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{{Short description|American film composer (1924–1994)}}
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| birth_name        = Enrico Nicola Mancini
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| years_active      = 1946–1994
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'''Henry Mancini''' ({{IPAc-en|m|æ|n|ˈ|s|iː|n|i}} {{respell|man|SEE|nee}}; born '''Enrico Nicola Mancini'''; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film,<ref name="Fox2010">{{cite book |last=Fox |first=Charles |title=Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwxijXxRtRAC&pg=PA150 |date=August 27, 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6992-9 |page=150}}</ref><ref name="Akins2013">{{cite book |last=Akins |first=Thomas N. |title=Behind the Copper Fence: A Lifetime on Timpani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMgCvCuGH8kC&pg=RA1-PA14 |date=July 24, 2013 |publisher=First Edition Design Pub. |isbn=978-1-62287-368-5 |page=1}}</ref> he won four [[Academy Awards]], a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]], and twenty [[Grammy Awards]], plus a posthumous [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 1995.

His works include the [[Peter Gunn (song)|theme]] and soundtrack for the [[Peter Gunn|''Peter Gunn'' television series]] as well as the music for ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' film series ("[[The Pink Panther Theme]]") and "[[Moon River]]" from ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''. ''[[The Music from Peter Gunn]]'' won the inaugural [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]. Mancini enjoyed a long collaboration in composing film scores for film director [[Blake Edwards]].  Mancini also scored a No. 1 hit single during the [[rock and roll|rock]] era on the [[Hot 100]]:  his arrangement and recording of the "[[Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet|Love Theme from ''Romeo and Juliet'']]" spent two weeks at the top, starting with the week ending June 28, 1969.

==Early life==
Henry Mancini was born Enrico Nicola Mancini in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], and raised in [[West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2014/sonylegacy-recordings-launch-yearlong-celebration-of-henry-mancini-with-50th-anniversary-limited-edition-of-the-pink-panther-soundtrack-album-pressed-on-12-pink-vinyl-for-record-store-day-2014.html|title= Sony/Legacy Recordings Launch Year-Long Celebration of Henry Mancini with 50th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Pink Panther Soundtrack Album, Pressed on 12" PINK VINYL for Record Store Day 2014|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment|date=April 16, 2014|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name=pabook>{{cite web|url=https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Mancini__Henry|title=Henry Mancini|publisher=Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Penn State University|access-date=June 7, 2019|date=2005|last=Klemick|first=Valerie Anne}}</ref> Both his parents were Italian immigrants. Originally from [[Scanno, Abruzzo]], his father Quintiliano "Quinto" Mancini was a laborer at the [[Jones and Laughlin Steel Company]] and amateur musician who first came to the U.S. as a teenager around 1910.{{sfnp|Caps|2012|p=5}}<ref name=Scanno>{{cite web|url=https://italoamericano.org/story/2018-9-7/scanno|title=Mystical allure of scenic Scanno|last=Radaelli|first=Marielle|work=L'Italo-Americano|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607183342/https://italoamericano.org/story/2018-9-7/scanno|url-status=dead}}</ref> His mother Anna ({{née|Pece}}) came to the U.S. from [[Forlì del Sannio]], [[Molise]], as an infant.{{sfnp|Caps|2012|p=5}}

At age eight, Mancini began learning the [[piccolo]].{{sfnp|Mancini|Lees|2001|p=3}}<ref name=pc23>{{cite AV media |title=John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles: Show 23 – Smack Dab in the Middle on Route 66. [Part 2], The Music Men. [Part 1] |medium=Radio |date=February 1969 |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19778/m1/ |publisher=University of North Texas Digital Library}}</ref> Mancini said that hearing Rudolph G. Kopp's score in the 1935 [[Cecil B. DeMille]] film ''[[The Crusades (1935 film)|The Crusades]]'' inspired him to pursue film music composition despite his father's wishes for him to become a teacher.{{sfnb|Caps|2012|p=7}}<ref name="Severo">{{cite news|last=Severo |first=Richard |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/15/obituaries/henry-mancini-dies-at-70-composer-for-films-and-tv.html |title=Henry Mancini Dies at 70; Composer for Films and TV|work=The New York Times|date=June 15, 1994|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref>

At age 12, he began studying piano and orchestral arrangement under Pittsburgh concert pianist and Stanley Theatre (now [[Benedum Center]]) conductor Max Adkins. Not only did Mancini produce arrangements for the Stanley Theatre bands, but he also wrote an arrangement for [[Benny Goodman]], an up-and-coming bandleader introduced to him by Adkins.<ref name=pabook />{{sfnb|Caps|2012|pp=9-10}} According to Mancini biographer John Caps, the young Mancini "preferred music arranging to any kind of musical performance, but taking apart a [[Chopin]] [[mazurka]] or [[Schumann]] [[sonata]] in order to play it helped him see...how the puzzle of form, meter, melody, harmony, and counterpoint had been solved by previous composers."{{sfnb|Caps|2012|p=9}}

After graduating from [[Aliquippa Junior/Senior High School|Aliquippa High School]] in 1942, Mancini first attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now [[Carnegie Mellon University]]) in Pittsburgh.<ref name=Oliver>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-henry-mancini-19940615-20160609-snap-htmlstory.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Henry Mancini, Composer of Elegant Music, Dies|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 15, 1994|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name=Britannica>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Mancini|title=Enrico Mancini|date=April 12, 2019|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref> Later that year, Mancini transferred to the [[Juilliard School of Music]] in New York City following a successful audition in which he performed a [[Beethoven]] sonata and improvisation on "[[Night and Day (song)|Night and Day]]" by [[Cole Porter]].{{sfnb|Caps|2012|pp=10-11}}<ref name=pabook /> Because he could only take orchestration and composition courses in his second year, Mancini studied only piano in his first year at Juilliard, in a condition Caps called "aimless and oppressed—a far cry from Adkins's enabling protective environment."{{sfnb|Caps|2012|p=10}}

