Vinyl Record

Henry Mancini - Breakfast At Tiffany's

Henry Mancini - Breakfast At Tiffany's on LP vinyl. A 1961 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP · 1961

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1961 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Breakfast At Tiffany's is Henry Mancini turning a film score into a state of mind. Released with the 1961 Blake Edwards film, the music has to hold together elegance, loneliness, comedy, New York fantasy and Audrey Hepburn's fragile charisma as Holly Golightly. Moon River is the eternal center, but the album's power is wider than one song. Something for Cat, Sally's Tomato, Latin Golightly, Holly and Moon River Cha Cha show Mancini's gift for lightness with emotional aftertaste: jazz color, small-combo swing, romantic strings and melodic clarity that never becomes syrupy. The score belongs to an early-60s moment when film music could be urbane, accessible and compositionally exact at the same time. It sells the dream of a city morning, then lets you hear the ache underneath the shop windows.

The album matters because Moon River became one of the defining film songs of the 20th century, while the full score shows Mancini's larger genius for mood. It won major recognition and helped establish the modern soundtrack album as something listeners could live with away from the screen.

Essential for soundtrack collectors and for anyone building a shelf of sophisticated early-60s orchestral pop and jazz-inflected film music. The album is more than nostalgia: its arrangements remain models of restraint, charm and emotional precision, with Moon River acting as doorway rather than the whole room.

Elegant early-60s film music with jazz touches, romantic strings, urbane swing, wistful melody and the luminous pull of Moon River.

Recommended for: Soundtrack collectors building a classic film-music shelf; Fans of Henry Mancini's jazz-influenced orchestral style; Listeners drawn to Moon River and early-60s cinematic elegance.

Is Moon River on Breakfast At Tiffany's? Yes. Moon River is the score's signature song and appears alongside instrumental themes and related arrangements from the film. What makes Henry Mancini's score distinctive? Mancini combines jazz color, orchestral polish and memorable melody, making the music feel stylish while still carrying Holly Golightly's loneliness. Is this only for film collectors? No. It is central for soundtrack collectors, but it also appeals to fans of lounge jazz, orchestral pop and beautifully crafted 1960s mood music.