Released in 1972 1974 and 1990 respectively Francis Ford Coppolaamp39s threepart saga is one of the greatest artistic accomplishments and financial successes in the history of Hollywood cinema. The latest in Scarecrowamp39s Film Score Guides series Nino Rotaamp39s The Godfather Trilogy A Film Score Guide discusses the events that led to the realization of the three films and studies and analyzes their music. Sciannameo reexamines The Godfather Trilogy from a variety of perspectives with special focus on the music Rota composed to bind together approximately nine hours of cinematic narrative. Probing Rotaamp39s formation as a musician amidst the cultural climate established by Italian Fascism Sciannameo examines Rotaamp39s initial stylistic adherence to the Mussolinidictated or inspired concept of Italianness and then his return to a more congenial 19thcentury formulaic vocabulary. Sciannameo considers Rotaamp39s involvement with cinema and his collaboration with many celebrated directors such as Luchino Visconti Federico Fellini Franco Zeffirelli and Coppola and deals with the sensitive issues of cultural analysis visampagravevis the Mafia as a concept embedded within the ItalianAmerican community. The book also discusses the sound of the Godfather films describing and analyzing the musical subtexts underscoring a group of pivotal scenes. Relying substantially on Rotaamp39s notes which are discussed here for the first time the book reveals the composeramp39s interpretation of Coppolaamp39s cinematic narrative and the scoring methodologies he employed.