This collection of jazz and funk-influenced film & TV themes will set off different nostalgic triggers for every listener. For me, the big one is The Pink Panther theme; I only saw the film once, but I watched the not-great cartoons a bunch, and they all made liberal use of that slinky feline strut. Mancini’s bass is as icy cool as Conti’s Rocky theme is bottled fire, pure motivation. It’s not all energy and ecstasy though - Herrmann and Badalamenti used jazz signifiers in their work to evoke creeping, unstoppable dread.