Question

This composer’s piano arrangement of Nino Rota’s love theme from Zeffirelli’s film Romeo and Juliet succeeded the Beatles’ “Get Back” as Billboard’s #1 song. A 3/4 song by this composer begins with the melody “long C, short high G, F, [pause] E, eighth notes D - C - B-flat, long C.” An Ernest Dowson poem inspired the two run-on sentences that make up the lyrics to this composer’s song “The Days of (15[1]-5[1])Wine and (15[1])Roses.” The bass chromatically (15[1])ascends from C-sharp to a long (*) E in swung eighth notes to set up the saxophone melody of a theme by this (10[1])composer of the soundtrack to Peter (10[1])Gunn. Johnny (10[3])Mercer’s lyrics describe a “huckleberry friend” as “wider than a (10[1])mile” in a song this composer wrote for Audrey (10[2])Hepburn. For 10 points, name this Italian-American composer of (-5[1])the “Pink Panther (-5[1])Theme,” who (10[1])wrote “Moon River” for the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. (0[3])■END■

ANSWER: Henry Mancini [or Enrico Nicola Mancini]
<Fine Arts - Auditory Fine Arts>
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Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%112.67
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N2100%0%0%139.00
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N3100%0%0%130.67
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024N560%0%80%135.33
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%33%33%105.50
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y667%33%33%91.50
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%113.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Northeast by Northwestern71-5
John LawrenceWalston et. al.NJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)7115
Justin WytmarWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Notre Dame7315
Matt LaferMusic to Help You Stop Smokinghawk two of7715
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthClown Senpais9910
Vinu HariharStanford+number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku10510
Benjamin WatsonLimp FranceskitSimple Vibes10710
Ian McDowellCambridgeDefying Suavity10710
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Cry of the Common Loon10710
Dylan MinarikBHSU ReFantazioThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days11710
Joseph KrolCien Años de QuizboledadGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz12610
Ian TullisA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsBerkeley12610
Jeremy CummingsWashUClown Squad135-5
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathersjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club138-5
Jeremy Tsaijust one more half-dot bro12 Litres of Green Tea14010
Patrick QuionNortheast by NorthwesternThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)1490
Jonathan VaysmanClown SquadWashU1490
Isaac Kirk-Davidoffjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubCope is the thing with feathers1490