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Nino Rota

Nino Rota is a composer born on December 3, 1911 in Milano, Lombardia, Italia. He died on April 10, 1979, aged 67. He is known for The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and 8½. GloboWatch shows where to watch 2 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Sound
Born
December 3, 1911
Place of birth
Milano, Lombardia, Italia
Died
April 10, 1979
Also known as
Giovanni "Nino" Rota Rinaldi · Nino Rotta · Nino Roto

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Giovanni "Nino" Rota (3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare films, and for the first two films of Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy, receiving the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Godfather Part II (1974). During his long career Rota was an extraordinarily prolific composer, especially of music for the cinema. He wrote more than 150 scores for Italian and international productions from the 1930s until his death in 1979—an average of three scores each year over a 46-year period, and in his most productive period from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s he wrote as many as ten scores every year, and sometimes more, with a remarkable thirteen film scores to his credit in 1954. Alongside this great body of film work, he composed ten operas, five ballets and dozens of other orchestral, choral and chamber works, the best known being his string concerto. He also composed the music for many theatre productions by Visconti, Zeffirelli and Eduardo De Filippo as well as maintaining a long teaching career at the Liceo Musicale in Bari, Italy, where he was the director for almost 30 years.

Filmography

  1. 1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980Music
  2. 1985Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years LaterMusic
  3. 1979HurricaneMusic
  4. 1979Orchestra RehearsalMusic
  5. 1978Death on the NileMusic
  6. 1977Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for TelevisionMusic
  7. 1976Fellini's CasanovaMusic
  8. 1976Dear MicheleMusic
  9. 1974The Godfather Part IIMusic
  10. 1974The AbdicationMusic
  11. 1973AmarcordMusic
  12. 1973Love and AnarchyMusic
  13. 1972RomaMusic
  14. 1972The GodfatherMusic
  15. 1970The ClownsMusic
  16. 1970WaterlooMusic
  17. 1969SatyriconMusic
  18. 1969Fellini: A Director’s Notebookas Self · Music
  19. 1968Spirits of the DeadMusic
  20. 1968Romeo and JulietMusic
  21. 1967The Taming of the ShrewMusic
  22. 1965Kiss the Other SheikMusic
  23. 1965Juliet of the SpiritsMusic
  24. 1963The Teacher from VigevanoMusic
  25. 1963The LeopardMusic
  26. 19638½Music
  27. 1962Boccaccio '70Music
  28. 1961The Best of EnemiesMusic
  29. 1961Ghosts of RomeMusic
  30. 1960Rocco and His BrothersMusic
  31. 1960Purple NoonMusic
  32. 1960La Dolce VitaMusic
  33. 1959The Great WarMusic
  34. 1958The Law Is the LawMusic
  35. 1957Doctor and the HealerMusic
  36. 1957White NightsMusic
  37. 1957Nights of CabiriaMusic
  38. 1956War and PeaceMusic
  39. 1955It Happened in the PenitentiaryMusic
  40. 1955The SwindleMusic
  41. 1955La bella di RomaMusic
  42. 1955A Hero of Our TimesMusic
  43. 1954La StradaMusic
  44. 1953Lo scocciatoreMusic
  45. 1953The Ship of Condemned WomenMusic
  46. 1953I VitelloniMusic
  47. 1953The Wild OatMusic
  48. 1952Toto and the Kings of RomeMusic
  49. 1952Venetian BirdMusic
  50. 1952The White SheikMusic
  51. 1951AnnaMusic
  52. 1950A Dog’s LifeMusic
  53. 1950Side Street StoryMusic
  54. 1949ObsessionMusic
  55. 1948Toto Tours ItalyMusic
  56. 1948Under the Sun of RomeMusic
  57. 1948Without PityMusic
  58. 1947To Live in PeaceMusic
  59. 1946Rome: Free CityMusic
  60. 1933Tourist TrainMusic