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 Wine and Roses.” The bass chromatically ascends from C-sharp to a long (*) E in swung eighth notes to set up the saxophone melody of a theme by this composer of the soundtrack to Peter Gunn. Johnny Mercer’s lyrics describe a “huckleberry friend” as “wider than a mile” in a song this composer (10[1])wrote for Audrey Hepburn. For 10 (10[1])points, name this Italian-American composer of the “Pink Panther Theme,” who (10[1])wrote “Moon River” for the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. ■END■

ANSWER: Henry Mancini [or Enrico Nicola Mancini]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Russell NipUBCThompson et al.12310
Michael CoatesI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!12910
Arjun VijaykumarAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsthrow away your cards, rally in the streets14010

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