Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack from the 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" starring Audrey Hepburn. The tracks were re-arranged parts of the film music composed and conducted by Henry Mancini. At the 1962 Academy Awards, Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer won Oscars for Best Original Song for "Moon River", while Mancini picked up a second statue for Best Original Score. The album also stayed on Billboard's album charts for over ninety weeks. Because of his success with title themes, such as the hit theme to the
Moon River a hit version of the song that reached number one in the UK in the final week of 1961. Although Andy Williams never released the song as a single, his LP "Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes" (1962), was certified gold in 1963 for selling one million units. The album reached number 3 on the "Billboard" Top 200, eventually selling more than two million copies by 1967. Cadence Records' president Archie Bleyer disliked Williams' version, believing that it had little or no appeal to teenagers. In 2002, a 74-year-old Williams sang the song at the conclusion of the live