Nino Rota - The Godfather (Original Soundtrack Recording) (1972) [Hi-Res]

When director Francis Ford Coppola turned novelist Mario Puzo's pulpy The Godfather into one of the greatest accomplishments of modern American cinema in 1972, one of his shrewdest decisions was to hand the scoring assignment to the great Italian film composer Nino Rota. Rota, who had built his reputation alongside Fellini (though he'd already scored some three dozen films in the previous 20 years), brought Neopolitan jazz stylings and a Sicilian melodic sensibilty (characterized perfectly by the main title's mournful solo trumpet, which has since become a cinematic icon) to a story of corruption and betrayal as American as, well, gnocchi. Listening to this masterful score one can't help but wonder what Rota, who died in 1979) might have accomplished had he begun working with Hollywood's resources a decade earlier. --Jerry McCulley

Tracklist:
01. Nino Rota - Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (03:04)
02. Al Martino - I Have But One Heart (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (02:56)
03. Nino Rota - The Pickup (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (02:56)
04. Nino Rota - Connie's Wedding (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (01:33)
05. Nino Rota - The Halls Of Fear (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (02:11)
06. Nino Rota - Sicilian Pastorale (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (03:01)
07. Nino Rota - Love Theme From "The Godfather" (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (02:38)
08. Nino Rota - The Godfather Waltz (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (03:35)
09. Nino Rota - Apollonia (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (01:21)
10. Nino Rota - The New Godfather (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (01:59)
11. Nino Rota - The Baptism (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (01:50)
12. Nino Rota - The Godfather Finale (The Godfather/Soundtrack Version) (03:50)