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Encyclopedia > Carmine Coppola
Carmine Coppola
Carmine Coppola

Carmine Coppola (born June 11, 1910 in New York City, died April 26, 1991 in Northridge, CA) was a composer, editor, musical director, and songwriter. Coppola was a composer and conductor who contributed to many of the musical scores in The Godfather, Part II and Apocalypse Now. File links The following pages link to this file: Carmine Coppola ... File links The following pages link to this file: Carmine Coppola ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Radio- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Northridge is a community in the City of Los Angeles. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II The Godfather, Part II is the 1974 sequel to The Godfather. ... Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten by Coppola) which was inspired by Joseph Conrads classic novella Heart of Darkness. ...


History

Coppola is the father of Francis Ford Coppola and grandfather of Nicolas Cage. Coppola played the flute. He studied at Juilliard and later at the Manhattan School of Music. During the 1940s, Coppola worked under Arturo Toscanini with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Then in 1951, Coppola left the Orchestra to pursue his dream of composing music. During that time he mostly worked as an orchestra conductor on Broadway and elsewhere, working with his son, legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, on additional music for his Finian's Rainbow. Later, his son called him to provide additional music for The Godfather Part II. Together with Nino Rota, Carmine composed music for The Godfather Part II, for which they won Oscars for best score. Carmine then scored Francis' Apocalypse Now, for which he won a Golden Globe award for best original score. He also composed three and a half hour score for Francis' 1981 reconstruction of Abel Gance's 1921 epic Napoleon. Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American film director, screenwriter, vintner, magazine publisher, and hotelier, most renowned for directing the highly regarded Godfather trilogy. ... Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an American actor. ... This article pertains to the musical instrument. ... The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. ... Manhattan School of Music The Manhattan School of Music is a music conservatory located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoratal levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition. ... Arturo Toscanini Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was considered by many of his contemporaries — critics, fellow musicians, and the public alike — as the greatest conductor of his era. ... The NBC Symphony Orchestra was an orchestra established as a commercial venture in 1937 by General David Sarnoff of NBC in order to coax the recently retired conductor Arturo Toscanini to come to America. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American film director, screenwriter, vintner, magazine publisher, and hotelier, most renowned for directing the highly regarded Godfather trilogy. ... Petula Clark in the 1968 Warner Brothers film version Finians Rainbow, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, opened on Broadway in 1947, with Ella Logan and David Wayne in the lead roles. ... The Godfather, Part II is the sequel to The Godfather, released in 1974. ... Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979) was an Italian composer. ... The Godfather, Part II is the sequel to The Godfather, released in 1974. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten by Coppola) which was inspired by Joseph Conrads classic novella Heart of Darkness. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Abel Gance (October 25, 1889 - November 10, 1981) a world renowned French film director, producer, writer, actor and editor. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ...


Selected Filmography

The Godfather, Part III is a 1990 film, the third in the Godfather trilogy. ... The Freshman is a 1925 comedy film that tells the story of a nerdy college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. ... External links IMDBs entry on New York Stories Categories: Stub | 1989 films ... Tucker: The Man and his Dream is a 1988 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Jeff Bridges which tells the story of Preston Tucker and his attempt to produce and market the Tucker 48. ... The Outsiders may refer to: The Outsiders (novel), by S. E. Hinton, and the movie and TV series based on the novel The Outsiders (comics), a superhero series published by DC Comics The Outsiders (Known Space), a fictional species of aliens in Larry Nivens Known Space series The Outsiders... Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten by Coppola) which was inspired by Joseph Conrads classic novella Heart of Darkness. ... The Black Stallion is a 1979 film which tells the story of a boy who is shipwrecked on a desert island with a wild Arab stallion. ... The Godfather, Part II is the sequel to The Godfather, released in 1974. ... The People, formerly known as the Sunday People, is a British red-top Sunday-only newspaper, owned by the Trinity Mirror Group. ...

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  • The Black Stallion By Gary S Dalkin
  • Soundtrack BY MSN Music

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Biography :: Talia Shire (6679 words)
The head of the family was Carmine Coppola, a brilliant flutist, conductor and arranger.
The Coppolas relished their Italian origins, especially the heritage of music and painting, but they reared their children in the mold of genuine Americans, encouraging them to become doctors and lawyers.
Coppola also worked his immediate family into the picture, assigning his wife and two sons parts as extras in the crucial baptism scene.
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