+ Henry Mancini awards and nominations Mancini in 1970 Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations TotalsAcademy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsGolden Raspberry AwardsGrammy AwardsInternational Film Music Critics AssociationPrimetime Emmy Awards
Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist.
He received four Academy Awards, twenty Grammy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Major awards Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1954 Best Scoring of a Musical Picture The Glenn Miller Story 1961 Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Breakfast at Tiffany's Best Song "Bachelor in Paradise" "Moon River" 1962 "Days of Wine and Roses" 1963 "Charade" 1964 Best Music Score – Substantially Original The Pink Panther Best Song "Dear Heart" 1965 "The Sweetheart Tree" 1970 Best Original Score Sunflower Best Original Song Score Darling Lili Best Song – Original for the Picture "Whistling Away the Dark" 1971 "All His Children" 1976 Best Original Song "Come to Me" 1979 Best Original Score 10 Best Original Song "It's Easy to Say" 1982 Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score Victor/Victoria 1986 Best Original Song "Life in a Looking Glass"
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1964 Best Song "Dear Heart" 1965 Best Original Score The Great Race Best Original Song "The Sweetheart Tree" 1967 Best Original Score Two for the Road 1970 Best Original Song "Whistling Away the Dark" 1973 "Send a Little Love My Way" 1975 Best Original Score The Return of the Pink Panther 1979 10 1982 Victor/Victoria 1986 Best Original Song "Life in a Looking Glass" 1987 Best Original Score The Glass Menagerie
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1958 Album of the Year The Music from Peter Gunn Best Performance by an Orchestra Best Arrangement Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV) 1959 Album of the Year More Music from Peter Gunn Best Performance by an Orchestra Best Jazz Performance – Group Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1958 (Over 5 Minutes Duration) Best Soundtrack Album – Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television Best Arrangement 1960 "Mr. Lucky" Best Performance by an Orchestra Best Performance by a Band for Dancing The Blues and the Beat Best Jazz Performance Large Group Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television Mr. Lucky 1961 Album of the Year (Other Than Classical) Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture Record of the Year "Moon River" Song of the Year Best Arrangement Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing Mr. Lucky Goes Latin Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Other Than Dancing Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television 1962 Best Instrumental Arrangement "Baby Elephant Walk" Best Instrumental Theme Best Original Jazz Composition "The Sounds of Hatari!" Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra – Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing Hatari! Music from the Paramount Motion Picture Score 1963 Record of the Year "Days of Wine and Roses" Song of the Year Best Background Arrangement (Behind Vocalist or Instrumentalist) Best Performance by a Chorus "Charade" Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra – Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing Our Man in Hollywood 1964 Album of the Year The Pink Panther Song of the Year "Dear Heart" Best Performance by a Chorus Best Instrumental Arrangement "The Pink Panther Theme" Best Instrumental Composition (Other Than Jazz) Best Instrumental Performance – Non-Jazz Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show The Pink Panther 1965 Best Instrumental Performance – Non-Jazz The Great Race Best Performance by a Chorus Dear Heart and Other Songs about Love 1966 Henry Mancini Presents the Academy Award Songs Best Instrumental Theme "Arabesque" Best Instrumental Arrangement Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show Arabesque 1969 Record of the Year "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" Best Instrumental Arrangement Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Me, Natalie 1970 Best Instrumental Arrangement "Theme from Z" Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance "Theme from Z and Other Film Music" Best Instrumental Composition "Love Theme from Sunflower" Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Darling Lili 1971 Best Pop Instrumental Performance "Theme from Love Story" 1972 Best Instrumental Arrangement "Theme from The Mancini Generation" Best Instrumental Composition "Brass on Ivory" Best Pop Instrumental Performance by an Arranger, Composer, Orchestra and/or Choral Leader Brass on Ivory 1975 Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special The Return of the Pink Panther 1976 Best Instrumental Arrangement "The Disaster Movie Suite" Best Instrumental Composition "The White Dawn" 1978 Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Revenge of the Pink Panther Best Pop Instrumental Performance "The Pink Panther Theme ('78)" 1980 "Ravel's Boléro" 1982 Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Victor/Victoria 1983 Best Instrumental Composition "The Thorn Birds Theme" 1984 Best Arrangement on an Instrumental "Cameo for Flute... For James" 1987 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) "It Might as Well Be Spring" Best Instrumental Composition "The Blues in Three" Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television The Glass Menagerie 1988 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) "Volare" Best Arrangement on an Instrumental "Suite from The Thorn Birds" 1990 "Monster Movie Music Suite" 1991 "The Untouchables" 1995 Lifetime Achievement Award 1999 Grammy Hall of Fame "Moon River" 2001 The Pink Panther
Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Work Result 1959 Best Musical Contribution to a Television Program Peter Gunn 1983 Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) The Thorn Birds
Miscellaneous awards ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Most Performed Feature Film Standards on TV "Moon River" Most Performed Theme 1987 1988 Most Performed Feature Film Standards on TV "The Pink Panther Theme" Most Performed Theme Lifetime Achievement Award 1989 Most Performed Theme 1991 2007 Top Box Office Films The Pink Panther
Golden Raspberry Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1980 Worst Original Song "Where Do You Catch the Bus for Tomorrow?" 1986 "Life in a Looking Glass"
International Film Music Critics Association Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2013 Best Archival Release of an Existing Score – Re-Release or Re-Recording Breakfast at Tiffany's 2014 Best Archival Release of an Existing Score – Compilation Henry Mancini: The Classic Soundtrack Collection 2021 Best New Archival Release – Compilation The Pink Panther Final Chapters Collection 2022 Best New Archival Release Frenzy
Laurel Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1961 Top Musical Score Breakfast at Tiffany's Top Song "Bachelor in Paradise" "Moon River" 1962 "Days of Wine and Roses" 1963 "Charade" 1964 Top Music Men Top Song "Dear Heart" 1965 "The Sweetheart Tree" 1969 Top Music Men Me, Natalie 1970 Best Composer Darling Lili
Online Film & Television Association Awards Year Category Contribution Result 1998 Film Hall of Fame: Support Music
Palm Springs International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing
Special honors Academy of Achievement Year Honor Result 1989 Golden Plate Award
Hollywood Walk of Fame Year Honor Result 1982 Hollywood Walk of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame Year Honor Result 1984 Songwriters Hall of Fame
Other honors 1997: Mancini was posthumously awarded an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee College of Music. 2004: On April 13, the United States Postal Service honored Mancini with a thirty-seven cent commemorative stamp. The stamp was painted by artist Victor Stabin and shows Mancini conducting in front of a list of some of his movie and TV themes.
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