Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score)

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"Romeo and Juliet" (1968 film score) is Nino Rota’s acclaimed orchestral soundtrack for Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, best known for its lyrical and romantic main theme.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film score
soundtrack album
alsoKnownAs Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score)
surface form: Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (score)

Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score)
surface form: Romeo and Juliet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
associatedArtForm cinema
classical music
associatedWithCharacter Juliet Capulet
surface form: Juliet

Romeo Montague
surface form: Romeo
associatedWithFranchise Romeo and Juliet adaptations
basedOn Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)
Romeo and Juliet
surface form: Romeo and Juliet (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor William Shakespeare
composer Nino Rota
composerNationality Italian
containsWork Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (instrumental)
countryOfOrigin Italy
criticalReception acclaimed
decadeOfRelease 1960s
directorOfRelatedFilm Franco Zeffirelli
format stereo
vinyl record
genre film music
orchestral music
romantic music
hasMood melancholic
tender
hasTheme love
tragedy
youthful romance
influenced subsequent Romeo and Juliet film scores
inspiredBy Elizabethan drama
linkedToSongAdaptation A Time for Love
surface form: A Time for Us
medium orchestra
musicalEnsembleType symphony orchestra
notableFor lyrical main theme
romantic orchestration
notableWork Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
originalLanguage instrumental
partOf Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)
periodOfComposition 1960s
recordingType studio recording
releaseYear 1968
style lyrical
romantic
subjectOf music criticism
usedFor film underscore

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Nino Rota notableWork Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score)
Henry Mancini notableWork Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score)
this entity surface form: Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)
Nino notableWork Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score)
subject surface form: Nino Rota
Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score) notableWork Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score) alsoKnownAs Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score)
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score) alsoKnownAs Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score)
this entity surface form: Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (score)
Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score) containsWork Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (instrumental)