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name: "Carmine Coppola"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carmine-coppola"
fi1m_id: "carmine-coppola"
imdb_id: "nm0178874"
tmdb_id: 2872
wikidata_id: "Q658614"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 June 1910"
died: "26 June 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T04:24:26.690175+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Carmine Coppola

## Identity

Carmine Coppola

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carmine-coppola
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carmine-coppola
- **IMDb ID:** nm0178874
- **TMDB ID:** 2872
- **Wikidata ID:** Q658614
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine_Coppola, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q658614, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178874/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2872

Composer. Born 11 June 1910 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 26 June 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 June 1910, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 26 June 1991
- **Active:** 1972–1990
- **Frequently works with:** [Francis Ford Coppola](https://film.one/person/francis-ford-coppola.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 91 (4), 1990s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 82 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Adventure 1, Family 1, Sport 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $672m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine_Coppola, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q658614, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178874/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2872

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Apocalypse Now*](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md) (92), [*The Black Stallion*](https://film.one/film/the-black-stallion.md) (87)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Godfather Part III*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md) (63)

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## Biography

Carmine Coppola was an American composer, flautist, pianist and conductor. He studied flute and composition at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music, and performed as a flautist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini, the Detroit Symphony and Radio City Music Hall.

He contributed original music to several films directed by his son Francis Ford Coppola, including *The Godfather Part II* (1974), *Apocalypse Now* (1979, co-composed with Francis Ford Coppola), *The Outsiders* (1983), *The Black Stallion* (1979) and *The Godfather Part III* (1990). He also composed for a 1980 reconstruction of Abel Gance's *Napoléon*.

Coppola won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for *The Godfather Part II* and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for *Apocalypse Now*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Fi1m 63, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md)
- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), Fi1m 92, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)
- *The Black Stallion* (1979), Fi1m 87, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-stallion.md)
- *The Godfather Part II* (1974), Fi1m 92, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md)
- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, Additional Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959* (2016), Additional Music, Conductor
- *Scarecrow* (2014), Music
- *The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *The Godfather Part III* (1990), as Bandleader (uncredited) · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md)
- *Blood Red* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *New York Stories* (1989), as Street Musician · Original Music Composer
- *Tucker: The Man and His Dream* (1988), Additional Music
- *Gardens of Stone* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Outsiders* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *One from the Heart* (1982), as Couple in Elevator
- *The Black Stallion* (1979), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-stallion.md)
- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)
- *Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television* (1977), series, Original Music Composer
- *Mustang: The House That Joe Built* (1977), Music
- *Harry and Walter Go to New York* (1976), as Conductor
- *The Godfather Part II* (1974), Additional Music, Conductor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md)
- *The Godfather* (1972), as Piano Player in Montage (uncredited) · Additional Music — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *The People* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Tonight for Sure* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Battle Beyond the Sun* (1959), Music

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1991: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Promise Me You'll Remember*
- 1975: Best Original Dramatic Score (won), for *The Godfather Part II*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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