''The Godfather Part II'' is the Academy Award winning

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from the movie of the same name, released in 1974 by

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, and 1991 on

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by MCA. The original score was composed by

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and conducted by Carmine Coppola, who also provided source music for the film. Rota expands upon two of the three main themes from

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: "The Godfather Waltz" and "Michael's Theme", while "The Love Theme" from the first film makes a brief appearance during a flashback sequence ("Remember Vito Andolini"). There are several new themes, including one for Kay (

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), and two for young

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( Robert De Niro): "The Immigrant Theme" and "The

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", introduced in "A New Carpet".

Track listing

Awards and nominations

Album chart

*1975: ''The Godfather Part II'':

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: #184

Credits

*Composer, conductor, performer, and primary artist: Carmine Coppola *Primary artist: Livio Giorgi *Performer and primary artist: Beres Hammond *Producer: Tom Mack *Remixing: Thorne Nogar *Mixing: John Norman *Primary artist: Nino Palermo *Composer: Giovanni Rota *Composer and primary artist: Nino Rota Source:

Release history

References

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