After turning 18, Mancini enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] in 1943. While in [[Military recruit training|basic training]] in [[Atlantic City Training Center|Atlantic City, New Jersey]], he met musicians being recruited by [[Glenn Miller]]. Owing to a recommendation by Miller, Mancini was first assigned to the 28th Air Force Band before being reassigned overseas to the 1306th Engineers Brigade in France. In 1945, he helped liberate the [[Mauthausen concentration camp|Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp]] in Austria.{{sfnb|Caps|2012|pp=10-11}}

==Career==
Newly discharged from the military, Mancini entered the music industry. In 1946, he became a pianist and arranger for the newly re-formed [[Glenn Miller Orchestra]], led by [[Tex Beneke]]. After World War II, Mancini broadened his skills in composition, counterpoint, harmony and orchestration during studies, opening with the composers [[Ernst Krenek]] and [[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]].{{sfnp|Mancini|Lees|2001|p=51}}

In 1952, Mancini joined [[Universal Pictures|Universal-International]]'s music department. During the next six years, he contributed music to over 100 movies, most notably ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'', ''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]'', ''[[It Came from Outer Space]]'', ''[[Tarantula (film)|Tarantula]]'', ''[[This Island Earth]]'', ''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]'' (for which he received his first [[Academy Award]] nomination), ''[[The Benny Goodman Story]]'' and [[Orson Welles]]' ''[[Touch of Evil]]''. His first hit as a pop songwriter was a single by [[Guy Lombardo]] and His Royal Canadians titled "I Won't Let You Out of My Heart".

Mancini left Universal-International to work as an independent composer/arranger in 1958. Soon afterward, he scored the television series ''[[Peter Gunn]]''<ref name=pc23/> for writer/producer [[Blake Edwards]]. This was the genesis of a relationship in which Edwards and Mancini collaborated on 30 films over 35 years. Along with [[Alex North]], [[Elmer Bernstein]], [[Leith Stevens]] and [[Johnny Mandel]], Henry Mancini was a pioneer of the inclusion of jazz elements in the late romantic orchestral film and TV scoring prevalent at the time. Mancini's scores for Blake Edwards included ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (with the standard "[[Moon River]]")<ref name=pc23/> and ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]'' (with the title song, "[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]"), as well as ''[[Experiment in Terror]]'', ''[[The Pink Panther (1963 film)|The Pink Panther]]'' (and all of its sequels), ''[[The Great Race]]'', ''[[The Party (1968 film)|The Party]]'', ''[[10 (1979 film)|10]]'' (including "It's Easy to Say") and ''[[Victor Victoria]]''. Another director with whom Mancini had a longstanding partnership was [[Stanley Donen]] (''[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]'', ''[[Arabesque (1966 film)|Arabesque]]'', ''[[Two for the Road (1967 film)|Two for the Road]]''). Mancini also composed for [[Howard Hawks]] (''[[Man's Favorite Sport?]]'', ''[[Hatari!]]'' – which included the "[[Baby Elephant Walk]]"), [[Martin Ritt]] (''[[The Molly Maguires (film)|The Molly Maguires]]''), [[Vittorio de Sica]] (''[[Sunflower (1970 film)|Sunflower]]''), [[Norman Jewison]] (''[[Gaily, Gaily]]''), [[Paul Newman]] (''[[Sometimes a Great Notion (film)|Sometimes a Great Notion]]'', ''[[The Glass Menagerie (1987 film)|The Glass Menagerie]])'', [[Stanley Kramer]] (''[[Oklahoma Crude (film)|Oklahoma Crude]]''), [[George Roy Hill]] (''[[The Great Waldo Pepper]]''), [[Arthur Hiller]] (''[[Silver Streak (film)|Silver Streak]]''),{{sfnp|Mancini|Lees|2001|p=239}} [[Ted Kotcheff]] (''[[Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?]]''), and others. Mancini's score for the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film ''[[Frenzy]]'' (1972) in Bachian organ andante, for organ and an orchestra of strings was rejected and replaced by [[Ron Goodwin]]'s work.

Mancini scored many TV movies, including ''[[The Moneychangers]]'', ''[[The Thorn Birds (TV miniseries)|The Thorn Birds]]'' and ''[[The Shadow Box]]''. He wrote many television themes, including ''[[Mr. Lucky (TV series)|Mr. Lucky]]'' (starring [[John Vivyan]] and [[Ross Martin]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/music-from-mr-lucky-mw0000653135 |title=Henry Mancini: Music from Mr. Lucky |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref> ''[[NBC Mystery Movie]]'',{{sfnp|Mancini|Lees|2001|p=240}} ''[[Tic Tac Dough]]'' (1990 version),<ref>{{cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937–2012 |year=2013 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |isbn=978-0-7864-7445-5 |page=380}}</ref> ''[[Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (film)|Once Is Not Enough]]'', and ''[[What's Happening!!]]''  In the 1984–85 television season, four series featured original Mancini themes:  ''[[Newhart]]'', ''[[Hotel (U.S. TV series)|Hotel]]'', ''[[Remington Steele]]'', and ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not]]''. Mancini also composed the "Viewer Mail" theme for ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]''.{{sfnp|Mancini|Lees|2001|p=240}} Mancini composed the theme for ''NBC Nightly News'' used beginning in 1975, and a different theme by him, titled ''Salute to the President'' was used by NBC News for its election coverage (including primaries and conventions) from 1976 to 1992.  ''Salute to the President'' was published only in a school-band arrangement, although Mancini performed it frequently with symphony orchestras on his concert tours.

