Johnny Mandel

American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz

John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925 – June 29, 2020) was an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Diane Schuur and Shirley Horn. He won five Grammy Awards, from 17 total nominations; his first nomination was for his debut film score for the multi-nominated 1958 film I Want to Live!. In 2011, he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Among his other film accolades, Mandel also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper (1965), and was nominated three times each for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. He received the Grammy Trustees Award for his contributions to the music industry, in 2018.

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Works

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  • A Christmas Love Song
  • A Time for Love
  • Barbara's Theme
  • Bel Air
  • Black Nightgown
  • Bon Voyage
  • Cedric
  • Cinnamon and Clove
  • Close Enough For Love (Theme For Agatha)
  • Close Enough for Love
  • Close Shave and Uncle Lucas
  • Condolence Call
  • Decision
  • Don’t Look Back
  • Duke and Hawkeye Arrive at M*A*S*H
  • El Cajon
  • Emily
  • End Title
  • End Titles
  • Escape From Xanthus
  • Escorts Away (The Russians Are Coming)
  • Eyes of Dreams
  • Faking Wound
  • Finale (Susan)
  • Flashback No. 1
  • Flashback No. 3
  • Flashback No. 4
  • Flashback No. 5
  • Flashback No. 6
  • Flashbacks No. 7 and No. 8
  • Flour Power
  • Foot Chase And Climax
  • Frisco Club
  • Goodbye, Jason
  • Goodnight
  • Groover Wailin'
  • Harper
  • Harper Does It Better
  • Harper's Ferry
  • Helmut Owiewohl
  • Here's to Alvy
  • Hershey Bar
  • Hiram’s House
  • Hop Along
  • I Want to Live
  • I Wish I’d Met You
  • I Wish You Well
  • Jason
  • Jim's Shark
  • Jonathan & Jim
  • Jonathan's Fantasy
  • Keester Parade
  • L'Ombra del teu somriure
  • Le Sourire de mon amour
  • Life Is a Funny Thing
  • Living Without You
  • Low Life
  • Magnus Cum Louder
  • Main Title
  • Main Title From Agatha
  • Mexican Breakfast
  • Moon Song
  • Night Watch
  • Not Really the Blues
  • Old Swan Dixie
  • Pernod
  • Quietly There
  • Reel Eight
  • Reel Eleven
  • Reel One
  • Reel Twelve (Includes an excerpt From "The Four Seasons") By Vivaldi
  • Reels Five and Six
  • Reels Nine and Ten
  • Reunion / End Title
  • Runaway Motorcycle
  • Sailors Chorus
  • Seascape
  • Solitary Moon
  • Spooking The Sheriff and Broom Sequence
  • Spotted and Look, No Hands
  • Straight Life
  • Strike It Rich
  • Suicide Is Painless
  • Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
  • Surprise
  • Tea Party
  • Temple of the Clouds
  • The Airport
  • The Bear
  • The Chief
  • The Diary
  • The Dogs
  • The Flying Camper
  • The Harrogate Charleston
  • The Knothole
  • The Magic Pen and Flashback No. 2
  • The Mansion
  • The Moon Song
  • The New Order of the World
  • The Next Day
  • The Picnic
  • The Russians Are Coming... The Russians Are Coming (End Title)
  • The Russians Are Coming... The Russians Are Coming (main Title)
  • The Shadow of Your Smile
  • The Shining Sea (instrumental)
  • The Shining Sea (vocal Added)
  • The Tower
  • Theme For Agatha (Close Enough For Love)
  • Theme Rrom MASH
  • Thunderhead
  • Tipperary
  • Tommy Hawk
  • Utopia
  • Vacation From the Blues
  • Vacation in Sussex
  • Volga Boat Song
  • Wedding Preparations
  • Welcome To Longview
  • Where Do You Start
  • You Are There