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Reflecting the European setting of Stanley Donens 1963 comedy thriller Charade, Henry Mancinis soundtrack provides an easy listening tour of continental musical history: Parisian café songs on Bistro, Eastern European gypsy music on Bateau Mouche, Schubert quartets on Bye Charlie, and some beer barrel polka on Punch and Judy. Thrown in for varietys sake are dashes of Bond soundtracks, Cossack songs, and Strauss waltzes. Mancini also shows his south of the border touch on Mambo Parisienne (picture Perez Prado sporting an accordion), Latin Snowfall (transcendentally gorgeous bolero, one of his best), and Mégève (bossa nova for the Biarritz set). Also dont overlook one of his biggest hits and finest melodies, Charade.