Songs with music by Mancini were staples of the [[easy listening]] radio format from the 1960s to the 1980s. To advertisers, Mancini's style symbolized the bright, confident, hospitable voice of bourgeois America.{{sfn|Caps|2012}} Some of the artists who have recorded Mancini songs include [[Duane Eddy]], [[Andy Williams]], [[Paul Anka]], [[Pat Boone]], [[Anita Bryant]], [[Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Perry Como]], [[Connie Francis]], [[Eydie Gorme]], [[Steve Lawrence]], [[Trini Lopez]], [[George Maharis]], [[Johnny Mathis]], [[Jerry Vale]], [[Ray Conniff]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[The Lennon Sisters]], [[The Lettermen]], [[Herb Alpert]], [[Eddie Cano]], [[Frank Chacksfield]], [[Warren Covington]], [[Sarah Vaughan]], [[Shelly Manne]], [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]], [[Percy Faith]], [[Ferrante & Teicher]], [[Horst Jankowski]], [[Andre Kostelanetz]], [[Peter Nero]], [[Liberace]], [[Mantovani]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Julie London]], [[Wayne Newton]], [[Arthur Fiedler]], Secret Agent and the [[Boston Pops Orchestra]], [[Peggy Lee]], and [[Matt Monro]]. The [[Anita Kerr]] Quartet won a Grammy award (1965) for their album ''We Dig Mancini'', a cover of his songs. [[Lawrence Welk]] held Mancini in very high regard, and frequently featured Mancini's music on ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (Mancini made at least two guest appearances on the show). Mancini briefly hosted his own musical variety TV show in a similar format to Welk's, ''The Mancini Generation'', which aired in syndication during the 1972–73 season.{{sfnp|Caps|2012|page=149}}

Mancini recorded over 90 albums, in styles ranging from [[big band]] to light classical to [[popular music|pop]]. Eight of these albums were certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]]. He had a 20-year contract with [[RCA Victor]], resulting in 60 commercial record albums that made him a household name among artists of [[easy listening]] music. Mancini's earliest recordings in the 1950s and early 1960s were of the jazz idiom; with the success of ''Peter Gunn'', ''Mr. Lucky'', and ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'', Mancini shifted to recording primarily his own music in record albums and film soundtracks. (Relatively little of his music was written for recordings compared to the amount that was written for film and television.) Beginning with his 1969 hit arrangement of Nino Rota's ''A Time for Us'' (as his only [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] top 10 entry, the No. 1 hit "Love Theme from [[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|''Romeo and Juliet'']]") and its accompanying album ''A Warm Shade of Ivory'', Mancini began to function more as a piano soloist and easy-listening artist recording music primarily written by other people. In this period, for two of his best-selling albums he was joined by trumpet virtuoso and ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' bandleader [[Doc Severinsen]].

Among Mancini's orchestral scores are (''Lifeforce'', ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'', ''Sunflower'', ''Tom and Jerry: The Movie'', ''Molly Maguires'', ''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]''), and darker themes (''Experiment in Terror'', ''The White Dawn'', ''Wait Until Dark'', ''The Night Visitor'').
[[File:Wait Until Dark - ad 1967.jpg|thumb|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' advertisement, October 14, 1967]]

Mancini was also a concert performer, conducting over fifty engagements per year, resulting in over 600 symphony performances during his lifetime. He conducted nearly all of the leading symphony orchestras of the world, including the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Israel Philharmonic]], the [[Boston Pops]], the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] and the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]. One of his favorites was the [[Minnesota Orchestra]], where he debuted the ''Thorn Birds Suite'' in June 1983. He appeared in 1966, 1980 and 1984 in command performances for the [[British royal family]]. He also toured several times with Johnny Mathis and also with Andy Williams, who had both sung many of Mancini's songs; Mathis and Mancini collaborated on the 1986 album ''The Hollywood Musicals''. In 1987 he conducted an impromptu charity concert in London in aid of [[Children In Need]]. The concert included [[Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[1812 Overture]]'' with firework accompaniment over the [[River Thames]].

===Cameos===
Shortly before his death in 1994, he made a one-off cameo appearance in the first season of the sitcom series ''[[Frasier]]'', as a call-in patient to Dr. Frasier Crane's radio show. Mancini voiced the character Al, who speaks with a melancholy drawl and hates the sound of his own voice, in the episode "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.destinyland.org/Secret-Henry-Mancini-Cameo-on-Frasier.htm |title=Henry Mancini's cameo on Frasier |website=Destiny-land.org |access-date=September 16, 2008}}</ref> Moments after Mancini's cameo ends, Frasier's radio broadcast plays "Moon River".

Mancini also had an uncredited performance as a pianist in the 1967 film ''[[Gunn (film)|Gunn]]'', based on the ''Peter Gunn'' television series.

In the 1966 Pink Panther cartoon ''Pink, Plunk, Plink'', the panther commandeered an orchestra and proceeded to conduct Mancini's theme for the series. At the end, the shot switched to rare live action, and Mancini was seen alone applauding in the audience. Mancini also made a brief appearance in the title sequence of 1993's ''[[Son of the Pink Panther]]'', allowing the panther to conduct [[Bobby McFerrin]] in performing the film's theme tune.

In 1969 at the [[41st Academy Awards]] ceremony, Mancini played the [[harpsichord]] in a special number. [[Marni Nixon]] sang the rules for nomination in the category of Best Score of a Musical Motion Picture (Original or Adaptation), and together they sang the names of the films and musicians nominated. Mancini was the music director of the 41st Academy Awards broadcast.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jefferson |first=Ed |date=February 7, 2019 |title=The Oscars last went hostless in 1989. It ruined a man's career |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2019/02/oscars-last-went-hostless-1989-it-ruined-man-s-career |journal=[[The New Statesman]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230514153526/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2019/02/oscars-last-went-hostless-1989-it-ruined-man-s-career |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |access-date=June 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Oliver! Wins Adapted Film Score |url=https://www.oscars.org/videos-photos/41st-oscars-highlights?fid=14391 |access-date=June 25, 2024 |website=[[Oscars.org]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=41st Annual Academy Awards Program, April 14, 1969 |url=https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll9/id/3669/rec/4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240702003357/https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll9/id/3669/rec/4 |archive-date=July 2, 2024 |access-date=July 1, 2024 |website=[[Margaret Herrick Library]] Digital Collections |publisher=[[Oscars.org]]}}</ref>

