Nino Rota

Sound

Born: 1911-12-03
Died: 1979-04-10
From: Milano, Lombardia, Italia
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Giovanni "Nino" Rota RinaldiNino RottaNino Roto二野呂太

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.

Awards & Nominations6 won · 10 nominated

Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Original Music

The Godfather Part II

1976
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

The Godfather Part II

1975
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

The Godfather Part II

1975
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Original Music

The Godfather

1973
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

The Godfather

1973
Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Original Music

The Godfather

1973
🏆 Won

Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Godfather – Original Soundtrack Recording

1972
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

The Godfather

1972
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

The Godfather

1972
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Godfather – Original Soundtrack Recording

1972
Nominated

Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet

1969
Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Original Music

Romeo and Juliet

1969
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Romeo and Juliet

1968
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

La Dolce Vita

1962
🏆 Won

Nastro d'Argento for Best Score

🏆 Won

David di Donatello for Best Score

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