Carmine Coppola 1813171 225970241 2008-07-16T07:12:57Z 68.11.114.161 /* Personal life */ {{for|the Italian footballer|Carmine Coppola (footballer)}} {{Infobox Actor | name = Carmine Coppola | image = Replace this image male.svg | imagesize = 240px | birthdate = [[June 11]], [[1910]] | birthplace = [[New York City, New York]] | deathdate = [[April 26]], [[1991]] | deathplace = [[Northridge, California]] | spouse = [[Italia Coppola]] | academyawards = '''[[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]'''<br>1974 ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' | goldenglobeawards = '''[[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]'''<br>1980 ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' }} '''Carmine Coppola''' ([[June 11]], [[1910]] - [[April 26]], [[1991]]) was an [[Academy Award]]- and [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]]-winning, as well as [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA Award]]-nominated, [[United States|American]] [[composer]], editor, musical director, and songwriter. Coppola was a composer and conductor who contributed to many of the musical scores in ''[[The Godfather]]'', ''[[The Godfather, Part II]]'', ''[[The Godfather, Part III]]'', and ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''. ==Biography== ===Personal life=== Coppola was born in New York City, the son of Marie ([[married and maiden names|née]] Zasa) and Augusto Coppola. He was the father of [[August Coppola|August]] and [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Talia Shire]] and grandfather of [[Nicolas Cage]], [[Sofia Coppola]], [[Jason Schwartzman]], and [[Robert Schwartzman]]. His wife, [[Italia Coppola]], died in 2004 in Los Angeles. Coppola died in [[Northridge, California|Northridge]], [[California]] at the age of 80. Upon his death, Coppola's grandson [[Robert Schwartzman]] changed his last name to 'Carmine' in his grandfather's honor. ===Career=== Coppola played the [[flute]]. He studied at [[Juilliard School|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 theatre|Broadway]] and elsewhere, working with his son, legendary filmmaker [[Francis Ford Coppola]], on additional music for his [[Finian's Rainbow (film)|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]]'', and for [[The Godfather Part II]], for which they won [[Academy Awards|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 (film)| Napoleon]]. ==Filmography== *''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' (1990, Composer (Music Score) / Musical Direction/Supervision) *''[[The Freshman (1990 film)|The Freshman]]'' (1990, Songwriter) *''[[New York Stories]]'' (Composer (Music Score) / Actor: Street Musician)) *''[[Tucker: The Man and His Dream]]'' (1988, Composer (Music Score) / Songwriter) *''Blood Red'' (1989, Composer (Music Score)) *''[[Gardens of Stone]]'' (1987, Composer (Music Score)) *''[[The Outsiders (film)|The Outsiders]]'' (1983, Editor/Composer (Music Score)) *''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (1979, Composer (Music Score)) *''[[The Black Stallion (film)|The Black Stallion]]'' (1979, Composer (Music Score)) *''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974, Conductor / Composer (Music Score) / Musical *''[[The Godfather Part I]]'' (1972, Piano Sequence) Direction/Supervision) *''The People'' (1971, Composer (Music Score)) *''[[Tonight for Sure]]'' (1979, Composer (Music Score) / Musical Direction/Supervision) == See also == *[[Coppola family tree]] ==External links== *{{imdb name|id=0178874|name=Carmine Coppola}} *[http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/2002/Feb02/BlackStallion.html The Black Stallion] By Gary S Dalkin *[http://www.music.msn.com/artist/?artist=29646832 Soundtrack] BY MSN Music *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6772929 Find-A-Grave profile for Carmine Coppola] {{DEFAULTSORT:Coppola, Carmine}} [[Category:1910 births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:Coppola family members]] [[Category:Manhattan School of Music alumni]] [[Category:People from New York City]] [[de:Carmine Coppola]] [[es:Carmine Coppola]] [[fr:Carmine Coppola]] [[it:Carmine Coppola (compositore)]]