The Godfather Part II is the soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 from the movie of the same name

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. The film is both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather, chronicling the story of the Corleone family following the events of the first film while also depicting the...

, released in 1974 by ABC

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 and in 1991 on compact disc

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 by MCA

Music Corporation of America

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. The original score was composed by Nino Rota

Nino Rota

Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...

 and conducted by Carmine Coppola

Carmine Coppola

Carmine Coppola was an American composer, flautist, 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 directed by his son Francis Ford...

, who also provided source music for the film. Rota expands upon two of the three main themes from the first film, "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 (Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970...

) and two for young Vito (Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...

), "The Immigrant Theme", and "The Tarantella

Tarantella

The term tarantella groups a number of different southern Italian couple folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time , accompanied by tambourines. It is among the most recognized of traditional Italian music. The specific dance name varies with every region, for instance...

", introduced in "A New Carpet."

Track listing

1. "Main Title/The Immigrant" – 3:27
2. "New Carpet" – 2:00
3. "Kay" – 3:00
4. "Every Time I Look in Your Eyes/After the Party" – 2:35
5. "Vito and Abbandando" – 2:38
6. "Senza Mamma/Diuri-Ciuri/Napule Ve Salute" – 2:36
7. "Godfathers at Home" – 2:35
8. "Remember Vito Andolini" – 2:52
9. "Michael Comes Home" – 2:19
10. "Marcia Stilo Italiano" – 2:02
11. "Ninna Nanna a Michele" – 2:22
12. "Brothers Mourn" – 3:21
13. "Murder of Don Fanucci" – 2:50
14. "End Title" – 3:51

Awards and nominations

• 1974 Oscar
  Academy Awards
  An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
  
   Award winner: Original Dramatic Score
  Academy Award for Original Music Score
  The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...
  
   - Nino Rota
  Nino Rota
  Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...
  
   and Carmine Coppola
  Carmine Coppola
  Carmine Coppola was an American composer, flautist, 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 directed by his son Francis Ford...
  
  

• 1974 Golden Globe Award nomination
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  : Best Original Score
  Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
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   - Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota

Album Chart

• 1975 The Godfather Part II The Pop albums
  Billboard 200
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  No. 184