Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oscar-winning Italian composer Nino Rota, who scored “La Dolce Vita,” “The Leopard” and “The Godfather” – among many other ...

Rota, who scored most of Fellini’s films, including “La Dolce Vita” and “8 1/2,” really ventures into experimental territory in “Casanova.” Says Desplat: “I feel like Fellini might have told him, ...

The PostClassical Ensemble is making you an offer you can’t refuse. Next week, the group will perform a pair of concerts in Washington, D.C, and Baltimore featuring the orchestral works of the most ...

Italian composer Nino Rota is best known for his film scores for The Godfather and Romeo and Juliet. With over 150 scores to his name, there's plenty of incredible music to explore. Join us for a deep ...

From its earliest days, cinema has borrowed from the canon of Western classical music for soundtracks; eventually, film scores began to make their way into the concert hall. But on Dec. 9, the ...

This is FRESH AIR. In the 1980s, music producer Hal Willner masterminded four tribute anthologies in which various jazz and pop bands played music by Thelonious Monk or Kurt Weill or songs from Walt ...

What the main theme of “The Godfather” does is astonishing. Not only does it establish the mood of the film, its Italian influence and an atmosphere of sophistication. It is one of the most evocative ...

Oscar-winning Italian composer Nino Rota, who scored “La Dolce Vita,” “The Leopard” and “The Godfather” – among many other masterpiece movies – is set for “Nino” a high-profile documentary being ...