Artist

Henry Mancini

Wins

Nominations

About Henry Mancini

"I maintain ... that the real creative power is in the mind and heart of the composer.”

Born Enrico Nicola Mancini on April 16, 1924, in Cleveland, Ohio. Died June 14, 1944, in Los Angeles, California
A highly skilled and decorated composer, Henry Mancini wrote the theme for the television show "Peter Gunn," and it became the first track on his 1959 album The Music From Peter Gunn, which combined jazz orchestration with rock and roll rhythms. Mancini scored several classic films, including 1961's Breakfast At Tiffany's (featuring "Moon River"), 1962's Days Of Wine And Roses (featuring the title song) and 1963's The Pink Panther (featuring the title theme).
Mancini won his first career GRAMMYs at the 1st GRAMMY Awards: Album Of The Year and Best Music Arrangement for The Music From Peter Gunn.
One of Mancini's most famous compositions, "Moon River" was slated to be cut from the film Breakfast at Tiffany's until actress Audrey Hepburn intervened.
Mancini was awarded a posthumous Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. He has several recordings inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, including "Moon River" and The Pink Panther.

All Grammy Awards and Nominations:
Henry Mancini

Year	Category	Artists	Title	All Nominees
1992	Best Arrangement On An Instrumental	Henry Mancini	The Untouchables (Track)	All Nominees
1991	Best Arrangement On An Instrumental	Henry Mancini	Monster Movie Music Suite (Track)	All Nominees
1989	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)	Henry Mancini	Volare (Track)	All Nominees
1989	Best Arrangement On An Instrumental	Henry Mancini	Suite From The Thorn Birds (Track)	All Nominees
1988	Best Album Of Original Instrumental Background Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television	Henry Mancini	The Glass Menagerie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album) (Album)	All Nominees
1988	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)	Henry Mancini	It Might As Well Be Spring (Track)	All Nominees
1988	Best Instrumental Composition	Henry Mancini	The Blues In Three (Track)	All Nominees
1985	Best Arrangement On An Instrumental	Henry Mancini	Cameo For Flute... "For james" (Track)	All Nominees
1984	Best Instrumental Composition	Henry Mancini	The Thorn Birds Theme	All Nominees
1983	Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special	Henry Mancini	Victor/Victoria (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Album)	All Nominees
1981	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Henry Mancini	Ravel's Bolero (Single)	All Nominees
1979	Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special	Leslie Bricusse, Henry Mancini	Revenge Of The Pink Panther (Album)	All Nominees
1979	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther Theme ('78) (Single)	All Nominees
1977	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Henry Mancini, Herbert Spencer, John Williams, Al Woodbury	The Disaster Movie Suite	All Nominees
1977	Best Instrumental Composition	Henry Mancini	The White Dawn	All Nominees
1976	Album Of Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special	Henry Mancini	The Return Of The Pink Panther	All Nominees
1973	Best Instrumental Composition	Henry Mancini	Brass On Ivory	All Nominees
1973	Best Pop Instrumental Performance By An Arranger, Composer, Orchestra And/Or Choral Leader	Henry Mancini, Doc Severinsen	Brass On Ivory (Album)	All Nominees
1973	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Henry Mancini	Theme From The Mancini Generation	All Nominees
1972	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Henry Mancini	Theme From Love Story	All Nominees
1971	Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special	Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer	Darling Lili (Album)	All Nominees
1971	Best Instrumental Composition	Henry Mancini	Love Theme From Sunflower	All Nominees
1971	Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance	Henry Mancini	Theme From "Z" And Other Film Music	All Nominees
1971	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Henry Mancini	Theme From "Z"	All Nominees
1970	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Henry Mancini	Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet	All Nominees
1970	Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance	Henry Mancini	Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet	All Nominees
1970	Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special	Henry Mancini	Me, Natalie	All Nominees
