Henry Mancini

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 jazzidiom 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