Nino Rota
Giovanni "Nino" Rota Rinaldi 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 screen adaptations, and for the first two installments of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, earning the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Godfather Part II (1974).
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- Born in
- Milan
- Educated at
- IES Manuel MurguíaMilan ConservatoryCurtis Institute of MusicAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Awards
- 🏆 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media🏆 Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score🏆 BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
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1911
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Birth1979
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