Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Nominated |
Best Original Score In Cold Blood |
1967 |
| Nominated |
Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score The Wiz |
1978 |
| Nominated |
Best Picture The Color Purple |
1985 |
| Nominated |
Best Score The Color Purple |
1985 |
| Nominated |
Best Song The Color Purple |
1985 |
| Nominated |
Best Song For Love of Ivy |
1968 |
| Nominated |
Best Song Banning |
1967 |
| Won |
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
1991 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Nominated |
Best Original Score The Getaway |
1972 |
| Nominated |
Best Original Song Honky |
1971 |
| Nominated |
Best Original Song Cactus Flower |
1969 |