== Personal life and death ==
Mancini married singer Virginia "Ginny" O'Connor in 1947, who died on October 25, 2021, at age 97.<ref name=Burlingame>{{cite magazine |last=Burlingame |first=Jon |date=October 26, 2021 |title=Ginny Mancini, Philanthropist, Big-Band Singer and Widow of Henry Mancini, Dies at 97 |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/obituaries-people-news/ginny-mancini-dead-philanthropist-widow-henry-1235098342/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027013427/https://variety.com/2021/music/obituaries-people-news/ginny-mancini-dead-philanthropist-widow-henry-1235098342/ |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |issn=0042-2738 |oclc=60626328 |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref> They had three children, Christopher, [[Monica Mancini|Monica]], and Felice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608000641/Henry-Mancini.html|title=Henry Mancini Biography|author=<!--Not stated--> |website=MusicianGuide.com|access-date=October 10, 2025}}</ref>

Mancini died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in Los Angeles on June 14, 1994.<ref name="Severo" /> He was working at the time on the Broadway stage version of ''[[Victor/Victoria (musical)|Victor/Victoria]]'', which he never saw on stage.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Archerd |first=Amy |date=March 28, 1994 |title= Mancini ailing, but still scoring 'Victor/Victoria' |url=https://variety.com/1994/voices/columns/mancini-ailing-but-still-scoring-victor-victoria-1117862454/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928023354/https://variety.com/1994/voices/columns/mancini-ailing-but-still-scoring-victor-victoria-1117862454/ |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |issn=0042-2738 |oclc=60626328 |access-date=November 9, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Victor/Victoria: A New Musical Comedy - Original Broadway Cast Recording |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/28836559-Julie-Andrews-VictorVictoria-A-New-Musical-Comedy-Original-Broadway-Cast-Recording |type=liner notes |last=Andrews |first=Julie |author-link=Julie Andrews |year=1995 |publisher=[[Decca Records]] |id=446 919-2}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Henry Mancini created a scholarship at UCLA and some of his library and works are archived in the music library at UCLA, with additional materials preserved at the Library of Congress.<ref name=Burlingame/><ref>{{cite web | title=The ASCAP Foundation Henry Mancini Music Fellowship |url=https://www.ascapfoundation.org/programs/scholarships/henry-mancini-music-fellowship |website=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]] |access-date=November 9, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=The Henry Mancini Collection, 1955-1969 |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6h4nb3v9/ |website=UCLA, Library Special Collections, Performing Arts |publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles]] |via=[[California Digital Library|Online Archive California]]| access-date=November 9, 2025}}</ref>

In 1996, the Henry Mancini Institute, an academy for young music professionals, was founded by [[Jack Elliott (composer)|Jack Elliott]] in Mancini's honor, and was later under the direction of composer-conductor [[Patrick Williams (composer)|Patrick Williams]]. By the mid-2000s, however, the institute could not sustain itself and closed its doors on December 30, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miami.edu/frost/index.php/henry_mancini_institute/about_us/hmi_history/ |title=Henry Mancini Institute: History |website=[[Frost School of Music]], [[University of Miami]] |access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref> The [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]] (ASCAP) Foundation "Henry Mancini Music Scholarship" has been awarded annually since 2001.

In 2005, the Henry Mancini Arts Academy was opened as a division of the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center. The center is located in Midland, Pennsylvania, minutes away from Mancini's hometown of Aliquippa. The Henry Mancini Arts Academy is an evening-and-weekend performing arts program for children from pre-K to grade 12, with some classes also available for adults. The program includes dance, voice, musical theater, and instrumental lessons.

In 2017, the Municipality of [[Scanno, Abruzzo|Scanno]] dedicated a street to Mancini, called "Via Henry Mancini".

The [[American Film Institute]] ranked Mancini's songs "[[Moon River]]" No. 4 and "[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]"  No. 39 on their [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|100 Years...100 Songs]] list, and his score for ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' No. 20 on [[AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores|their list of the greatest film scores]]. His scores for ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1961), ''[[Charade (1963 song)|Charade]]'' (1963), ''[[Hatari!]]'' (1962), ''[[Touch of Evil]]'' (1958) and ''[[Wait Until Dark (film)|Wait Until Dark]]'' (1967) were also nominated for the list.

==Awards and nominations==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Henry Mancini}}

Mancini was nominated for 72 Grammy Awards and won 20.{{sfnp|Mancini|Lees|2001|p=235}} He was nominated for 18 Academy Awards and won four.{{sfnp|Mancini|Lees|2001|p=236}} He also won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for two Emmy Awards.

In 1961, Mancini won two Academy Awards, one for "Moon River" for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] and one for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture]] for the movie ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''. In 1962, he won Best Original Song again, this time for "[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]". He won [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score]] again in 1982 for the movie ''[[Victor/Victoria]]''.<ref name=pc23/>

In 1989, Mancini received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nix |first=Shan |date= June 26, 1989 |title= Looking Up to the Stars: Where 50 top celebs dazzle 400 students |url= https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/San-Francisco-Chronicle-June-26-1989.pdf|work= San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>

In 1997, Mancini was posthumously awarded an honorary doctorate of music from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19970512/News/305129979|title=Berklee honors late Henry Mancini|agency=Associated Press|website=www.southcoasttoday.com|language=en|access-date=April 4, 2020}}</ref>

