This is a list of 171 film scores by the Italian composer Nino Rota (1911–1979). The films are categorized by release date, the original title, English title, alternate title (other language, regional, theatrical or DVD title), and film director.
DateOriginal title (Italian title)English titleAlternate titleDirectorNotes1933 Treno popolare Tourist Train 1942 Giorno di nozze Wedding Day 1943 Il birichino di papà 1944 Zazà 1944 La donna della montagna The Mountain Woman 1945 La freccia nel fianco The Arrow Mario Costa (uncredited) 1945 Lo sbaglio di essere vivo My Widow and I 1945 Le miserie del signor Travet His Young Wife 1946 Vanità Vanity Giorgio Pàstina 1946 La primula bianca 1946 Un americano in vacanza A Yank in Rome 1946 Albergo Luna, camera 34 Hotel Luna, Room 34 1946 Mio figlio professore Professor, My Son 1946 Roma città libera Rome, Free City La notte porta consiglio 1947 Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo Flesh Will Surrender 1947 Daniele Cortis Daniele Cortis Elena 1947 Come persi la guerra How I Lost the War Carlo Borghesio 1947 Gli uomini sono nemici Crossroads of Passion 1947 Il segreto di Don Giovanni When Love Calls Mario Costa music also by Fernando Previtali1947 Vivere in pace To Live in Peace 1948 Totò al giro d'Italia Toto Tours Italy 1948 Proibito rubare Hey Boy No Stealing Guagilo 1948 Molti sogni per le strade Woman Trouble 1948 Sotto il sole di Roma Under the Sun of Rome 1948 Fuga in Francia Escape to France Flight into France 1948 È primavera... It's Forever Springtime Springtime in Italy 1948 Senza pietà Without Pity 1948 Arrivederci, papà! Be Seeing You, Father 1948 Amanti senza amore Prelude to Madness 1948 Anni difficili Difficult Years The Little Man 1948 L'eroe della strada Carlo Borghesio 1949 Quel bandito sono io Her Favourite Husband The Taming of Dorothy 1949 The Glass Mountain The Glass Mountain La montagna di cristallo Edoardo Anton 1949 Come scopersi l'America How I Discovered America Carlo Borghesio 1949 Obsession Obsession The Hidden Room 1949 I pirati di Capri Captain SiroccoThe Masked Pirate Giuseppe Maria Scotese 1949 Campane a martello Alarm Bells 1949 Children of Chance Children of Chance 1950 Vita da cani A Dog's Life It's a Dog's Life Steno 1950 Peppino e Violetta Never Take No for an Answer The Small Miracle Ralph Smart 1950 Napoli milionaria! Side Street Story 1950 È più facile che un cammello... His Last Twelve Hours Twelve Hours to Live 1950 È arrivato il cavaliere! Steno 1950 Due mogli sono troppe Honeymoon Deferred 1950 Donne e briganti Of Love and Bandits The King's Guerrillas 1951 Valley of Eagles Valley of Eagles Valley of the Eagles Terence Young 1951 Totò e i re di Roma Toto and the King of Rome Steno 1951 Il Monello della strada Street Urchin Carlo Borghesio 1951 Le Meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino 1951 Napoleone Napoleon Carlo Borghesio 1951 Filumena Marturano Filumena Marturano 1951 Era lui... sì! sì! It's Him!... Yes! Yes! Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz 1951 Anna Anna 1952 Ragazze da marito 1952 I tre corsari Three Corsairs 1952 La mano dello straniero The Stranger's Hand 1952 Something Money Can't Buy Something Money Can't Buy 1952 I sette dell'orsa maggiore Hell Raiders of the Deep Human Torpedoes 1952 La regina di Saba 1952 Noi due soli We Two Alone Marcello Marchesi 1952 Marito e moglie Husband and Wife 1952 Jolanda, la figlia del corsaro nero Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair Yolanda 1952 Gli angeli del quartiere The Angels of the Neighbourhood Angels of the District Carlo Borghesio 1952 Due soldi di speranza Two Cents Worth of Hope music also by Alessandro Cicognini1952 Un ladro in paradiso A Thief in Paradise Domenico Paolella 1952 Lo sceicco bianco The White Sheik 1952 Venetian Bird Venetian Bird The Assassin 1953 Star of India Star of India Stella dell'India 1953 Scampolo 53 Scampolo 53 1953 Riscatto Riscatto Il Riscatto – Tu sei il mio giudice 1953 