Henry Mancini - Tana's Theme

"Touch of Evil" is a film directed by Orson Welles that was released in 1958. The score was composed by Henry Mancini for the film. Track number 6.

Plot summary:
An automobile is blown up as it crosses the Mexican border into the United States. Mike Vargas (Charlton Heston), a high ranking Mexican narcotics official on honeymoon with his bride Susie (Janet Leigh) is drawn into the investigation because a Mexican national has been accused of the crime. The figurative and physical presence of Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) as the 330 pound sheriff looms all over. Quinlan is a fanatic where "justice" is concerned, even if obtaining it involves planting evidence. Quinlan's reputation for law and order enables him to bend the law without question until Vargas confronts him. From that point on, it's a battle of wits between the two that, with an accelerating pace, rushes to a climax. (extracted from IMBd.com)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• henry
• mancini
• touch
• of
• evil
• orson
• welles
• charlton
• heston
• janet
• leigh
• bso
• score
• tana's
• theme

[googlemeister94]

@blingy16 That's a really good observation, I never would have noticed it.

[blingy16]

a variation on the 1891 song "after the ball", the biggest seller tin pan alley ever had, about an old man filled with regret. just another bit of brilliance from mancini and welles.

[RetroKimmie]

Thanks for posting! Love it!!

[wizzum64]

great movie with an absolutely unforgettable ending!

[n70guy]

Indeed this a beautiful piece of music and for such a gritty movie. It seems to be such a contrast, and yet it works perfectly well, perhaps because there was so many contrasting and contradicting elements in the movie.

[TheAltair4]

Brilliant theme and a true cinematic masterpiece!

[hyperflexharrington5]

Great song for a very gritty movie in the day. Didn't know you could say "Main liner" in a movie back then.

[SFT24]

Such a beautifully melanchonic piece - one of Mancini's best!

[MrBrendog67rat]

great movie, it was on last night, i can see Orson sitting and listing to the pianola

[BSMan77]

@ECG3485 funny that a great song in a great movie would be stolen and used in a terrible movie... ce la vie