On April 13, 2004, the United States Postal Service honored Mancini with a thirty-seven cent commemorative stamp. Painted by artist [[Victor Stabin]], the stamp shows Mancini conducting in front of a list of some of his film and television themes.<ref name=MatterPress>{{cite journal |last=Stabin |first=Victor |title=Daedal Doodle Y |journal=Matter Press |date=December 5, 2011 |volume=25 |issue=25 |page=1 |url=http://matterpress.com/journal/2012/02/01/daedal-doodle-y/ |access-date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523083846/http://matterpress.com/journal/2012/02/01/daedal-doodle-y/ |archive-date=May 23, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* ''The Versatile Henry Mancini'' ([[Liberty Records|Liberty]] LST-7121, 1957)
* ''Sousa in Stereo'' ([[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] BS-1209, 1958)
* ''March Step in Hi-Fi'' (Warner Bros. BS-1312, 1959)
* ''[[The Music from Peter Gunn]]'' ([[RCA Victor]] LSP-1956, 1959)
* ''[[The Music from Peter Gunn#Track listings|More Music from Peter Gunn]]'' (RCA Victor LSP-2040, 1959)
* ''[[The Mancini Touch]]'' (RCA Victor LSP-2101, 1959)
* ''[[The Blues and the Beat]]'' (RCA Victor LSP-2147, 1960)
* ''[[Music from Mr. Lucky]]'', (RCA Victor LSP-2198, 1960)
* ''[[Mr. Lucky Goes Latin]]'' (RCA Victor LSP-2360, 1961)
* ''[[Combo!]]'' (RCA Victor LSP-2258, 1962)
* ''[[Our Man in Hollywood]]'' (RCA Victor LSP-2604, 1963)
* ''[[Uniquely Mancini]]'' (RCA Victor LSP-2692, 1963)
* ''The Best of Mancini'' [compilation] (RCA Victor LSP-2693, 1964)
* ''Mancini Plays Mancini'' ([[RCA Camden]] CAS-2158)
* ''Everybody's Favorite'' (RCA Camden CXS-9034)
* ''The Concert Sound of Henry Mancini'' (RCA Victor LSP-2897, 1964)
* ''Dear Heart (And Other Songs About Love)'' (RCA Victor LSP-2990, 1965)
* ''The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini'' (RCA Victor LSP-3356, 1965)
* ''The Academy Award Songs'' (RCA Victor LSP-6013, 1966)
* ''[[A Merry Mancini Christmas]]'' (RCA Victor LSP-3612, 1966)
* ''Mancini '67: The Big Band Sound of Henry Mancini'' (RCA Victor LSP-3694, 1967)
* ''Music of Hawaii'' (RCA Victor LSP-3713, 1967)
* ''Encore! More of the Concert Sound of Henry Mancini'' (RCA Victor LSP-3887, 1967)
* ''Mancini Plays Mancini'' (RCA Camden CAS-2158, 1967)
* ''The Mancini Sound'' (RCA Victor LSP-3943, 1968)
* ''The Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini'' (RCA Victor LSP-4049, 1968)
* ''Debut! Henry Mancini Conducting the First Recording of the Philadelphia Orchestra Pops'' ([[RCA Red Seal]] LSC-3106, 1969)
* ''[[A Warm Shade of Ivory]]'' (RCA Victor LSP-4140, 1969)
* ''Six Hours Past Sunset'' (RCA Victor LSP-4239, 1969)
* ''Mancini Country'' (RCA Victor LSP-4307, 1970)
* ''Theme from "Z" and Other Film Music'' (RCA Victor LSP-4350, 1970)
* ''Mancini Plays the Theme from "Love Story"'' (RCA Victor LSP-4466, 1970)
* ''This Is Henry Mancini'' [compilation] (RCA Victor VPS-6029, 1970)
* ''Mancini Magic'' (RCA Camden CXS-9005, 1971)
* ''Dream of You'' (RCA Camden CAS-2510, 1971)
* ''Mancini Concert'' (RCA Victor LSP-4542, 1971)
* ''Brass on Ivory'' with [[Doc Severinsen]] (RCA Victor LSP-4629, 1972)
* ''Big Screen - Little Screen'' (RCA Victor LSP-4630, 1972)
* ''Music from the TV Series "The Mancini Generation"'' (RCA Victor LSP-4689, 1972)
* ''Brass, Ivory & Strings'' with Doc Severinsen (RCA Victor APL1-0098, 1973)
* ''Film Music By Mancini'' (RCA Camden ADL2-0293, 1973)
* ''Country Gentleman'' (RCA Victor APL1-0270, 1974)
* ''Hangin' Out'' (RCA Victor CPL1-0672, 1974)
* ''Pure Gold'' [compilation] (RCA ANL1-0980, 1975)
* ''Symphonic Soul'' (RCA Victor APL1-1025, 1975)
* ''A Legendary Performer'' [compilation] (RCA CPL1-1843, 1976) 
* ''The Cop Show Themes'' (RCA Victor APL1-1896, 1976)
* ''Mancini's Angels'' (RCA Victor CPL1-2290, 1977)
* ''The Theme Scene'' (RCA Victor APL1-3052, 1978)
* ''In the Pink'' with [[James Galway]] (RCA Red Seal CRC1-5315, 1984)
* ''The Hollywood Musicals'' with [[Johnny Mathis]] ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]] CK-40372, 1986)
* ''As Time Goes by and Other Classic Movie Love Songs'' (RCA Victor 09026-60974-2, 1992)
{{div col end}}

