We associate violence with sounds that jerk and restallan with spasms that surprise us, that scare us; bursts out of control which serve as a continuation of a deranged behavior.That was the usual decision until he came 'The Godfather', and that is still today the informally to resolve the issue.Why, then, death comes here wrapped in slow and harmonious melodies? Nino Rota seems cunning as a fox, but in reality the fox was Coppola, who gave precise indications quite how I imagined the sound of this family chained to the fatality.
To begin with, a waltz. The waltz is danced round and the pace 3x4 evokes the circle and repetition, something that comes back, and come again, and… Coppola wanted a waltz to accompany the personality of the godfather and his family: someone who kills and kills, and..

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