Artist

Henry Mancini

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Nominations

Biography

"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 for Henry Mancini

1992 • 34th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

The Untouchables (Track). Henry Mancini

1991 • 33rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Monster Movie Music Suite (Track). Henry Mancini

1989 • 31st Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Suite From The Thorn Birds (Track). Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Volare (Track). Henry Mancini

1988 • 30th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

The Glass Menagerie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album) (Album). Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

It Might As Well Be Spring (Track). Henry Mancini
Best Instrumental Composition

The Blues In Three (Track). Henry Mancini

1985 • 27th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Cameo For Flute... "For james" (Track). Henry Mancini

1984 • 26th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Instrumental Composition

The Thorn Birds Theme. Henry Mancini

1983 • 25th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

Victor/Victoria (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Album). Henry Mancini

1981 • 23rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Instrumental Performance

Ravel's Bolero (Single). Henry Mancini

1979 • 21st Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Instrumental Performance

The Pink Panther Theme ('78) (Single). Henry Mancini
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

Revenge Of The Pink Panther (Album). Leslie Bricusse, Henry Mancini

1977 • 19th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

The Disaster Movie Suite. Henry Mancini, Herbert Spencer, John Williams, Al Woodbury
Best Instrumental Composition

The White Dawn. Henry Mancini

1976 • 18th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

The Return Of The Pink Panther. Henry Mancini

1973 • 15th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Instrumental Composition

Brass On Ivory. Henry Mancini
Pop Instrumental Performance

Brass On Ivory (Album). Henry Mancini, Doc Severinsen
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Theme From The Mancini Generation. Henry Mancini

1972 • 14th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Instrumental Performance

Theme From Love Story. Henry Mancini

1971 • 13th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

Darling Lili (Album). Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Best Instrumental Composition

Love Theme From Sunflower. Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Theme From "Z". Henry Mancini
Best Contemporary Song

Theme From "Z" And Other Film Music. Henry Mancini

1970 • 12th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet. Henry Mancini
Best Contemporary Song

Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet. Henry Mancini
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

Me, Natalie. Henry Mancini
Record Of The Year

Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet. Henry Mancini

1967 • 9th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Instrumental Composition

Arabesque. Henry Mancini
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

Arabesque (Motion Picture). Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Arabesque. Henry Mancini
Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Henry Mancini Presents The Academy Award Songs (Album). Henry Mancini

1966 • 8th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Instrumental Performance

The Great Race. Henry Mancini
Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Dear Heart And Other Songs About Love (Album). Henry Mancini

1965 • 7th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Song Of The Year

Dear Heart (Single). Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini
Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Dear Heart. Henry Mancini
Best Instrumental Composition

The Pink Panther Theme. Henry Mancini
Pop Instrumental Performance

The Pink Panther. Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

The Pink Panther. Henry Mancini
Album Of The Year

The Pink Panther (Album). Henry Mancini
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

The Pink Panther (Motion Picture) (Album). Henry Mancini

1964 • 6th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Instrumental Performance

Our Man In Hollywood. Henry Mancini
Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Charade. Henry Mancini
Song Of The Year

Days Of Wine And Roses. Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Record Of The Year

Days Of Wine And Roses. Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Days Of Wine And Roses. Henry Mancini

1963 • 5th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Instrumental Performance

Hatari!. Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Baby Elephant Walk. Henry Mancini
Best Instrumental Composition

Baby Elephant Walk. Henry Mancini
Best Original Jazz Composition

The Sounds Of Hatari. Henry Mancini

1962 • 4th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Album Of The Year

Breakfast At Tiffany's (Album). Henry Mancini
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

Breakfast At Tiffany's. Henry Mancini
Record Of The Year

Moon River. Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement

Moon River. Henry Mancini
Pop Instrumental Performance

Mr. Lucky Goes Latin. Henry Mancini
Pop Instrumental Performance

Breakfast At Tiffany's. Henry Mancini
Song Of The Year

Moon River. Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

1961 • 3rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Blues And The Beat. Henry Mancini
Pop Instrumental Performance

Mr. Lucky. Henry Mancini
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

Mr. Lucky (TV) (Album). Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement

Mr. Lucky. Henry Mancini
Pop Instrumental Performance

The Blues And The Beat (Album). Henry Mancini

1960 • 2nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Instrumental Composition

More Music From Peter Gunn (Album). Henry Mancini
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

More Music From Peter Gunn (TV Show) (Album). Henry Mancini
Album Of The Year

More Music From Peter Gunn (Album). Henry Mancini
Pop Instrumental Performance

More Music From Peter Gunn (Album). Henry Mancini
Best Jazz Instrumental Album

More Music From Peter Gunn (Album). Henry Mancini
Best Arrangement

More Music From Peter Gunn (Album). Henry Mancini