Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – A Time For Us

“Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet” – Single by Henry Mancini from the album A Warm Shade of Ivory
B-side “The Windmills of Your Mind”
Released in May 1969
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter Nino Rota
Producer Joe Reisman
Charted No.1 in US

“Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet”, also known as “A Time for Us”, is an instrumental arranged by Henry Mancini (from Nino Rota’s music written for Franco Zeffirelli’s film of Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey).

Rearranged by Mancini, who played the piano part himself, the song started competing with rock and roll songs from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones on an Orlando, Florida radio station and spread from there. It faced stiff opposition from some radio stations for being too soft. Those stations changed their tune when the song became number one, ending the five-week run of “Get Back” by the Beatles as the top song.

Henry Mancini – piano
Hal Blaine – drums