Awards

1979 Academy Award Nomination

BEST MUSIC/ORIGINAL SCORE
AND ITS ADAPTATION
Directed and Produced by Peter Yates
Written by Peter Tisch
Composed by Patrick Williams

CABLE ACE AWARDS

1994- Geronimo

CABLE ACE NOMINATIONS

1995- Kingfish
1994- Zelda

EMMY AWARDS

2001-“A Dream That Only I Can Know” From Yesterday’s Children
1993-Danielle Steele’s “Jewels”
1982- The Princess and the Cabbie
1980- The Lou Grant Show

EMMY NOMINATIONS

1997- After Jimmy
1995- Kingfish
1994- Geronimo
1994- The Corpse had a Familiar Face
1993- Blind Spot

1991- Decoration Day
1990- FM
1989- Columbo
1988- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1985- Seduced
1984- Mr. Smith
1982- The Lou Grant Show
1981- The Lou Grant Show
1980- The Lou Grant Show
1979- The Lou Grant Show
1978- Columbo
1978- The Streets of San Francisco

GRAMMY AWARDS

1986- Best Instumental Arrangement “Suite Memories” Track From the Album “Someplace Else” Bill Watrous with Patrick Williams
1974- Best Instrumental Arrangement “Threshold” Track from the Album “Threshold” by Patrick Williams

GRAMMY AWARD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1987- Best Spoken Word “Gulliver” Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Gielgud Narrator
1978- Best Arrangement/ Record of the Year, Billy Joel, “The Stranger”

GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

2006- Best Instrumental Composition A Concerto in Swing-Elevation(The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and Big Band)
2006- Best Instrumental Arrangement Tom & Eddie- Elevation(The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and Big Band)
2002- Best Instrumental Composition “The Theme From Blonde”-Blonde
1998-Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocal “Breath of Heaven”-Breath of Heaven (Vince Gill)
1994- Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocal “I’ve Got a Crush on You”- Frank Sinatra Duets

1987- Best Instrumental Performance/Big Band “Patrick Williams’ New York Band- 10th Avenue
1987- Best Instrumental Arrangement “Jive Samba”- Track from 10th Avenue
1986- Best Instrumental Arrangement “Suite Memories”- Track from Someplace Else
1983- Best Instrumental Arrangement “Too Hip for the Room”- Track from Dreams and Themes
1980- Best Instrumental Composition- An American Concerto
1974-Best Instrumental Arrangement “Threshold”- Track from Threshold
1974- Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band- Threshold
1971- Best Arrangement “Long Ago Tomorrow”-BJ Thomas

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Duke University, 2001
BMI Richard Kirk Achievement Award, 1997
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Univ of Colorado 1983
Academy Award Nomination, 1980- Breaking Away
Pulitzer Prize Nomination, 1977- An American Concerto
Duke University, BA 1961
Columbia University, Composition and Orchestration

ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS

DUKE UNIVERSITY, Guest Lecturer
YALE UNIVERSITY, Lecturer, Composer, Conductor

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Green Honors Professsor
USC, Visiting Facility, Film Music Program
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Visiting Professor/ Composer In Residence
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, Guest Lecturer
INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Guest Lecturer
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES, “Music for Motion Pictures,” Seminar Lecture series, Chair
CANADIAN MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION WORKSHOP, GL
BATTLE OF THE BANDS, Hollywood Bowl, Judge
BROADWAY FILM FESTIVAL, Judge
ORANGE COAST COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL, Judge
DOWNBEAT/KENNEDY FOUNDATION COLLEGE
COMPETIONS, Judge, Big Band
NATIONAL COLLEGE JAZZ FESTIVAL, West Coast Judge

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

BMI Foundation, Advisory Board
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Music Branch Executive Committee
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
The Recording Academy, Board Member, Los Angeles Chapter
Society of Composers & Lyricists, Advisory Board
The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, Advisory Board
Songwriters Guild of America
The Dramatists Guild, Inc.
Broadcast Music, Inc.