dwayne2005 (August 13, 2008 at 1:45 am)

...He went against the accepted norm of Italian 'classical music' from the '50s on, continuing to compose melodically, however he wanted, isolating from others but keeping true to himself and his belief in culture. He also was a director of a conservatory for the last 30 years of his life, including teaching the young world famous conductor Riccardo Muti. There's a lot to learn. :)Perhaps my favourite film score of his is Il Gattopardo.

dwayne2005 (August 13, 2008 at 1:39 am)

Nino is actually the only classical and film composer who composed prolifically for both fields (around 150 in each) that I know of. He spent his first 20 years as a classical composer only. He gave us much more than the Godfather, including Romeo & Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew, the films of Fellini, several scores for Visconti, King Vidor's War & Peace, Henry Cass' the Glass Mountain and lots of chamber music, opera, ballet, symphonies, concertos, etc.

skriptidwebsho (August 12, 2008 at 4:57 pm)

well, i know that my great grandmother, whom i call nana, adopted nina, whos real father was nino. she may be the real daughter of my nana though. i try asking my nana and she wont tell a soul the whole story. i need to watch the godfather. im 16 and have never seen it. sad i know. is it good?

dwayne2005 (August 11, 2008 at 3:51 am)

How much do you know of his? I have around 100 CDs by now. :| You can find some slideshows of his music in my profile. I'm Rota-crazed. :)

skriptidwebsho (August 10, 2008 at 10:33 pm)

really? that's awesome. i e-mail her sometimes and she's nice. it's so weird having people like nino in my family background, but it's a cool weird.

dizzyhd1 (July 16, 2008 at 11:24 pm)

He also wrote the score to Franco Zefferelli's "Romeo & Juliet" back in the early 1970s. If you've never heard this incredibly gorgeous soundtrack, you're missing out. It's breathtaking!

dwayne2005 (May 14, 2008 at 5:39 am)

I think that's very cool. I've written Nina from time to time. She's very friendly.

gusguisse2 (April 30, 2008 at 6:06 am)

he was born to write this song!!

blihblahblub (April 28, 2008 at 9:28 pm)

the song is called ,,the immigrant''. It's in the godfather 2 like you said, when Vito arrives in New York.

skriptidwebsho (April 24, 2008 at 9:48 pm)

I just got done e-mailing my great aunt Nina Rota. I got a lot of information. It's the coolest thing being Ninos neice.