La domenica della buona gente Good Folk's Sunday 1953 Fanciulle di lusso Finishing School Luxury Girls Des gosses de riches Les mondaines 1953 Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! What Scoundrels Men Are remake of Mario Camerini's 1932 What Scoundrels Men Are!1953 La nave delle donne maledette The Ship of Condemned Women Ship of Lost Women 1953 Le boulanger de Valorgue The Wild Oat 1953 I vitelloni I Vitelloni The Young and the Passionate 1953 Anni facili Easy Years 1953 Musoduro The Hunt Amore selvaggio 1953 L'Ennemi public n° 1 The Most Wanted Man Public Enemy Number One The Most Wanted Man in the World 1953 Via Padova 46 Lo scocciatore 1954 Vergine moderna Modern Virgin 1954 La grande speranza Submarine Attack Torpedo Zone The Great Hope 1954 Le due orfanelle The Two Orphans Les deux orphelines based on the play Les deux orphelines by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon1954 Divisione Folgore Folgore Division 1954 Cento anni d'amore 100 Years of Love Lionello De Felice omnibus film; music also by Mario Nascimbene and Teo Usuelli1954 Appassionatamente Appassionatamente 1954 L'amante di Paride Loves of Three Queens The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships Edgar G. Ulmer 1954 La strada La strada The Road 1954 Mambo Mambo music also by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino1954 Ragazze al mare In vacanza al mare Giuliano Biagetti 1954 Senso Senso music by Anton Bruckner adapted by Rota1954 Proibito Forbidden 1955 Io piaccio La via del successo con le donne 1955 Accadde al penitenziario 1955 Un eroe dei nostri tempi A Hero of Our Times 1955 Bella non piangere! David Carbonari 1955 Il bidone The Swindle The Swindlers 1955 Amici per la pelle Friends for Life The Woman in the Painting Franco Rossi 1955 La bella di Roma 1956 War and Peace War and Peace 1957 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner1956 Londra chiama Polo Nord London Calling North Pole 1956 Città di notte City at Night 1957 Il medico e lo stregone Doctor and the Healer Le médecin et le sorcier 1957 Italia piccola 1957 Il momento più bello The Most Wonderful Moment Wasted Lives 1957 Le notti bianche White Nights 1958 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner1957 Le notti di Cabiria Nights of Cabiria Cabiria music also by Pasquale Bonagura1957 Viaggio nella valle del Po alla ricerca dei cibi genuini TV documentary1958 Giovani mariti Young Husbands 1958 Fortunella Fortunella 1958 This Angry Age This Angry Age Barrage contre le Pacifique The Sea Wall 1958 El Alamein (it) Tanks of El Alamein Deserto di gloria Guido Malatesta 1958 Gli italiani sono matti The Italians They Are Crazy Luis María Delgado 1958 La legge è legge The Law Is the Law La loi c'est la loi Christian-Jaque 1959 La grande guerra The Great War 1959 Un ettaro di cielo Piece of the Sky Aglauco Casadio 1960 Chi legge? Un viaggio lungo il Tirreno TV miniseries documentary1960 Plein soleil Purple Noon Blazing Sun Full Sun Lust for Evil based on the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith1960 La dolce vita La Dolce Vita The Sweet Life 1961 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner1960 Sotto dieci bandiere Under Ten Flags 1960 Rocco e i suoi fratelli Rocco and His Brothers Rocco et ses frères 1961 Fantasmi a Roma Ghosts of Rome Phantom Lovers 1961 Il brigante The Brigand 1962 Mafioso Mafioso music also by Piero Piccioni1962 The Best of Enemies The Best of Enemies I due nemici 1962 The Reluctant Saint The Reluctant Saint 1962 Boccaccio '70: "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" Boccaccio '70: "The Temptation of Dr. Antonio" omnibus film1962 Boccaccio '70: "Il lavoro" Boccaccio '70: "The Job" omnibus film1962 I sequestrati di Altona The Condemned of Altona based on the play by Jean-Paul Sartre; music actually used in the film is from the third movement of the Symphony No. 11 in G minor "Year 1905" by Dmitri Shostakovich1962 L'isola di Arturo