# List of awards and nominations received by Henry Mancini

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 | Nominated |
| 1961 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Won |
| 1961 | Best Song | "Bachelor in Paradise" (from Bachelor in Paradise) | Nominated |
| 1961 | Best Song | "Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's) | Won |
| 1962 | Best Song | "Days of Wine and Roses" (from Days of Wine and Roses) | Won |
| 1963 | Best Song | "Charade" (from Charade) | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Music Score – Substantially Original | The Pink Panther | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Song | "Dear Heart" (from Dear Heart) | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Song | "The Sweetheart Tree" (from The Great Race) | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Original Score | Sunflower | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Original Song Score | Darling Lili | Nominated |
| 1970 | 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 |
| 1976 | Best Original Song | "Come to Me" (from The Pink Panther Strikes Again) | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Original Score | 10 | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Original Song | "It's Easy to Say" (from 10) | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score | Victor/Victoria | Won |
| 1986 | Best Original Song | "Life in a Looking Glass" (from That's Life!) | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1964 | Best Song | "Dear Heart" (from Dear Heart) | Nominated |
| 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 | Best Original Score | 10 | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Original Score | 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 |
| 1958 | Album of the Year | The Music from Peter Gunn | Won |
| 1958 | Best Performance by an Orchestra | The Music from Peter Gunn | Nominated |
| 1958 | Best Arrangement | The Music from Peter Gunn | Won |
| 1958 | Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV) | The Music from Peter Gunn | Nominated |
| 1959 | Album of the Year | More Music from Peter Gunn | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Performance by an Orchestra | More Music from Peter Gunn | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Jazz Performance – Group | More Music from Peter Gunn | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1958 (Over 5 Minutes Duration) | More Music from Peter Gunn | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Soundtrack Album – Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television | More Music from Peter Gunn | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Arrangement | More Music from Peter Gunn | Nominated |
| 1960 | Best Arrangement | "Mr. Lucky" | Won |
| 1960 | Best Performance by an Orchestra | "Mr. Lucky" | Won |
| 1960 | Best Performance by a Band for Dancing | The Blues and the Beat | Nominated |
| 1960 | Best Jazz Performance Large Group | The Blues and the Beat | Won |
| 1960 | 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 |
| 1961 | Record of the Year | "Moon River" | Won |
| 1961 | Song of the Year | "Moon River" | Won |
| 1961 | Best Arrangement | "Moon River" | Won |
| 1961 | Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing | Mr. Lucky Goes Latin | Nominated |
| 1961 | Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Other Than Dancing | Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture | Won |
| 1961 | 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 |
| 1962 | Best Instrumental Theme | "Baby Elephant Walk" | Nominated |
| 1962 | Best Original Jazz Composition | "The Sounds of Hatari!" | Nominated |
| 1962 | 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 |
| 1963 | Song of the Year | "Days of Wine and Roses" | Won |
| 1963 | Best Background Arrangement (Behind Vocalist or Instrumentalist) | "Days of Wine and Roses" | Won |
| 1963 | Best Performance by a Chorus | "Charade" | Nominated |
| 1963 | 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 |
| 1964 | Song of the Year | "Dear Heart" | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Performance by a Chorus | "Dear Heart" | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "The Pink Panther Theme" | Won |
| 1964 | Best Instrumental Composition (Other Than Jazz) | "The Pink Panther Theme" | Won |
| 1964 | Best Instrumental Performance – Non-Jazz | "The Pink Panther Theme" | Won |
| 1964 | 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 |
| 1966 | Best Instrumental Theme | "Arabesque" | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Arabesque" | Nominated |
| 1966 | 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 |
| 1969 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" | Won |
| 1969 | Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance | "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Me, Natalie | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Theme from Z" | Won |
| 1970 | Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance | "Theme from Z and Other Film Music" | Won |
| 1970 | Best Instrumental Composition | "Love Theme from Sunflower" | Nominated |
| 1970 | 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 |
| 1972 | Best Instrumental Composition | "Brass on Ivory" | Nominated |
| 1972 | 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 |
| 1987 | Best Instrumental Composition | "The Blues in Three" | Nominated |
| 1987 | 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 | Best Arrangement on an Instrumental | "Monster Movie Music Suite" | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Arrangement on an Instrumental | "The Untouchables" | Nominated |
| 1995 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Won |
| 1999 | Grammy Hall of Fame | "Moon River" | Inducted |
| 2001 | Grammy Hall of Fame | The Pink Panther | Inducted |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

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

## 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 | Most Performed Theme | Won |
| 1987 | Most Performed Theme | Most Performed Theme | Won |
| 1988 | Most Performed Feature Film Standards on TV | "The Pink Panther Theme" (from The Pink Panther) | Won |
| 1988 | Most Performed Theme | Most Performed Theme | Won |
| 1988 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| 1989 | Most Performed Theme | Most Performed Theme | Won |
| 1991 | Most Performed Theme | 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 | |
| 1986 | Worst Original Song | "Life in a Looking Glass" (from That's Life!) | Nominated | |

### 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 | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Archival Release of an Existing Score – Compilation | Henry Mancini: The Classic Soundtrack Collection | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best New Archival Release – Compilation | The Pink Panther Final Chapters Collection | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best New Archival Release | Frenzy | Won |

### Laurel Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1961 | Top Musical Score | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Nominated |
| 1961 | Top Song | "Bachelor in Paradise" (from Bachelor in Paradise) | Nominated |
| 1961 | Top Song | "Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's) | Won |
| 1962 | Top Song | "Days of Wine and Roses" (from Days of Wine and Roses) | 4th Place |
| 1963 | Top Song | "Charade" (from Charade) | 5th Place |
| 1964 | Top Music Men | 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 | |

### 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 | |

### Hollywood Walk of Fame

| Year | Honor | Result | Ref. |
| 1982 | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Inducted | |

### Songwriters Hall of Fame

| Year | Honor | Result | Ref. |
| 1984 | Songwriters Hall of Fame | Inducted | |

## 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.