===Hit singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Cashbox (magazine)|CB]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US<br>AC]]<br><ref name=p154>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Adult Contemporary 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=154 |isbn=978-0-89820-099-7}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=190}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher=Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 345}}</ref><ref name="OCC">{{cite web
 |title       = HENRY MANCINI {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company
 |url         = https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9981/henry-mancini/
 |publisher   = [[Official Charts Company]]
 |access-date  = July 17, 2020}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "Mr. Lucky"
| rowspan="2"| 1960
| 21
| 20
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "High Time"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Theme from ''The Great Imposter''"
| rowspan="2"| 1961
| 90
| 87
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Moon River]]"
| 11
| 5
| 1<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1961-12-25 |title=Adult Contemporary Chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
| —
| 44
|-
! scope="row" | "Experiment In Terror"
| rowspan="2"| 1962
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Theme from ''Hatari!''"
| 95
| 89
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]"
| rowspan="3"| 1963
| 33
| 29
| 10
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Banzai Pipeline"
| 93
| 98
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Charade (1963 song)|Charade]]"
| 36
| 43
| 15
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[The Pink Panther Theme]]"
| rowspan="4"| 1964
| 31
| 54
| 10
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "A Shot in the Dark"
| 97
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Dear Heart (song)|Dear Heart]]"
| 77
| 39
| 14
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "How Soon"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 10
|-
! scope="row" | "The Sweetheart Tree"
| rowspan="3"| 1965
| —
| 89
| 23
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "La Raspa"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Moment to Moment"
| —
| —
| 27
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Hawaii (Elmer Bernstein song)|Hawaii (Main Theme)]]"
| 1966
| —
| —
| 6
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Two for the Road (soundtrack)|Two for the Road]]"
| rowspan="2"| 1967
| —
| —
| 17
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Wait Until Dark"
| —
| —
| 4
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Norma La De Guadalajara"
| rowspan="2"| 1968
| —
| —
| 21
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "A Man, a Horse and a Gun"
| —
| —
| 36
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet|Love Theme from ''Romeo and Juliet'']]"
| rowspan="3"| 1969
| 1<ref name="billboard-R&J">{{cite book |last=Bronson |first=Fred |title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged |publisher=Billboard Books |year=1992 |location=New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/255 255] |isbn=0-8230-8298-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/255}}</ref>
| 1<ref name="CashBox-R&J">{{cite magazine |title=CashBoxTOP100 |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |date=July 5, 1969 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/Cash-Box-1969-07-05.pdf |page=4}}</ref>
| 1
| 10
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Moonlight Sonata]]"
| 87
| 96
| 15
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "There Isn't Enough to Go Around"
| —
| —
| 39
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Theme from ''Z'' (Life Goes On)"
| rowspan="3"| 1970
| —
| —
| 17
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Theme from ''The Molly Maguires''"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Darling Lili"
| —
| —
| 26
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story|Love Story]]"
| 1971
| 13
| 11
| 2
| 21
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Theme from ''Cade's County''"
| rowspan="4"| 1972
| —
| —
| 14
| —
| 42
|-
! scope="row" | "Theme from Nicholas and Alexandra"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Theme from the Mancini Generation"
| —
| —
| 38
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[All His Children]]"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(with [[Charley Pride]])</span>
| 92
| 95
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Oklahoma Crude"
| 1973
| —
| —
| 38
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Hangin' Out"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(with the Mouldy Seven)</span>
| 1974
| —
| —
| 21
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Once Is Not Enough"
| 1975
| —
| —
| 45
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "African Symphony"
| rowspan="2"| 1976
| —
| —
| 40
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Slow Hot Wind"
| —
| —
| 38
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Theme from ''Charlie's Angels''"
| 1977
| 45
| 73
| 22
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Boléro|Ravel's Bolero]]"
| 1980
| —
| 59
| —
| 76
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "''The Thornbirds'' Theme"
| 1984
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 23
|-
| colspan="7" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.
|}

=== Ballets ===
* ''Coffee House'' (1959), written for the Gene Kelly Show

===Soundtracks===
Most of Mancini's scores were not released on LP soundtrack albums. His TV movie music albums were not soundtrack albums but are titled "Music from ..." or "Music from the Motion Picture ..." He routinely retained the rights to his music. Mancini's contracts allowed him to release his own albums for which he rearranged the score music into arrangements more appropriate for listening outside of the context of the film/theater.  Actual film scores using players from Hollywood unions recording under major motion picture studio contracts were expensive to release on LP (ex: the soundtrack for ''Our Man Flint'' (not a Mancini score) cost $1 more than other LP albums of the day).  Many soundtrack albums used to claim "Original Soundtrack" or words to that effect, but were not necessarily the actual soundtrack recordings. These albums were usually recorded with a smaller orchestra than that used for the actual scoring (ex: Dimitri Tiomkin's score to ''The Alamo''). However, many Hollywood musicians were featured on Mancini's albums recorded in RCA's Hollywood recording studios and faux "Original Soundtrack" albums. Eventually some of his scores and faux "Original Soundtrack" scores by numerous composers were released in limited edition CDs.

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*''[[10 (soundtrack)|10]]'', Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3399
*''[[Arabesque (1966 film)|Arabesque]]'', RCA Victor LSP-3623
*''[[Bachelor in Paradise (film)|Bachelor in Paradise]]'', Film Score Monthly FSMCD vol. 7 nr. 18
*''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'', RCA Victor LSP-2362
*''[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]'', RCA Victor LSP-2755
*''[[Julie Andrews / Henry Mancini Perform Music from the Film Score Darling Lili|Darling Lili]]'', RCA LSPX-1000
*''[[Experiment in Terror]]'', RCA Victor LSP-2442
*''[[Frenzy]]'' (along with the Ron Goodwin score), Quartet Records QR505
*''[[Gaily, Gaily]]'', United Artists UAS-5202
*''[[The Glass Menagerie (1987 film)|The Glass Menagerie]]'', MCA MCAD-6222
*''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'', Varèse Sarabande/MCA VSD-5359
*''[[The Great Race]]'', RCA Victor LSP-3402
*''[[The Great Waldo Pepper]]'', MCA MCA-2085
*''[[Gunn (film)|Gunn]] ...Number One!'', RCA Victor LSP-3840
*''[[Harry & Son]]'', Quartet Records QRSCE-023 
*''[[Hatari!]]'', RCA Victor LSP-2559
*''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]'', United Artists UAS-5210
*''[[High Time (film)|High Time]]'', RCA Victor LSP-2314
*''[[Lifeforce (film)|Lifeforce]]'', Varèse Sarabande STV-81249
*''[[Me, Natalie]]'', Columbia OS-03350
*''[[The Molly Maguires (film)|The Molly Maguires]]'', Paramount PAS-6000
*''[[Mommie Dearest (film)|Mommie Dearest]]'', Real Gone Music RGM-0640
*''[[Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation]]'', Intrada special collection vol. 11
*''[[Nightwing (film)|Nightwing]]'', Varèse Sarabande VCL-0309-1091
*''[[Oklahoma Crude (film)|Oklahoma Crude]]'', RCA Victor APL1-0271
*''[[The Party (1968 film)|The Party]]'', RCA Victor LSP-3997
*''[[The Pink Panther (album)|The Pink Panther]]'', RCA Victor LSP-2795
*''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]'', RCA Victor ABL1-0968
*''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again (album)|The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'', United Artists UA-LA694
*''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]'', United Artists UA-LA913-H
*''[[Santa Claus: The Movie]]'', EMI America SJ-17177
*''[[Silver Streak (film)|Silver Streak]]'', Intrada special collection vol. 5
*''[[Sometimes a Great Notion (film)|Sometimes a Great Notion]]'', Decca DL-79185
*''[[Son of the Pink Panther]]'', Milan/BMG 74321-16461-2
*''[[Sunflower (1970 film)|Sunflower]]'', Avco Embassy AVE-0-11001
*''[[Sunset (1988 film)|Sunset]]'', Quartet Records QRSCE-045 
*''[[The Thief Who Came to Dinner]]'', Warner Bros. BS-2700
*''[[The Thorn Birds (TV miniseries)|The Thorn Birds]]'', Varèse Sarabande/UMG 302 066 564-2
*''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie (album)|Tom and Jerry – The Movie]]'', MCA MCAD-10721
*''[[Touch of Evil]]'', Challenge CHL-602
*''[[Two for the Road (soundtrack)|Two for the Road]]'', RCA Victor LSP-3802
*''[[Victor Victoria]]'', GNP Crescendo GNPD-8038
*''[[Visions of Eight]]'', RCA Victor ABL1-0231
*''[[W.C. Fields and Me]]'', MCA MCA-2092
*''[[What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?]]'', RCA Victor LSP-3648
*''[[Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?]]'', Epic SE-35692
*''[[Without a Clue]]'', BSX BSXCD-8832
{{div col end}}