Arturo's Island music also by Carlo Rustichelli; based on the novel by Elsa Morante1963 Il Gattopardo The Leopard 1963 8½ (Otto e mezzo) 8½ Federico Fellini's 8½ 1964 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner1963 Il maestro di Vigevano The Teacher from Vigevano 1964–1965 Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca Gian Burrasca's Diary TV series in 8 episodes of 60 minutes1964 A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream Joan Kemp-Welch TV film1965 Oggi, domani, dopodomani: "L'ora di punta" The Man, the Woman and the Money: "L'ora di punta" Kiss the Other Sheik omnibus film1965 Giulietta degli spiriti Juliet of the Spirits 1966 Spara forte, più forte, non capisco Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand 1968 Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing Alan Cooke TV film based on the play by William Shakespeare1967 La tormenta Raúl Araiza TV series1967 The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew La bisbetica domata based on the play by William Shakespeare1968 Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet based on the play by William Shakespeare 1969 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner1968 Histoires extraordinaires: "Toby Dammit" Spirits of the Dead: "Toby Dammit" Tales of Mystery and Imagination omnibus film of stories by Edgar Allan Poe1969 Block-notes di un regista Fellini: A Director's Notebook TV documentary; episode of NBC Experiment in Television series1969 Fellini – Satyricon Fellini Satyricon The Degenerates music also by İlhan Mimaroğlu, Tod Dockstader, Andrew Rudin1970 Paranoia A Beautiful Place to Kill music also by Gregorio García Segura1970 Waterloo (Ватерлоо) Waterloo additional music by Wilfred Josephs1971 I clowns The Clowns Les clowns; Die Clowns TV film1972 Roma Roma Fellini's Roma 1972 The Godfather The Godfather Mario Puzo's The Godfather 1972 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score winner 1972 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music winner 1973 Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special winner 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Score nominee (later withdrawn)1973 Hi wa shizumi, hi wa noboru (陽は沈み陽は昇る) Sunset, Sunrise 1973 Amarcord Amarcord I Remember 1973 Film d'amore e d'anarchia Love and Anarchy 1974 The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II Mario Puzo's The Godfather Part II additional music by Carmine Coppola 1974 Academy Award for Best Original Score winner1974 The Abdication The Abdication 1975 E il Casanova di Fellini? Gianfranco Angelucci Liliane Betti TV documentary1976 Ragazzo di Borgata Slow Boy Giulio Paradisi music also by Carlo Savina1976 Caro Michele Caro Michele Dear Michael 1976 Il Casanova di Federico Fellini Fellini's Casanova Casanova 1977 David di Donatello Award for Best Score winner1976 Alle origini della mafia Origins of the Mafia TV miniseries in 5 episodes of 50 minutes1977 Il furto della Gioconda TV miniseries1977 Las alegres chicas de "El Molino" José Antonio de la Loma 1978 Prova d'orchestra Orchestra Rehearsal Federico Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal 1979 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner1978 Kontakt (Контакт) Contact animated short film; 10 minutes1978 Death on the Nile Death on the Nile Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile 1978 Il teatro di Eduardo TV film1978 Quei figuri di tanti anni fa TV film1978 La dodicesima Notte Giorgio De Lullo 1979 Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1979 TV series) TV miniseries in 4 episodes; music also by Carlo Savina1979 Ten to Survive Ten to Survive Arnoldo Farina animated film produced by UNICEF and consisting of 10 episodes, 2 of which were set to music by Rota1979 Hurricane Hurricane Forbidden Paradise
See also List of compositions by Nino Rota Nino Rota discography
External links Nino Rota's website
Nino Rota: Filmography Retrieved 30 June 2012.