Meglio Stasera (It Had Better be Tonight) (Henry Mancini)

"Meglio Stasera"
Music by Henry Mancini
From the soundtrack to the Blake Edwards film "The Pink Panther"

"The Pink Panther" is one of my favorite movies. The opening section here is taken from the scene where Sir Charles is dining at the chalet of Princess Dala with a few others and he's getting a thorough dressing down from Dala's sharp tongue. A solo guitar is playing this theme in the background. (Laurindo Almeida?).
Then the "samba" section is of course inspired by the great scene where Fran Jeffries sings the song at the ski lodge. One of my all-time favorite scenes from the movies. (Somebody posted a clip of it. See my Favorites)

I have nothing written down.

Taylor NS54-CE, hybrid classical

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• pink
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• blake
• edwards
• fran
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• acoustic
• guitar
• fingerpicking
• troubleclef
• Instrumental
• fingerstyle
• samba

[jsbach15]

Fran Jeffries' performance and voice was perfect in the movie, and one of my favorite. However, your instrumental is simply wonderful; you even provided the accents perfectly! Thank you.

[troubleclef]

@jsbach15

thanks!

[str4ngebiscuit]

Excellent arrangement. Spot on. Fran Jeffries is terrific in that scene.

Can't quite figure out the complaint in regards to her "Italian"...her character is not Italian. It's like complaining that she didn't deliver her English lines with a perfect English accent.

[troubleclef]

@str4ngebiscuit

I quite agree. Thanks.

[bollorr]

Beautiful job guy... my respects. I love that song, but I don't think Fran did such a great job at it in the movie... there are other much better versions (like yours).

[troubleclef]

@bollorr

yeah, her Italian definitely leaves something to be considered. Her character isn't terribly well developed in the script. she's supposed to be Turkish or something, so there is an excuse, I guess. But she's SO easy on the eyes. And it's just a shame her version didn't make it onto the soundtrack. The soundtrack version is really lame with that male choir singing those English lyrics. yuck. that's pretty awful.

[96buzz69]

this is so incredibly good .

do you play the guitar for a living ?

[itsaguinness]

amazing rendition I love this song.

[xerdiz]

Felicidades! Grandísima interpretación!

[NameCC8687]

Very nicely done indeed! Smooth, smooth, very smoo-oo-ooth. Thanks for posting this, it is exactly what makes YouTube so enjoyable.

[Monofiner]

Omg I loved it...Do you have any tabs or a guideline anyway?

[vegetasrevenge]

I wish you would turn toward the camera so we can see your chord forms more clearly, other than that I love the arrangement.

[ClassicHMD]

Great playing. I like the way you started in a slow, classical style, then made it faster and more forceful. Almost like jazz somewhere in there. And like you, I liked Fran in the movie. Wished she had done more things.

[jdjolliff]

what kind of mic is that and how much does it cost?