Herbie Hancock Awards

Academy Awards, USA

1987

Won Oscar
category Best Music, Original Score for 'Round Midnight (1986)

BAFTA Awards

1987

Got nomination for BAFTA Film Award
category Best Score for 'Round Midnight (1986)

BMI Film & TV Awards

1989

Won BMI Film Music Award
for Colors (1988)

Cesar Awards, France

1987

Won Cesar Award
category Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique) for 'Round Midnight (1986)

Golden Globes, USA

1987

Got nomination for Golden Globe
category Best Original Score - Motion Picture for 'Round Midnight (1986)

Grammy Awards

2008

Won Grammy Award
category Best Contemporary Jazz Album for "River: The Joni Letters"

2008

Won Grammy Award
category Album of the Year for "River: The Joni Letters"

2008

Got nomination for Grammy Award
category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for "Both Sides Now"

2006

Got nomination for Grammy Award
category Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Gelo Na Montanha"
shared with Trey Anastasio

2006

Got nomination for Grammy Award
category Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "A Song for You"
shared with Christina Aguilera

2005

Won Grammy Award
category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for "Speak Like a Child"

2003

Won Grammy Award
category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for "Directions in Music"
shared with Michael Brecker; Roy Hargrove

2003

Won Grammy Award
category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for "My Ship"

1999

Won Grammy Award
category Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group for "Gershwin's World"

1999

Won Grammy Award
category Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) for "St. Louis Blues"
shared with Robert Sadin; Stevie Wonder

1997

Won Grammy Award
category Best Instrumental Composition for "Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)"
shared with Jean Hancock

1995

Won Grammy Award
category Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group for "A Tribute to Miles"
shared with Ron Carter; Tony Williams; Wallace Roney & Wayne Shorter

1988

Won Grammy Award
category Best Instrumental Composition for "Call Sheet Blues"
shared with Billy Higgins; Ron Carter; Wayne Shorter

1985

Won Grammy Award
category Best R&B Instrumental Performance for "Sound System"

1984

Won Grammy Award
category Best R&B Instrumental Performance for "Rockit"

1975

Got nomination for Grammy Award
category Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture for Death Wish (1974)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1986

Won LAFCA Award
category Best Music for 'Round Midnight (1986)
shared with Dexter Gordon

MOBO Awards

2009

Got nomination for MOBO Award
category Best Jazz Act

MTV Video Music Awards

1984

Won MTV Video Music Award
category Most Experimental Video for "Rockit"

1984

Got nomination for MTV Video Music Award
category Video of the Year for "Rockit"

1984

Got nomination for MTV Video Music Award
category Best Male Video for "Rockit"

1984

Got nomination for MTV Video Music Award
category Viewer's Choice for "Rockit"

NAACP Image Awards

2008

Won NAACP Image Award
category Outstanding Jazz Artist