Italian composer Nino Rota's first oratorio was performed in 1921, when he was a veteran at age 11. Refining his skills at the Milan Conservatory, the Santa Cecilia Academy of Italy, and the Curtis Institute of the United States, Rota continued turning out symphonies, operas, and ballets throughout his long career, and also spent nearly four decades as director of the Bari Conservatory. His best-known operas include Torquemada (1942), The Florentine Straw Hat (1946), and Alladin and His Magic Lamp (1968), all bearing the influence of his many years as a film composer. Rota's first movie work was for Italy's "white telephone" romances and musicals of the 1930s. In an earthier vein, Rota composed for several of the neorealist directors of the postwar era. His longest professional association (25 years) was with director Federico Fellini, who once described the relationship thusly: "It is a harmonious collaboration that I haven't felt like changing. His music is a kind of drama that is very true for my story and images." Rota's better-known Fellini scores were for La Strada (1954), Il Bidone (1955), Nights of Cabiria (1956), and, perhaps best of all, La Dolce Vita (1961). One of Rota's many stage compositions was for a late-'50s ballet version of La Strada. When director Francis Ford Coppola wanted an authentic Italian "feel" for the music of the Godfather, he knew exactly who to contact: Nino Rota, who won his first-ever Oscar for the now-classic The Godfather score (alas, he was later disqualified because he'd lifted his themes from one of his own earlier film scores). Outside of Godfather, Nino Rota's most popular film composition was the love theme from Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968).
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Berliner Philharmoniker/Riccardo Chailly: Fellini, Jazz & Co.
Composer (Music Score) |
2011 | |||
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Valentino: The Last Emperor
Composer (Music Score) |
2008 | |||
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Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Featured Music |
2005 | |||
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A Hundred and One Nights
Featured Music |
1995 | |||
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Lev S Sedoi Borodoi
Featured Music |
1995 | |||
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The Godfather Part III
Featured Music |
1990 | |||
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Blue City
Featured Music |
1986 | |||
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Big Deal On Madonna Street...20 Years Later
Featured Music |
1985 | |||
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Ernesto
Composer (Music Score) |
1979 | |||
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Hurricane
Composer (Music Score) |
1979 | |||
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Orchestra Rehearsal
Composer (Music Score) |
1979 | |||
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Death on the Nile
Composer (Music Score) |
1978 | |||
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Caro Michele
Composer (Music Score) |
1976 | |||
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Il Casanova di Fellini
Composer (Music Score) |
1976 | |||
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Origins of the Mafia
Composer (Music Score) |
1976 | |||
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Ragazzo Di Borgata
Composer (Music Score) |
1976 | |||
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Amarcord
Composer (Music Score) |
1974 | |||
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The Abdication
Composer (Music Score) |
1974 | |||
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The Godfather Part II
Composer (Music Score) |
1974 | |||
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Love and Anarchy
Composer (Music Score) |
1973 | |||
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Fellini's Roma
Composer (Music Score) |
1972 | |||
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The Godfather
Composer (Music Score) |
1972 | |||
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The Clowns
Composer (Music Score) |
1970 | |||
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Waterloo
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1970 | |||
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Fellini Satyricon
Composer (Music Score) |
1969 | |||
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Orgasmo
Composer (Music Score) |
1968 | |||
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Romeo and Juliet
Composer (Music Score) |
1968 | |||
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Spirits of the Dead
Composer (Music Score) |
1968 | |||
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The Taming of the Shrew
Composer (Music Score) |
1967 | |||
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Shoot Loud, Louder...I Don't Understand
Composer (Music Score) |
1966 | |||
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Juliet of the Spirits
Composer (Music Score) |
1965 | |||
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Oggi, Domani e Dopodomani
Composer (Music Score) |
1965 | |||
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8 1/2
Composer (Music Score) |
1963 | |||
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The Leopard
Composer (Music Score) |
1963 | |||
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Boccaccio '70
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
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Mafioso
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
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The Best of Enemies
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
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The Reluctant Saint
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
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Fantasmi a Roma
Composer (Music Score) |
1961 | |||
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Il Brigante
Composer (Music Score) |
1961 | |||
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La Dolce Vita
Composer (Music Score) |
1960 | |||
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Purple Noon
Composer (Music Score) |
1960 | |||
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Rocco and His Brothers
Composer (Music Score) |
1960 | |||
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Sotto Dieci Bandiere
Composer (Music Score) |
1960 | |||
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La Grande Guerra
Composer (Music Score) |
1959 | |||
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Un Ettaro Di Cielo
Composer (Music Score) |
1959 | |||
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Gli Italiani Sono Matti
Composer (Music Score) |
1958 | |||
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Il Medico E Lo Stregone
Composer (Music Score) |
1958 | |||
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La Loi C'est la Loi
Composer (Music Score) |
1958 | |||
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Barrage Contre le Pacifique
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
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Fortunella
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
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Giovani Mariti
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
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Italia Piccola
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
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Le Notti Bianche
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
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Nights of Cabiria
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
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Città di Notte
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
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Il Momento Piu Bello
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
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Londra chiama Polo Nord
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
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Star of India
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
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War and Peace
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
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Accadde Al Penitenziario
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
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Amici per la Pelle
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
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Il Bidone
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
