Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini

Birthday: 1924-04-16

Deathday: 1994-06-14

Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Also known as: Enrico Nicola Mancini

imdb_id: nm0000049

Biography:

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and the theme to the Peter Gunn television series. The Peter Gunn theme won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini also had a long collaboration on film scores with the film director Blake Edwards.

Played in movies:

Pink, Plunk, Plink

Score: 7.2

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Score: 7.0

You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

Score: 6.5

Gunn

Score: 5.4

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

Score: 5.0

Son of the Pink Panther

Score: 4.6

Royal Variety Performance 1984

Score: 0.0

Seriously... Phil Collins

Score: 0.0

Henry Mancini: More Than Music

Score: 0.0

I Love Quincy

Score: 0.0

The Music of Lennon & McCartney

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Midnight Special

Score: 7.8

Frasier

Score: 7.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Score: 6.6

The Julie Andrews Hour

Score: 6.0

Wogan

Score: 4.5