Henry Mancini’s widely varied career as a composer took him from the big band era in the late 1940s through monster movies in the 1950s and his jazzy scores of the 1960s and '70s. What an interesting life! Here are some fun facts you probably didn’t know about Henry Mancini.

Henry Mancini, 20th century film composer extraordinaire, created some of the most iconic movie themes and songs of all time. The power of his music lies in its ability to make us feel – whether it’s the wistful “Moon River,” the melancholy “Days of Wine and Roses,” or the funny theme from The Pink Panther.

Two-time GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Monica Mancini, daughter of famed film composer Henry Mancini and notable studio singer Ginny Mancini, has carved out an impressive career as a concert performer and recording artist. She’ll be our very special guest for Mancini at the Movies.

In 2016, composer Stella Sung attended a lecture at the New England Aquarium, learning about the problems of ocean noise pollution caused by seismic testing, the air guns used for this process, large ships and ocean vessels, and other man-made noises.

“What is the secret of nature? Maybe only the wind and birds know…” That’s the question Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun set out to answer with “Secret of Winds and Birds.”

Beethoven is, of course, revered as one of the greatest composers of all time. When we think about him as a person, we usually picture the cranky, increasingly deaf man we’ve seen in popular culture.