| Year
|
Category
|
Nominated work
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
| 1958
|
Album of the Year
|
The Music from Peter Gunn
|
Won
|
[14]
|
| Best Performance by an Orchestra
|
Nominated
|
| Best Arrangement
|
Won
|
| Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)
|
Nominated
|
| 1959
|
Album of the Year
|
More Music from Peter Gunn
|
Nominated
|
| Best Performance by an Orchestra
|
Nominated
|
| Best Jazz Performance – Group
|
Nominated
|
| Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1958 (Over 5 Minutes Duration)
|
Nominated
|
| Best Soundtrack Album – Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television
|
Nominated
|
| Best Arrangement
|
Nominated
|
| 1960
|
"Mr. Lucky"
|
Won
|
| Best Performance by an Orchestra
|
Won
|
| Best Performance by a Band for Dancing
|
The Blues and the Beat
|
Nominated
|
| Best Jazz Performance Large Group
|
Won
|
| 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
|
| Record of the Year
|
"Moon River"
|
Won
|
| Song of the Year
|
Won
|
| Best Arrangement
|
Won
|
| Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
|
Mr. Lucky Goes Latin
|
Nominated
|
| Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Other Than Dancing
|
Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture
|
Won
|
| Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television
|
Won
|
| 1962
|
Best Instrumental Arrangement
|
"Baby Elephant Walk"
|
Won
|
| Best Instrumental Theme
|
Nominated
|
| Best Original Jazz Composition
|
"The Sounds of Hatari!"
|
Nominated
|
| 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
|
| Song of the Year
|
Won
|
| Best Background Arrangement (Behind Vocalist or Instrumentalist)
|
Won
|
| Best Performance by a Chorus
|
"Charade"
|
Nominated
|
| 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
|
| Song of the Year
|
"Dear Heart"
|
Nominated
|
| Best Performance by a Chorus
|
Nominated
|
| Best Instrumental Arrangement
|
"The Pink Panther Theme"
|
Won
|
| Best Instrumental Composition (Other Than Jazz)
|
Won
|
| Best Instrumental Performance – Non-Jazz
|
Won
|
| 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
|
| Best Performance by a Chorus
|
Dear Heart and Other Songs about Love
|
Nominated
|
| 1966
|
Henry Mancini Presents the Academy Award Songs
|
Nominated
|
| Best Instrumental Theme
|
"Arabesque"
|
Nominated
|
| Best Instrumental Arrangement
|
Nominated
|
| 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
|
| Best Instrumental Arrangement
|
Won
|
| Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
|
Nominated
|
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
|
Me, Natalie
|
Nominated
|
| 1970
|
Best Instrumental Arrangement
|
"Theme from Z"
|
Won
|
| Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
|
"Theme from Z and Other Film Music"
|
Won
|
| Best Instrumental Composition
|
"Love Theme from Sunflower"
|
Nominated
|
| 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
|
| Best Instrumental Composition
|
"Brass on Ivory"
|
Nominated
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance
|
"The Pink Panther Theme ('78)"
|
Nominated
|
| 1980
|
"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
|
| Best Instrumental Composition
|
"The Blues in Three"
|
Nominated
|
| 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
|
| Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
|
"Suite from The Thorn Birds"
|
Nominated
|
| 1990
|
"Monster Movie Music Suite"
|
Nominated
|
| 1991
|
"The Untouchables"
|
Nominated
|
| 1995
|
Lifetime Achievement Award
|
—
|
Won
|
[15]
|
| 1999
|
Grammy Hall of Fame
|
"Moon River"
|
Inducted
|
[16]
|
| 2001
|
The Pink Panther
|
Inducted
|