List of awards and nominations received by Henry Mancini

**Henry Mancini awards and nominations**
Awards and nominations
	Totals
Wins	26
Nominations	109

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	Ref.
1954	Best Scoring of a Musical Picture	The Glenn Miller Story	Nominated	^[1]
1961	Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture	Breakfast at Tiffany's	Won	^[2]
	Best Song	"Bachelor in Paradise" (from Bachelor in Paradise)	Nominated
		"Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's)	Won
1962		"Days of Wine and Roses" (from Days of Wine and Roses)	Won	^[3]
1963		"Charade" (from Charade)	Nominated	^[4]
1964	Best Music Score – Substantially Original	The Pink Panther	Nominated	^[5]
1964	Best Song	"Dear Heart" (from Dear Heart)	Nominated	^[5]
1965	Best Song	"The Sweetheart Tree" (from The Great Race)	Nominated	^[6]
1970	Best Original Score	Sunflower	Nominated	^[7]
	Best Original Song Score	Darling Lili	Nominated
	Best Song – Original for the Picture	"Whistling Away the Dark" (from Darling Lili)	Nominated
1971	Best Song – Original for the Picture	"All His Children" (from Sometimes a Great Notion)	Nominated	^[8]
1976	Best Original Song	"Come to Me" (from The Pink Panther Strikes Again)	Nominated	^[9]
1979	Best Original Score	10	Nominated	^[10]
1979	Best Original Song	"It's Easy to Say" (from 10)	Nominated	^[10]
1982	Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score	Victor/Victoria	Won	^[11]
1986	Best Original Song	"Life in a Looking Glass" (from That's Life!)	Nominated	^[12]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1964	Best Song	"Dear Heart" (from Dear Heart)	Nominated	^[13]
1965	Best Original Score	The Great Race	Nominated
1965	Best Original Song	"The Sweetheart Tree" (from The Great Race)	Nominated
1967	Best Original Score	Two for the Road	Nominated
1970	Best Original Song	"Whistling Away the Dark" (from Darling Lili)	Won
1973	Best Original Song	"Send a Little Love My Way" (from Oklahoma Crude)	Nominated
1975	Best Original Score	The Return of the Pink Panther	Nominated
1979		10	Nominated
1982		Victor/Victoria	Nominated
1986	Best Original Song	"Life in a Looking Glass" (from That's Life!)	Nominated
1987	Best Original Score	The Glass Menagerie	Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1958	Album of the Year	The Music from Peter Gunn	Won	^[14]
	Best Performance by an Orchestra		Nominated
	Best Arrangement		Won
	Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)		Nominated
1959	Album of the Year	More Music from Peter Gunn	Nominated
	Best Performance by an Orchestra		Nominated
	Best Jazz Performance – Group		Nominated
	Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1958 (Over 5 Minutes Duration)		Nominated
	Best Soundtrack Album – Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television		Nominated
	Best Arrangement		Nominated
1960	Best Arrangement	"Mr. Lucky"	Won
	Best Performance by an Orchestra	"Mr. Lucky"	Won
	Best Performance by a Band for Dancing	The Blues and the Beat	Nominated
	Best Jazz Performance Large Group	The Blues and the Beat	Won
	Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television	Mr. Lucky	Nominated
1961	Album of the Year (Other Than Classical)	Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture	Nominated
	Record of the Year	"Moon River"	Won
	Song of the Year		Won
	Best Arrangement		Won
	Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing	Mr. Lucky Goes Latin	Nominated
	Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Other Than Dancing	Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture	Won
	Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television	Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture	Won
1962	Best Instrumental Arrangement	"Baby Elephant Walk"	Won
	Best Instrumental Theme	"Baby Elephant Walk"	Nominated
	Best Original Jazz Composition	"The Sounds of Hatari!"	Nominated
	Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra – Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing	Hatari! Music from the Paramount Motion Picture Score	Nominated
1963	Record of the Year	"Days of Wine and Roses"	Won
	Song of the Year		Won
	Best Background Arrangement (Behind Vocalist or Instrumentalist)		Won
	Best Performance by a Chorus	"Charade"	Nominated
	Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra – Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing	Our Man in Hollywood	Nominated
1964	Album of the Year	The Pink Panther	Nominated
	Song of the Year	"Dear Heart"	Nominated
	Best Performance by a Chorus	"Dear Heart"	Nominated
	Best Instrumental Arrangement	"The Pink Panther Theme"	Won
	Best Instrumental Composition (Other Than Jazz)		Won
	Best Instrumental Performance – Non-Jazz		Won
	Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show	The Pink Panther	Nominated
1965	Best Instrumental Performance – Non-Jazz	The Great Race	Nominated
1965	Best Performance by a Chorus	Dear Heart and Other Songs about Love	Nominated
1966	Best Performance by a Chorus	Henry Mancini Presents the Academy Award Songs	Nominated
	Best Instrumental Theme	"Arabesque"	Nominated
	Best Instrumental Arrangement	"Arabesque"	Nominated
	Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show	Arabesque	Nominated
1969	Record of the Year	"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"	Nominated
	Best Instrumental Arrangement		Won
	Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance		Nominated
	Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special	Me, Natalie	Nominated
1970	Best Instrumental Arrangement	"Theme from Z"	Won
	Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance	"Theme from Z and Other Film Music"	Won
	Best Instrumental Composition	"Love Theme from Sunflower"	Nominated
	Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special	Darling Lili	Nominated
1971	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	"Theme from Love Story"	Nominated
1972	Best Instrumental Arrangement	"Theme from The Mancini Generation"	Nominated
	Best Instrumental Composition	"Brass on Ivory"	Nominated
	Best Pop Instrumental Performance by an Arranger, Composer, Orchestra and/or Choral Leader	Brass on Ivory	Nominated
1975	Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special	The Return of the Pink Panther	Nominated
1976	Best Instrumental Arrangement	"The Disaster Movie Suite"	Nominated
1976	Best Instrumental Composition	"The White Dawn"	Nominated
1978	Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special	Revenge of the Pink Panther	Nominated
1978	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	"The Pink Panther Theme ('78)"	Nominated
1980	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	"Ravel's Boléro"	Nominated
1982	Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special	Victor/Victoria	Nominated
1983	Best Instrumental Composition	"The Thorn Birds Theme"	Nominated
1984	Best Arrangement on an Instrumental	"Cameo for Flute... For James"	Nominated
1987	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)	"It Might as Well Be Spring"	Nominated
	Best Instrumental Composition	"The Blues in Three"	Nominated
	Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television	The Glass Menagerie	Nominated
1988	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)	"Volare"	Nominated
1988	Best Arrangement on an Instrumental	"Suite from The Thorn Birds"	Nominated
1990		"Monster Movie Music Suite"	Nominated
1991		"The Untouchables"	Nominated
1995	Lifetime Achievement Award	—	Won	^[15]
1999	Grammy Hall of Fame	"Moon River"	Inducted	^[16]
2001	Grammy Hall of Fame	The Pink Panther	Inducted	^[16]

