Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, [2][3] he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.

Henry Mancini was one of the most versatile talents in contemporary music. The Mancini name is synonymous with great motion picture and television music, fine recordings and international concert performances.

Henry Mancini is considered as one of America’s best composers. A prolific musician who doled out a slew of television and motion picture scores year after year, for nearly five decades.

Apr 13, 2004 · Born in Cleveland, Ohio, but brought up in Pennsylvania, where he played the flute in a local band, as a youth, before sending some arrangements to Benny Goodman. Goodman offered him a job and, after serving in WWII, he joined the rearranged Glenn Miller band.

Henry Mancini is often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film. Over his legendary 5-decade career, Henry left behind a body of work that includes over 90 albums in a variety of styles including big band, jazz, light classical, pop, easy listening and, of …

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger. Mancini was born in Little Italy, Cleveland and raised in West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Army from 1943-1945.

The Les Deux Love Orchestra features members of Henry Mancini's original orchestra. In popular culture "Lujon" appeared in the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski where lead character Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski was enticed by porn producer Jackie Treehorn to go after Bunny Lebowski for the money Treehorn loaned her. The song is played in Treehorn's ...

May 21, 2018 · The composer, pianist, and theme song scorer Henry Mancini (1924-1994) was a major figure in American music from 1954 until his death. He spear-headed a change in film scoring, replacing the use of symphonic arrangements with elements of …

While preparing a Broadway stage version of Victor in 1994, Henry Mancini discovered that he had inoperable cancer; before the year was out, the composer was gone. In the timeline of American popular music, Mancini made it in just under the wire.

Henry Mancini (/ mænˈsiːni / man-SEE-nee; born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist.