Nino Rota

Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (1911-1979) or just Nino Rota was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic. He is known for film music. He composed the music for Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Godfather: Part II.^[1] He wrote over 150 scores for films from 1930s to 1979.^[2] He also composed operas, ballets, orchestra works, chamber music and choral works.^[3]

Nino Rota
Rota (left) with Riccardo Bacchelli and Bruno Maderna in 1963
Born	Giovanni Rota Rinaldi 3 December 1911 Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died	10 April 1979(1979-04-10) (aged 67) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Composer pianist conductor academic
Children	Nina Rota
Website	www.ninorota.com