Nino Rota
Like many fine concert music composers, such as Serge Prokofiev, Toru Takemitsu, and Bernard Herrmann, Rota created a unique film soundtrack style for which he became known worldwide.
Rota was born into a musical family: one of his grandfathers was the pianist-composer Giovanni Rinaldi (1840-1895), and he studied the piano, on which he was to become known as a gifted improviser, with his mother. He also studied solfège and began to compose at the early age of eight. His oratorio L'infanzia di S. Giovanni Battista (The Infancy of Saint John the Baptist) for soloists, chorus, and orchestra was performed in Milan and Lille in 1923, when he was only 12.
Rota entered the Milan Conservatory in 1923 and wrote his (unperformed) first opera Il principe porcaro in 1925, basing his original libretto on Hans Christian Andersen's tale. About this time he established a lifelong friendship with Igor Stravinsky. He studied privately with Pizzetti and Casella, and received his diploma at the Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome in 1930. In the U.S., he studied at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia from 1931-32, and received an arts degree at Milan University (1937). During this time he composed several minor chamber works.
He became a teacher of harmony, solfège, and composition at the Taranto music school (1937-1938) and the Bari Conservatory (1939-1950) where he became director (in 1950).
Rota's first film score was for Renato Castellani's Zazà in 1944. He then went on to create music for many classic films by Luchino Visconti (Rocco and his Brothers), Franco Zeffirelli (The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet), Mario Monicelli, H. Cass (The Glass Mountain), Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, which received an Oscar for best score), King Vidor (War and Peace), René Clément (Plein soleil), Edward Dmytrik, C. Borghesio, M. Soldati (Le miserie del signor Travat), L. Zampa (Anni facili), M. Monicelli (La grande guerra), S.F. Bondarchuk (Waterloo), and Eduardo de Filippo (Napoli milionairia). His 80 scores for Federico Fellini extended from The White Sheik (1952) to The Orchestra Rehearsal (1979). He also composed the music for many theater productions by Visconti, Zeffirelli, and de Filippo. These film scores have a distinctive "Rota" sound made from clear, directly expressive melodies and rhythms, unusual progressions of tonal chords, and often an earthy humor.
Of Rota's 10 operas, the exciting Il capello di paglia di Firenze (1946) and the philosophical allegory La visita meravigliosa (1970, The Marvelous Visitation) were the most successful. Of his five choral works, the Mysterium (1962) and La vita di Maria (1970) are considered especially fine in compositional technique. He also composed five ballets, including Amor di poeta (1978) for Maurice Bejart, many chamber and piano works, several symphonies, and other orchestral works including the brilliant Harp Concerto (1948). In February 1995, the Nino Rota Foundation was established at Fondazione Cini in Venice.
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War and Peace
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei EL records am 11.11.2021
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Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (Original Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei The Sound of the Screen am 14.03.2022
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For Fellini
Soundtracks - Erschienen bei Amra Record am 09.05.2014
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Amarcord (from Amarcord)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Marco Velocci am 18.11.2022
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Definitive Nina Rota, Vol. 3
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Diamond Days am 24.09.2013
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THE SHOW MUST GO ON with Nino Rota
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Unchained Melody am 21.07.2015
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The Legends - Nino Rota
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Legends am 18.06.2013
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Il furto della Gioconda (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Creazioni Artistiche Musicali C.A.M. S.r.l. am 04.12.2013
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La Strada
Floraleda Sacchi, Mario Carbotta, Nino Rota
Lounge - Erschienen bei Amadeus Arte am 24.01.2024
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Hurricane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Varese Sarabande am 01.01.1979
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The 12 Days of Christmas with Nino Rota
Soundtracks - Erschienen bei All I Have To Do Is Dream am 25.11.2019
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Piano works of Rota & Desyatnikov
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Quartz Music Ltd am 01.01.2014
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Il Padrino
Floraleda Sacchi, Mario Carbotta, Nino Rota
Lounge - Erschienen bei Amadeus Arte am 07.02.2024
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The Reluctant Saint
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Creazioni Artistiche Musicali C.A.M. S.r.l. am 28.05.2014
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La Strada, La Dolce Vita, Le Notti di Cabiria... e altri successi! (Remastered)
Pop - Erschienen bei Vintage Records am 18.04.2022
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Roma - Vitelloni's Bar
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei EMI Music Publishing Italia Srl am 20.06.2016
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The Taming of the Shrew: Scenes from the Motion Picture
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei RCA - Legacy am 24.04.1967
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Spara forte, più forte, non capisco (Colonna sonora originale)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei EMI General Music srl am 08.07.2014
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Le notti di Cabiria (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Firefly Entertainment am 01.10.2012
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Nino Rota, Film Music Vol. 3: La Dolce Vita
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Firefly Entertainment am 01.10.2012
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La Dolce Vita - Finale
Pop - Erschienen bei JB Production CH am 08.12.1960
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