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Nino Rota

Biography

Birth: 1911 in Milan, Italy

Death: 1979

Notes:

  • Educated at the Milan Conservatory.
  • Composed many scores for Italian director Fellini
  • He won an Academy Award for his score to The Godfather, but it was withdrawn because some of the themes were taken from his earlier work.
  • He also won an Academy Award for The Godfather: Part II, which also won a Golden Globe.

Highlight Films:

The Godfather: Part II (AA:W) (GG:N) (1974)
The Godfather (GG:W) (1972)
Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Links:

The International Movie Database
Movie Tunes - Nino Rota


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