Henry Mancini is one of six composers...

Henry Mancini is one of six composers and songwriters who will speak during the “Reel Music” series beginning next month at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art. Mancini, who won an Academy Award for his music in “Victor/Victoria,” will attend a screening of the film June 27, at the museum’s Sherwood Auditorium. The six-film series, held at 6 Tuesday nights June 6-July 18, is sponsored by the Visual Arts Foundation and Great American First Savings. The series, which will include a reception, a film screening and a question-and-answer session with the composer or songwriter afterward, salutes the 75th anniversary of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Others slated for the series are “Rocky” composer Bill Conti, songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman (“The Way We Were”), Elmer Bernstein (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) and James Horner (“Cocoon”).