
Nino Rota
Highest Rated: 100% Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Lowest Rated: 50% War and Peace (1956)
Birthday: Dec 3, 1911
Birthplace: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Although he will always be remembered for composing the haunting music in the first two films in director Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" trilogy, during his nearly 50 year career Nino Rota was one of the most prolific Italian film composers. A classically trained composer, Rota's career began in earnest in the early 1940s and lasted until his death in 1979. During that period he wrote 176 film scores, including several for the celebrated Italian film director Federico Fellini. In addition to the first two "Godfather" films, the second of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1975, some of Rota's more notable works included "The White Sheik" (1952), "La Strada" (1954), and "8 1/2" (1963), all three of which were directed by Fellini. By the time of his death at age 67 in 1979, Rota, who also wrote several operas, ballets and orchestral competitions in addition to his film work, was recognized as one of the most important composers of the twentieth century
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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67% | No Score Yet | Love Story | Original Music | - | 2011 |
78% | 82% | Orchestra Rehearsal | Music | - | 1979 |
55% | 80% | Fellini's Casanova | Music | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear Michael | Original Music | - | 1976 |
96% | 97% | The Godfather, Part II | Original Music | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Love and Anarchy | Original Music | - | 1973 |
88% | 90% | Amarcord | Original Music | - | 1973 |
67% | 82% | Fellini's Roma | Original Music | - | 1972 |
97% | 98% | The Godfather | Original Music | $134.8M | 1972 |
100% | 76% | The Clowns | Original Music | - | 1970 |
79% | 75% | Satyricon | Original Music | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Fellini: A Director's Notebook | Original Music | - | 1969 |
95% | 74% | Romeo and Juliet | Music | - | 1968 |
83% | 73% | The Taming of the Shrew | Original Music | - | 1967 |
79% | 85% | Juliet of the Spirits | Original Music | $90.7K | 1965 |
98% | 89% | The Leopard | Original Music | - | 1963 |
98% | 92% | 8 1/2 | Music | $50.7K | 1963 |
96% | 80% | Mafioso | Original Music | $398.6K | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under Ten Flags | Original Music | - | 1960 |
96% | 90% | La dolce vita | Original Music | - | 1960 |
95% | 92% | Purple Noon | Original Music | $663.5K | 1960 |
89% | 94% | Rocco and His Brothers | Music | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Angry Age | Original Music | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tanks of El Alamein | Original Music | - | 1958 |
100% | 94% | Nights of Cabiria | Original Music and Songs | $823.6K | 1957 |
50% | 63% | War and Peace | Original Music | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The House of Intrigue | Original Music | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Friends for Life | Original Music | - | 1955 |
97% | 93% | La Strada | Original Music | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Most Wanted Man | Original Music | - | 1954 |
100% | 90% | I vitelloni | Original Music | $97.9K | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Assassin | Original Music | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Valley of the Eagles | Music | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pirates of Capri | Original Music | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Without Pity | Original Music | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zaza | Original Music | - | 1939 |