Although best known for his work as a composer in the film industry, New Yorker
Johnny Mandel is an accomplished jazz musician who has played trumpet and
trombone alongside world famous stars such as Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Count
Basie and Zoot Sims. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Mandel's
career began to take off in the 1950s writing songs for artists like Woody
Herman and Stan Getz. His first film score credit came in the 1958 film noir, I
Want to Live! It was the first of numerous film and TV scores he would write
during the next 30 years. His best known compos...