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1965 • 7th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1963 and Aug 30, 1964
1965 Winner is Henry Mancini with "The Pink Panther Theme"
The Pink Panther Theme
Nominees 1965
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Cotton Candy
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Sugar Lips
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Theme From "The Munsters"
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Theme From Golden Boy (Album)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Nomination | Actions |
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| 2026 | Remy Le Boeuf | First Snow | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Pascal Le Boeuf | Strands | All Nominees |
| 2024 | John Williams | Helena's Theme | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Geoffrey Keezer | Refuge | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Lyle Mays | Eberhard | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Maria Schneider | Sputnik | All Nominees |
| 2020 | John Williams | Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Symphonic Suite | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Terence Blanchard | Blut Und Boden (Blood And Soil) | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Arturo O'Farrill | Three Revolutions | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Ted Nash | Spoken At Midnight | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Arturo O'Farrill | The Afro Latin Jazz Suite | All Nominees |
| 2015 | John Williams | The Book Thief | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Clare Fischer | Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Chick Corea | Mozart Goes Dancing | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Béla Fleck, Howard Levy | Life In Eleven | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Billy Childs | The Path Among The Trees | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Michael Giacchino | Married Life | All Nominees |
| 2009 | John Williams | The Adventures Of Mutt | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Maria Schneider | Cerulean Skies | All Nominees |
| 2007 | John Williams | A Prayer For Peace | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Billy Childs | Into The Light | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Paquito D'Rivera | Merengue | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Wayne Shorter | Sacajawea | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Thomas Newman | Six Feet Under Title Theme | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Alan Silvestri | Cast Away - End Credits | All Nominees |
| 2001 | John Williams | Theme From Angela's Ashes | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Don Sebesky | Joyful Noise Suite | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Béla Fleck, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten | Almost 12 | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Wayne Shorter | Aung San Suu Kyi | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Herbie Hancock, Jean Hancock | Manhattan (Island Of Lights And Love) | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Bill Holman | A View From The Side | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Michael Brecker | African Skies | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Kenny G | Forever In Love | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Benny Carter | Harlem Renaissance Suite | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Elton John | Basque | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Pat Metheny | Change Of Heart | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Danny Elfman | The Batman Theme | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Mike Post | The Theme From LA Law | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins, Wayne Shorter | Call Sheet Blues | All Nominees |
| 1987 | John Barry | Out Of Africa | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Jan Hammer | Miami Vice Theme | All Nominees |
| 1985 | John Williams | Olympic Fanfare & Theme | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Randy Newman | The Natural | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Giorgio Moroder | Love Theme From Flashdance | All Nominees |
| 1983 | John Williams | Flying - Theme From E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Mike Post | The Theme From Hill Street Blues | All Nominees |
| 1981 | John Williams | The Empire Strikes Back | All Nominees |
| 1980 | John Williams | Superman Main Title Theme | All Nominees |
| 1979 | John Williams | Theme From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind | All Nominees |
| 1978 | John Williams | Star Wars - Main Title | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Chuck Mangione | Bellavia | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Michel Legrand | Images | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells - Theme From The Exorcist | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Gato Barbieri | Last Tango In Paris | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Michel Legrand | Brian's Song | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Michel Legrand | Theme From Summer Of '42 | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Alfred Newman | Airport Love Theme | All Nominees |
| 1970 | John Barry | Midnight Cowboy | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Mason D. Williams | Classical Gas | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Lalo Schifrin | Mission: Impossible | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Neal Hefti | Batman Theme | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Henry Mancini | The Pink Panther Theme | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani | More - Theme From Mondo Cane | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott | A Taste Of Honey | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Galt MacDermott | African Waltz | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Duke Ellington | Anatomy Of A Murder | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Nelson Riddle | Cross Country Suite | All Nominees |
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