Hugo Montenegro - The Man From Uncle (1995)

"The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (1995) is a reissue of the celebrated 1965 instrumental album by American conductor, arranger, and composer Hugo Montenegro and his orchestra, dedicated to the cult 1960s spy television series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (RCA/BMG released this album on compact disc in 1995).

The album's music is a benchmark for the so-called "spy jazz/lounge sound" of the 1960s. The sound is built on dynamic brass sections, memorable bass lines, percussion, jazz accents, and light Latin rhythms (bossa nova, samba).

The album contains arrangements of the title theme (written by Jerry Goldsmith) and the main characters' themes (Napoleon Solo and Illy Kuryakin), as well as original compositions arranged for orchestra by Hugo Montenegro.

The music perfectly conveys the cinematic atmosphere of adventure, covert aesthetics, and stylish retro-modernism of the 1960s. This album had a huge influence on the development of the Easy Listening and Lounge genres and is considered a classic of instrumental music for film and television.