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Carmine Valentino Coppola (Italian: [ˈkarmine ˈkɔppola]; June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991) was an American composer, flautist, pianist, and songwriter who contributed original music to the films The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, and The Godfather Part III, all directed by his son Francis Ford Coppola.
Carmine Coppola. Composer: Apocalypse Now. Composer, conductor, arranger and flautist, educated at the Manhattan School of Music (BA, MA) and Juilliard (on scholarship) (MM).
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- Northridge, California, USA
Carmine Coppola. Composer: Apocalypse Now. Composer, conductor, arranger and flautist, educated at the Manhattan School of Music (BA, MA) and Juilliard (on scholarship) (MM).
- June 11, 1910
- April 26, 1991
Voiceover: An overview of the movie Napoleon, released in 1927, and the groundbreaking film effects that were used in it by producer Abel Gance; interview with musical director Carmine Coppola.
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Carmine Valentino Coppola was an American composer, flautist, pianist, and songwriter who contributed original music to the films The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, and The Godfather Part III, all directed by his son Francis Ford Coppola.
Carmine Coppola's musical career took a new turn when his son Francis became a famous film director and hired his father to do the orchestrations for "Finian's Rainbow" (1967). Seven years later, in 1974, the score by Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota for "The Godfather, Part II" won the Academy Award. Advertisement.
Apr 27, 1991 · Carmine Coppola, a conductor and Oscar-winning composer for his son's film "The Godfather Part II," died yesterday morning at Northridge (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center. He was 80...