===Filmography===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*''[[The Raiders (1952 film)|The Raiders]]'' (1952)
*''[[Girls in the Night]]'' (1953)
*''[[It Came from Outer Space]]'' (1953)
*''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]'' (1953)
*''[[Abbott and Costello Go to Mars]]'' (1953)
*''[[Law and Order (1953 film)|Law and Order]]'' (1953)
*''[[City Beneath the Sea (1953 film)|City Beneath the Sea]]'' (1953)
*''[[Destry (film)|Destry]]'' (1954)
*''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'' (1954)
*''[[The Private War of Major Benson]]'' (1955)
*''[[The Benny Goodman Story]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Creature Walks Among Us]]'' (1956)
*''[[Rock, Pretty Baby]]'' (1956)
*''[[Summer Love (1958 film)|Summer Love]]'' (1957)
*''[[Damn Citizen]]'' (1958)
*''[[Touch of Evil]]'' (1958)
*''[[The Big Beat (film)|The Big Beat]]'' (1958)
*''[[Operation Petticoat]]'' (1959)
*''[[High Time (film)|High Time]]'' (1960)
*''[[The Great Impostor]]'' (1960)
*''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1961)
*''[[Bachelor in Paradise (film)|Bachelor in Paradise]]'' (1961)
*''[[Experiment in Terror]]'' (1962)
*''[[Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation]]'' (1962)
*''[[Hatari!]]'' (1962)
*''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]'' (1962)
*''[[Soldier in the Rain]]'' (1963)
*''[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]'' (1963)
*''[[The Pink Panther (1963 film)|The Pink Panther]]'' (1963)
*''[[Man's Favorite Sport?]]'' (1964)
*''[[A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)|A Shot in the Dark]]'' (1964)
*''[[Dear Heart]]'' (1964)
*''[[The Great Race]]'' (1965)
*''[[Moment to Moment]]'' (1966)
*''[[Arabesque (1966 film)|Arabesque]]'' (1966)
*''[[What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?]]'' (1966)
*''[[Two for the Road (film)|Two for the Road]]'' (1967)
*''[[Gunn (film)|Gunn]] ...Number One!'' (1967)
*''[[Wait Until Dark (film)|Wait Until Dark]]'' (1967)
*''[[The Party (1968 film)|The Party]]'' (1968)
*''[[Me, Natalie]]'' (1969)
*''[[Gaily, Gaily]]'' (1969)
*''[[The Molly Maguires (film)|The Molly Maguires]]'' (1970)
*''[[Sunflower (1970 film)|Sunflower]]'' (1970)
*''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]'' (1970)
*''[[Darling Lili]]'' (1970)
*''[[The Night Visitor]]'' (1971)
*''[[Sometimes a Great Notion (film)|Sometimes a Great Notion]]'' (1971)
*''[[Frenzy]]'' (Rejected Score) (1972)
*''[[The Thief Who Came to Dinner|The Thief Who Came To Dinner]]'' (1973)
*''[[Visions of Eight]]'' (1973)
*''[[Oklahoma Crude (film)|Oklahoma Crude]]'' (1973)
*''[[That's Entertainment!]]'' (1974)
*''[[The White Dawn]]'' (1974)
*''[[The Girl from Petrovka]]'' (1974)
*''[[99 and 44/100% Dead]]'' (1974)
*''[[The Great Waldo Pepper]]'' (1975)
*''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]'' (1975)
*''[[Once Is Not Enough (film)|Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough]]'' (1975)
*''[[W.C. Fields and Me]]'' (1976)
*''[[Silver Streak (film)|Silver Streak]]'' (1976)
*''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' (1976)
*''[[Angela (1978 film)|Angela]]'' (1977)
*''[[House Calls (1978 film)|House Calls]]'' (1978)
*''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]'' (1978)
*''[[Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?]]'' (1978)
*''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' (1979)
*''[[Nightwing (film)|Nightwing]]'' (1979)
*''[[10 (1979 film)|10]]'' (1979)
*''[[Little Miss Marker (1980 film)|Little Miss Marker]]'' (1980)
*''[[A Change of Seasons (film)|A Change of Seasons]]'' (1980)
*''[[Back Roads (1981 film)|Back Roads]]'' (1981)
*''[[S.O.B. (film)|S.O.B.]]'' (1981)
*''[[Condorman]]'' (1981)
*''[[Mommie Dearest (film)|Mommie Dearest]]'' (1981)
*''[[Victor Victoria]]'' (1982)
*''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]'' (1982)
*''[[Better Late Than Never (1983 film)|Better Late Than Never]]'' (1983)
*''[[Second Thoughts (1983 film)|Second Thoughts]]'' (1983)
*''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]'' (1983)
*''[[The Man Who Loved Women (1983 film)|The Man Who Loved Women]]'' (1983)
*''[[Harry & Son]]'' (1984)
*''[[That's Dancing]]'' (1985)
*''[[Lifeforce (film)|Lifeforce]]'' (1985)
*''[[Santa Claus: The Movie]]'' (1985)
*''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986)
*''[[A Fine Mess (film)|A Fine Mess]]'' (1986)
*''[[That's Life! (film)|That's Life!]]'' (1986)
*''[[Blind Date (1987 film)|Blind Date]]'' (1987)
*''[[The Glass Menagerie (1987 film)|The Glass Menagerie]]'' (1987)
*''[[Sunset (1988 film)|Sunset]]'' (1988)
*''[[Without a Clue]]'' (1988)
*''[[Physical Evidence]]'' (1989)
*''[[Welcome Home (1989 film)|Welcome Home]]'' (1989)
*''[[Ghost Dad]]'' (1990)
*''[[Fear (1990 film)|Fear]]'' (1990)
*''[[Switch (1991 film)|Switch]]'' (1991)
*''[[Married to It]]'' (1991)
*''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]'' (1992)
*''[[Son of the Pink Panther]]'' (1993)
{{div col end}}