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1959	Best Musical Contribution to a Television Program	Peter Gunn (for the theme song)	Nominated	^[17]
1983	Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)	The Thorn Birds (for "Part I")	Nominated	^[17]

Miscellaneous awards

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1986	Most Performed Feature Film Standards on TV	"Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's)	Won
1986	Most Performed Theme		Won
1987	Most Performed Theme		Won
1988	Most Performed Feature Film Standards on TV	"The Pink Panther Theme" (from The Pink Panther)	Won
	Most Performed Theme		Won
	Lifetime Achievement Award		Won
1989	Most Performed Theme		Won
1991	Most Performed Theme		Won
2007	Top Box Office Films	The Pink Panther	Won

Golden Raspberry Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1980	Worst Original Song	"Where Do You Catch the Bus for Tomorrow?" (from A Change of Seasons)	Nominated	^[18]
1986	Worst Original Song	"Life in a Looking Glass" (from That's Life!)	Nominated	^[19]

International Film Music Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Archival Release of an Existing Score – Re-Release or Re-Recording	Breakfast at Tiffany's	Nominated	^[20]
2014	Best Archival Release of an Existing Score – Compilation	Henry Mancini: The Classic Soundtrack Collection	Nominated	^[21]
2021	Best New Archival Release – Compilation	The Pink Panther Final Chapters Collection	Nominated	^[22]
2022	Best New Archival Release	Frenzy	Won	^[23]

