Nights of Cabiria (film score)
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Nights of Cabiria (film score) is Nino Rota’s evocative musical soundtrack for Federico Fellini’s 1957 film, blending lyrical themes and circus-like motifs to underscore the movie’s bittersweet tone.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedWithActor | Giulietta Masina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAward | Nights of Cabiria (Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Cabiria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | themes for the character Cabiria ⓘ |
| composer | Nino Rota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerCollaborationWith | Federico Fellini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| firstReleaseForFilm | Nights of Cabiria (1957 film) GENERATED ⓘ |
| followsWorkOfComposer | La Strada (film score) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forWork | Nights of Cabiria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forWorkDirector | Federico Fellini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forWorkType | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
film score
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orchestral music ⓘ soundtrack ⓘ |
| hasComposerRole | Nino Rota as primary composer ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Italian neorealist-influenced cinema ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
band-like brass
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orchestra ⓘ percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
circus-like
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lyrical ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFunction |
contrast between hope and despair
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leitmotifs for main character ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
music for Cabiria’s resilience
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music for circus and street life scenes ⓘ music for religious procession scene ⓘ |
| influenced | later Fellini–Rota collaborations ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian popular music of the 1950s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocative melodic themes
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integration of circus motifs ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf |
Federico Fellini film music collaborations
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Nino Rota film music ⓘ |
| precedesWorkOfComposer | La Dolce Vita (film score) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMood | melancholic ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| recordingEra | 1950s ⓘ |
| secondaryMood | whimsical ⓘ |
| settingDepicted | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonalCharacter | bittersweet ⓘ |
| usedTo |
enhance atmosphere of Rome’s underclass
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underscore emotional journey of Cabiria ⓘ |
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Nino Rota