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[Grammy Awards] [Academy Awards] [Additional Awards]
"I didn't - and still don't - think of myself as a songwriter. Most of the songs in my career have been written as instrumental themes for scores and had lyrics added later. I write themes that can be used in different ways, and developed in the course of the scores."
-- Henry Mancini
This award listing is reproduced from the Liner Notes of The Days of Wine and Roses boxset.
Henry received 70 Grammy Awards nominations from the National Academy of Recordings Arts & Science - more than any other musician has received since the inception of the awards in 1958 - and won the following 20 Grammy Awards:
| 1958 | Album of the Year - The Music of "Peter Gunn" |
| Best Arrangement - The Music of "Peter Gunn" | |
| 1960 | Best Arrangement - "Mr. Lucky" from Music from "Mr. Lucky" |
| Best Performance by an Orchestra Other than Dancers - "Mr. Lucky" from Music from "Mr. Lucky" | |
| Best Jazz Performance (Large Group) - The Blues and The Beat | |
| 1961 | Record of the Year - "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| Song of the Year - "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's | |
| Best Performance by an Orchestra Other than Dancers - Breakfast at Tiffany's | |
| Best Arrangement - "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's | |
| Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of a Score from A Motion Picture or Television Show - Breakfast at Tiffany's | |
| 1963 | Record of the Year - "Days of Wine and Roses" |
| Song of the Year - "Days of Wine and Roses" from Our Man in Hollywood | |
| Best Background Arrangement - "Days of Wine and Roses" from Our Man in Hollywood | |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement - "Baby Elephant Walk" from Hatari | |
| 1964 | Best Instrumental Composition (Other than Jazz) - "The Pink Panther Theme" from The Pink Panther |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement (Non-Jazz) - The Pink Panther | |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement - The Pink Panther | |
| 1969 | Best Instrumental Arrangement - Love Theme from "Romeo & Juliet" from A Warm Side of Ivory |
| 1970 | Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance - Theme from "Z" and Other Film Music |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement - Theme from "Z" from Theme from "Z" and Other Film Music |
Henry Mancini was nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following Academy
Awards. The four Oscars he won are indicated with an asterisk.
| 1954 | Best Score for a Musical Picture - The Glenn Miller Story |
| 1961 | * Best Song - "Moon River" fom Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| Best Song - "Bachelor in Paradise" from Bachelor in Paradise | |
| * Best Score for a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Breakfast at Tiffany's | |
| 1962 | * Best Song - "Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses |
| 1963 | Best Song - "Charade" from Charade |
| 1964 | Best Song - "Dear Heart" from Dear Heart |
| Best Score (Substantially Original) - The Pink Panther | |
| 1965 | Best Song - "The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race |
| 1970 | Best Song - "Whistling Away the Dark" from Darling Lili |
| Best Original Score - Darling Lili | |
| Best Original Score - Sunflower | |
| 1971 | Best Song - "All His Children" from Sometimes a Great Notion |
| 1976 | Best Song - "Come to Me" from The Pink Panther Strikes Again |
| 1979 | Best Song - "It's Easy to Say" from "10" |
| Best Original Score - "10" | |
| 1982 | * Best Original Score - Victor / Victoria |
| 1986 | Best Song - "Life in a Looking Glass" from That's Life |
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Golden Score Award : American Society of Music Arrangers for outstanding achievement in the fields of arranging and composing
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Golden Plate Award : American Academy of Achievement honoring America's outstanding leaders
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Golden Soundtrack Award : ASCAP Life Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to film music
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Lifetime Achievement Award : National Italian - American Foundation
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Aggie Award : American Guild of Authors & Composers Honorary Doctorate: California Institute of Arts, Valencia
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Honorary Doctorate : Washington & Jefferson College, PA
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Honorary Doctorate : Mount St. Mary's College, Maryland
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Honorary Doctorate : Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
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Golden Globe Awards : Hollywood Foreign Association - Best Original Song for a Motion Picture for "Whistling Away the Dark," from Darling Lili.