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La Bella di Roma
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
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Un Eroe Dei Nostri Tempi
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
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Appassionatamente
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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Cento Anni D'Amore
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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L'Amante di Paride
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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L'Ennemi Public Numero Un
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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La Grande Speranza
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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La Strada
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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La Vergine Moderna
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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Mambo
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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Musoduro
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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Proibito
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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The Stranger's Hand
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1954 | |||
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Via Padova 46
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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Anni Facili
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
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Fanciulle di Lusso
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
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I Vitelloni
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
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La Domenica Della Buona Gente
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
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Le Boulanger de Valorgue
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
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Noi Due Soli
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
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Scampolo 53
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
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Due Soldi di speranza
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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Gli Angeli Del Quartiere
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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I Sette dell'Orsa Maggiore
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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Jolanda la Figlia Del Corsaro Nero
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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Marito E Moglie
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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Never Take No for an Answer
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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Something Money Can't Buy
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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The Assassin
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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The White Sheik
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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Valley of Eagles
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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Anna
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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Donne e Briganti
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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Era Lui!...Si! Si!
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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Filumena Marturano
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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Peppino E Violetta
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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The Queen of Sheba
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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Valley of the Eagles
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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Anni Difficili
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
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Campane a martello
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
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E Più Facile Che Un Camello
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
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My Widow and I
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
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Napoli Milionaria
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
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Vita Da Cani
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
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Come Scopersi L'America
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
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Obsession
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
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Quel Bandito Sono Io
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
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Senza Pietà
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
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The Glass Mountain
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
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The Pirates of Capri
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
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Arrivederci, Papa!
Composer (Music Score) |
1948 | |||
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Fuga in Francia
Composer (Music Score) |
1948 | |||
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L'Eroe Della Strada
Composer (Music Score) |
1948 | |||
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Proibito Rubare
Composer (Music Score) |
1948 | |||
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Totò al giro d'Italia
Composer (Music Score) |
1948 | |||
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Amanti Senza Amore
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
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Come Persi la Guerra
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
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Daniele Cortis
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
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E Primavera
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
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Vivere in Pace
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
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Albergo Luna, Camera 34
Composer (Music Score) |
1946 | |||
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La Primula Bianca
Composer (Music Score) |
1946 | |||
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Mio Figlio Professore
Composer (Music Score) |
1946 | |||
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Roma, Città Libera
Composer (Music Score) |
1946 | |||
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Sotto il Sole di Roma
Composer (Music Score) |
1946 | |||
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Un Americano in Vacanza
Composer (Music Score) |
1946 | |||
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Vanità
Composer (Music Score) |
1946 | |||
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Le Miserie Del Signor Travet
Composer (Music Score) |
1945 | |||
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La Donna Della Montagna
Composer (Music Score) |
1943 | |||
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La Freccia Nel Fianco
Composer (Music Score) |
1943 | |||
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Zaza
Composer (Music Score) |
1943 | |||
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Giorno Di Nozze
Composer (Music Score) |
1942 | |||
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Le Due Orfanelle
Composer (Music Score) |
1942 | |||
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Treno Popolare
Composer (Music Score) |
1933 |

