- Real name
- Giovanni Rota Rinaldi
- Born
- December 3, 1911
- Died
- April 10, 1979
- Country
- Italy
- IPI
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00026806486 1 work
00035931973 18 works
00449819409 22 works
00583704237 22 works
- Affiliation
- SIAE, ASCAP
- Comments
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Prolific and influential composer, pianist, arranger, conductor and academic, best known for his film scores, especially for Federico Fellini's films. Rota worked with, among others, Franco Zeffirelli, Luchino Visconti, Eduardo De Filippo and Francis Ford Coppola.
Winner of the 1974 Academy Award for Best Original Score for "The Godfather Part II."
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