Henry Mancini
1924-04-16 (100 years old) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Movies
Series
The Julie Andrews Hour
60 %|Sep 13, 1972
The Midnight Special
76 %|Aug 19, 1972
The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953