Nino Rota

Nino Rota

Italian composer (1911–1979)
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Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota 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).

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Nino Rota was born on Sunday, 3 December 1911 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. His full name at birth was Giovanni Rota Rinaldi. He was best known as a composer. Rota's country of citizenship (nationality) was Italian. He died on Tuesday, 10 April 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy at the age of 67. He had dark brown eyes and salt and pepper hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Sagittarius.

You can find people similar to Nino Rota by visiting our lists Conservatorio Santa Cecilia alumni and Best Original Music BAFTA Award winners.

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Giovanni Rota Rinaldi
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3 December 1911
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Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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10 April 1979
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Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Composer | Soundtrack | Music Department
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Nino Rota is known for his role in the film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) as performer: "La Fogaraccia" / writer: "La Fogaraccia".

He is also known for his role in the documentary Sintiéndolo mucho (2022) as writer: "La Fogaraccia", "La Passerella di Addio".

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