau series because it was a sequel to the previous movies in the series.

[@stereoplayers]

@malteseconnexion Yep, the song 'Meglio Stasera'. She also posed for Playboy twice...

[@malteseconnexion]

@Iwowa It's Fran Jeffries. You can buy this song on iTunes. I have it.

[@BuckieBear]

@kennysandra1 no, not really but she did a fantastic job in the original "Pink Panther" on "It Had Better Be Tonight"

[@BMM44KalmarHufflepuff]

I wish that they did not show who shot Miguel at the end. I felt like it completely spoiled the whole premise and reason to watch the movie.

[@Iwowa]

Yep, I'm pretty sure this is Fran Jeffries.

[@malteseconnexion]

@SplinteredSoulBand Is is sung by Fran Jeffries and it is available on iTunes. I have it.

[@brianwilcox3478]

No, its not her. I am not sure who it is but no doubt its not Fran Jefferies

[@coventrygardens]

@madMosher023 technically speaking, it's not a pink panther movie. it's an inspector clouseau movie, and it's a peter sellers movie, but it's not a pink panther movie.

[@pon252]

coventrygardens technically it does because inspector clouseau films still count as pink panther movies, however if this didn't wined up in the pink panther series, like not having clouseau as a character, then that would make it a stand alone film, not really a inspector clouseau or a pink panther movie, that would have been so at the time but since the film franchise went to a different direction starting with trail of the pink panther in the 1980s, then it would now count as a pink panther movie.

[@am_link]

@ZaphodUk1 I`ve been downloaded it from ``Dirpy``. You can find it on Google. Just paste youtube link on the Dirpy homepage.

[@oscarescalona1075]

Nothing brought me here.

[@06P.MARASCIA]

C'est la version de Fran Jeffries ....

[@singinjohnny]

Different vocal timbre from Fran Jeffries to my ears. But we can agree to differ. ;-)

[@monsterbob]

This is ELSIE BIANCHI singing, not Fran Jeffries.

[@carlos1rrr111]

Pink panther

[@moceanu]

PAINKILLER JANE

[@Firebrand609]

So, is it Elsie Bianchi singing it or Fran Jeffries? The suspense is killing me!

[@brianwilcox3478]

It cant be Fran. It may not be Elsie. but its not Fran.

[@andrewd.conard5088]

Gina Carroll sings this version.

[@AkashVora]

they mention it in the starting credits

[@SigurtDinesen]

@DarkScipio Try goolge;) Or look at soundtrackcollector dot 'c'om. It'll be on the first cd listed in Henry Mancini's name ;)

[@coventrygardens]

@galapogodriver though it's a great movie, i think the producers should have done a better job at connecting it to the sellers/clouseau movies that bear the label "pink panther". for example, they should have named the movie "pink panther: a shot in the dark". the actual title can make it easy for someone to not hear about the movie when he's trying to find pink panther movies. likewise, i love the cartoon graphics that are used, & yet they should have had the panther make an appearance in there

[@DarkScipio]

Thanks, where did you get this information?

[@highway61grant]

I wonder why there was never a recording on any soundtrack of Gina Carroll’s version. She’s not even credited as singing this song in the credits. Very weird. There’s a choral version but it sucks compared to this. All other versions are too jazzy or fast.

[@korystephens3318]

So that's the name of the vocalist on this version

[@trstndvsn]

in this version its Fran Jeffries. Elsie Bianchi recorded it for a album for manchini. been looking for the Fran version on MP3 for years to no avail!

[@xMrSandman09]

why the hell are some of the comments removed? what are they saying?

[@electroswine]

I agree but it's not Elsie Bianchi - it's Fran Jeffries.

[@brianwilcox3478]

no way. Its not Fran

[@blofeld39]

I thought it was Fran Jeffries who sang this? :-S

[@kennysandra1]

Wrong Wrong it was the beautiful Fran Jeffries who sang the song.

[@brianwilcox3478]

nope. No way it as Fran. Perhaps Gina Carrol?