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Nino Rota's the Godfather Trilogy
A Film Score Guide
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2010
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Released in 1972, 1974, and 1990 respectively, Francis Ford Coppola's three-part saga is one of the greatest artistic accomplishments (and financial successes) in the history of Hollywood cinema. The latest in Scarecrow's Film Score Guides series, Nino Rota's The Godfather Trilogy: A Film Score Guide discusses the events that led to the realization of the three films and studies and analyzes their music. Sciannameo reexamines The Godfather Trilogy from a variety of perspectives, with special focus on the music Rota composed to bind together approximately nine hours of cinematic narrative. Probing Rota's formation as a musician amidst the cultural climate established by Italian Fascism, Sciannameo examines Rota's initial stylistic adherence to the Mussolini-dictated or inspired concept of Italianness and then his return to a more congenial 19th-century formulaic vocabulary.
Sciannameo considers Rota's involvement with cinema and his collaboration with many celebrated directors, such as Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Franco Zeffirelli, and Coppola, and deals with the sensitive issues of cultural analysis vis-à-vis the Mafia as a concept embedded within the Italian-American community. The book also discusses the sound of the Godfather films, describing and analyzing the musical subtexts underscoring a group of pivotal scenes. Relying substantially on Rota's notes, which are discussed here for the first time, the book reveals the composer's interpretation of Coppola's cinematic narrative and the scoring methodologies he employed.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-7711-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-6424-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
193
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Table of Contents No access
List Musical examples No access
Editor's Foreword No access
Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1: Nino Rota at the Heart of the Novecento: A Problem Solved No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 2: Musical Styles in and out of Diegesis No access Pages 13 - 24
Chapter 3: Ethnicity and Literary Adaptation in: The Godfather Trilogy No access Pages 25 - 38
Chapter 4: The Sound of the Godfather Trilogy: Family Choral Scenes No access Pages 39 - 64
Chapter 5: The Sound of The Godfather Trilogy: Tales of Love and Death No access Pages 65 - 98
Appendix No access Pages 99 - 150
Notes No access Pages 151 - 172
Bibliography No access Pages 173 - 178
Index No access Pages 179 - 192
About the Author No access Pages 193 - 193
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