Laurel Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1961	Top Musical Score	Breakfast at Tiffany's	Nominated
	Top Song	"Bachelor in Paradise" (from Bachelor in Paradise)	Nominated
		"Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's)	Won
1962		"Days of Wine and Roses" (from Days of Wine and Roses)	4th Place
1963		"Charade" (from Charade)	5th Place
1964	Top Music Men		4th Place
1964	Top Song	"Dear Heart" (from Dear Heart)	Nominated
1965	Top Song	"The Sweetheart Tree" (from The Great Race)	5th Place
1969	Top Music Men	Me, Natalie	Nominated
1970	Best Composer	Darling Lili	4th Place

Online Film & Television Association Awards

Year	Category	Contribution	Result	Ref.
1998	Film Hall of Fame: Support	Music	Inducted	^[24]

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing	—	Won

Special honors

Academy of Achievement

Year	Honor	Result	Ref.
1989	Golden Plate Award	Inducted	^[25]

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Year	Honor	Result	Ref.
1982	Hollywood Walk of Fame	Inducted	^[26]

Songwriters Hall of Fame

Year	Honor	Result	Ref.
1984	Songwriters Hall of Fame	Inducted	^[27]

Other honors

1997: Mancini was posthumously awarded an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee College of Music.^[28]
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.^[29]

References

^ "The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
^ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
^ "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
^ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
^ "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
^ "The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
^ "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
^ "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
^ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
^ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
^ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
^ "Henry Mancini". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "Henry Mancini". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "Lifetime Achievement Award". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "Grammy Hall of Fame Award". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "Henry Mancini". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "1980 Golden Raspberry Awards". Golden Raspberry Awards. August 23, 2000. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
^ "1986 Golden Raspberry Awards". Golden Raspberry Awards. August 23, 2000. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
^ "2013 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 20 February 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "2014 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 20 February 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "2021 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 17 September 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "IFMCA Award Winners 2022". International Film Music Critics Association. February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
^ "Film Hall of Fame: Support". Online Film & Television Association. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "Golden Plate Awardees". Academy of Achievement. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "Henry Mancini". Hollywood Walk of Fame. 25 October 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "Henry Mancini". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "Berklee honors late Henry Mancini". www.southcoasttoday.com. Associated Press. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ Stabin, Victor (December 5, 2011). "Daedal Doodle Y". Matter Press. 25 (25): 1. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2012.

[1] "The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 20, 2011.

[2] "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[3] "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 12, 2016.

[4] "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 4, 2015.

[5] "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

[6] "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

[7] "The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 4, 2015.

[8] "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 28, 2011.

[9] "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 3, 2011.

[10] "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 7, 2011.

[11] "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 9, 2011.

[12] "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 16, 2011.

[13] "Henry Mancini". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[14] "Henry Mancini". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[15] "Lifetime Achievement Award". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[16] "Grammy Hall of Fame Award". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[17] "Henry Mancini". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[18] "1980 Golden Raspberry Awards". Golden Raspberry Awards. August 23, 2000. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved May 29, 2018.

[19] "1986 Golden Raspberry Awards". Golden Raspberry Awards. August 23, 2000. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved May 29, 2018.

[20] "2013 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 20 February 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[21] "2014 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 20 February 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[22] "2021 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 17 September 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[23] "IFMCA Award Winners 2022". International Film Music Critics Association. February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

[24] "Film Hall of Fame: Support". Online Film & Television Association. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[25] "Golden Plate Awardees". Academy of Achievement. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[26] "Henry Mancini". Hollywood Walk of Fame. 25 October 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[27] "Henry Mancini". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[28] "Berklee honors late Henry Mancini". www.southcoasttoday.com. Associated Press. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

[MatterPress-29] Stabin, Victor (December 5, 2011). "Daedal Doodle Y". Matter Press. 25 (25): 1. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2012.

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Awards and nominations
Albums	The Blues and the Beat (1960) Uniquely Mancini (1963) Our Man In Hollywood (1963) A Merry Mancini Christmas (1966) A Warm Shade of Ivory (1969)
Soundtrack albums	Peter Gunn (1959) Mr. Lucky (1960) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Hatari! (1962) Experiment in Terror (1963) Charade (1963) The Pink Panther (1964)
Collaboration albums	In the Pink (1984)
Songs	"Peter Gunn" "Moon River" "Baby Elephant Walk" "Charade" "Days of Wine and Roses" "The Pink Panther Theme" "Dear Heart" "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" "All His Children"
Related	Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook Two for the Road (Dave Grusin album)