1970	Record Of The Year	Henry Mancini	Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet	All Nominees
1967	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Henry Mancini	Arabesque	All Nominees
1967	Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Show	Henry Mancini	Arabesque (Motion Picture)	All Nominees
1967	Best Instrumental Theme	Henry Mancini	Arabesque	All Nominees
1967	Best Performance By A Chorus	Henry Mancini	Henry Mancini Presents The Academy Award Songs (Album)	All Nominees
1966	Best Performance By A Chorus	Henry Mancini	Dear Heart And Other Songs About Love (Album)	All Nominees
1966	Best Instrumental Performance, Non-Jazz	Henry Mancini	The Great Race	All Nominees
1965	Best Performance By A Chorus	Henry Mancini	Dear Heart	All Nominees
1965	Song Of The Year	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini	Dear Heart (Single)	All Nominees
1965	Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)	Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther Theme	All Nominees
1965	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther	All Nominees
1965	Best Instrumental Performance, Non-Jazz	Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther	All Nominees
1965	Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Show	Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther (Motion Picture) (Album)	All Nominees
1965	Album Of The Year	Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther (Album)	All Nominees
1964	Best Performance By An Orchestra Or Instrumentalist With Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz Or For Dancing	Henry Mancini	Our Man In Hollywood	All Nominees
1964	Best Performance By A Chorus	Henry Mancini	Charade	All Nominees
1964	Song Of The Year	Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer	Days Of Wine And Roses	All Nominees
1964	Record Of The Year	Henry Mancini	Days Of Wine And Roses	All Nominees
1964	Best Background Arrangement (Behind vocalist or instrumentalist)	Henry Mancini	Days Of Wine And Roses	All Nominees
1963	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Henry Mancini	Baby Elephant Walk	All Nominees
1963	Best Performance By An Orchestra Or Instrumentalist With Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz Or For Dancing	Henry Mancini	Hatari!	All Nominees
1963	Best Instrumental Theme	Henry Mancini	Baby Elephant Walk	All Nominees
1963	Best Original Jazz Composition	Henry Mancini	The Sounds Of Hatari	All Nominees
1962	Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Score From Motion Picture Or Television	Henry Mancini	Breakfast At Tiffany's	All Nominees
1962	Album Of The Year (Other Than Classical)	Henry Mancini	Breakfast At Tiffany's (Album)	All Nominees
1962	Best Arrangement	Henry Mancini	Moon River	All Nominees
1962	Record Of The Year	Henry Mancini	Moon River	All Nominees
1962	Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Other Than Dancing	Henry Mancini	Breakfast At Tiffany's	All Nominees
1962	Best Performance By An Orchestra - For Dancing	Henry Mancini	Mr. Lucky Goes Latin	All Nominees
1962	Song Of The Year	Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer	Moon River	All Nominees
1961	Best Jazz Performance Large Group	Henry Mancini	Blues And The Beat	All Nominees
1961	Best Performance By An Orchestra	Henry Mancini	Mr. Lucky	All Nominees
1961	Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Music Score From A Motion Picture Or Television	Henry Mancini	Mr. Lucky (TV) (Album)	All Nominees
1961	Best Arrangement	Henry Mancini	Mr. Lucky	All Nominees
1961	Best Performance By A Band For Dancing	Henry Mancini	The Blues And The Beat (Album)	All Nominees
1960	Best Sound Track Album - Background Score From A Motion Picture Or Television	Henry Mancini	More Music From Peter Gunn (TV Show) (Album)	All Nominees
1960	Best Musical Composition First Recorded And Released In 1959 (More Than 5 Minutes Duration)	Henry Mancini	More Music From Peter Gunn (Album)	All Nominees
1960	Best Performance By An Orchestra	Henry Mancini	More Music From Peter Gunn (Album)	All Nominees
1960	Album Of The Year	Henry Mancini	More Music From Peter Gunn (Album)	All Nominees
1960	Best Arrangement	Henry Mancini	More Music From Peter Gunn (Album)	All Nominees
1960	Best Jazz Performance - Group	Henry Mancini	More Music From Peter Gunn (Album)	All Nominees
1959	Best Original Cast Album (Broadway Or TV)	Henry Mancini	Peter Gunn (Album)	All Nominees
1959	Best Arrangement	Henry Mancini	The Music From Peter Gunn	All Nominees
1959	Album Of The Year	Henry Mancini	The Music From Peter Gunn	All Nominees
1959	Best Performance By An Orchestra	Henry Mancini	Peter Gunn (Album)	All Nominees