Carmine Coppola
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He received the Arts and Letters Medal of France (1985)
Biography
A former flutist under Arturo Toscanini with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Coppola scored several films directed by his son Francis (including "The Godfather, Part II" 1974, "Apocalypse Now" 1979 and "Gardens of Stone" 1987), He also created a new score in 1981 for the restored version of Abel Gance's "Napoleon" (1927) presented by Francis.
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Life Events
1962
First film as composer, son Francis Ford Coppola's "Tonight for Sure"
1968
Moved to Los Angeles in mid-1960s to assist scoring on B-films of Roger Corman and assist on son's film version of "Finian's Rainbow"
1972
Wrote first score for TV movie, "The People" (executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola)
1975
Wrote songs for the documentary "Mustang...The House that Joe Built"
1976
First appearance on screen as conductor in "Harry and Walter Go to New York"
1979
Composed first opera, "Escorial"
1981
Composed new score for restored version of Abel Gance's "Napoleon" (1927; original Arthur Honegger score was lost; Carl Davis previously had created a new score for Kevin Brownlow restoration in the 1970s) and conducted orchestra at New York premiere in 1981 at Radio City Music Hall
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He received the Arts and Letters Medal of France (1985)
