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Meaning
Mancini is saying that he wrote music to match the tone of a show rather than using a fixed style for every project. In this case, he saw violence as the central feature and used that as the basis for the music.
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Originally said in English.
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About Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.
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