===TV themes===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*''[[Peter Gunn]]'' (1958)
*''[[Mr. Lucky (TV series)|Mr. Lucky]]'' (1959)
*''[[Man of the World (TV series)|Man of the World]]'' (1962)
*''[[The Richard Boone Show]]'' (1963)
*''[[Blaulicht]]'' (1968)
*''[[The Pink Panther Show]]'' (1969)
*''[[Curiosity Shop]]'' (1971)
*''[[Cade's County]]'' (1971)
*''[[The NBC Mystery Movie]]'' (1971)
*''[[The Blue Knight (TV series)|The Blue Knight]]'' (1975)
*''[[What's Happening!!]]'' (1976)
*''[[Kingston: Confidential]]'' (1977)
*''[[Sanford Arms]]'' (1977)
*''[[The All-New Pink Panther Show]]'' (1978)
*''[[NBC Nightly News]]'' (1978)
*''[[Newhart]]'' (1982, one of the few shows to credit Mancini in the opening credits)
*''[[Remington Steele]]'' (1982)
*''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982 TV series)|Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]'' (1982)
*''[[Hotel (American TV series)|Hotel]]'' (1983)
*''[[Pink Panther and Sons]]'' (1984)
*''[[What's Happening Now!!]]'' (1985)
*''[[Tic Tac Dough]]'' (1990)
*''[[Julie (TV series)|Julie]]'' (1992)
*''[[Pink Panther and Pals]]'' (2010)
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==Bibliography==
* Mancini, Henry. ''Sounds and Scores: A Practical Guide to Professional Orchestration'' (1962)
* {{cite book |first1=Henry |last1=Mancini |first2=Gene |last2=Lees |title=Did They Mention The Music? The Autobiography of Henry Mancini|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ULKdG4Rk-7MC |location=New York City|publisher=Cooper Square Books|edition=Updated|year=2001|orig-year=1989 |isbn=1461732115 |name-list-style=amp}}

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QK6UmDGh2V4C|title=Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music|last=Caps|first=John|place=Champaign, Illinois|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0252093845}}
* Liner notes to RCA Victor LPM/LSP-1956
* Liner notes to RCA Victor LPM/LSP-3840

==Further reading==
* Brown, Royal S. ''Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music'' (1994)
* Büdinger, Matthias. "An Interview with Henry Mancini" (''Soundtrack'', vol. 7, No. 26, 1988)
* Büdinger, Matthias. "Feeling Fancy Free" (''Film Score Monthly'', vol. 10, No. 2)
* Büdinger, Matthias. "Henry Mancini 1924–1994" (''Film Score Monthly'', No. 46/47, p.&nbsp;5
* Büdinger, Matthias. "Henry Mancini Remembered' (''Soundtrack'', vol. 13, No. 51)
* Büdinger, Matthias. "Henry Mancini" (''Soundtrack'', vol. 13, No. 50, 1994)
* Büdinger, Matthias. "Whistling Away the Dark" (''Film Score Monthly'', No. 45, p.&nbsp;7
* Larson, Randall. "Henry Mancini: On Scoring 'Lifeforce' and 'Santa Claus'" (interview) (''CinemaScore'', No. 15, 1987)
* Thomas, Tony. ''Music for the Movies'' (1973)
* Thomas, Tony. ''Film Score'' (1979)

==External links==
{{Archival records|title=Henry Mancini papers, 1930s-2000s|location= [[Music Division, Library of Congress]]|description_URL=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu020011}}
*{{Official website|1=http://www.henrymancini.com}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/17597?q=mancini&search=quick&pos=5&_start=1 |title=Henry Mancini |website=[[Oxford Music Online]] |url-access=subscription }}
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*{{cite web |url=http://morningsonmaplestreet.com/2014/11/26/mancinis-peter-gunn-score-page-one/ |first=Joe |last=Manning |title=Mancini's Peter Gunn Score Launched Dozens of Careers |date=2007 |website=Mornings on Maple Street}}
*{{cite journal |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19778/m1/ |title=Henry Mancini interview |journal=[[The Pop Chronicles]] |last1=John |first1=Gilliland }}
*{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/15/obituaries/henry-mancini-dies-at-70-composer-for-films-and-tv.html |title=Obituaries: Henry Mancini |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 15, 1994}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/@officialhenrymancini Official Henry Mancini YouTube Channel]

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