[1] [2] [3][4][5][6] He was a prolific composer; there are a great many recordings of all of his music—both popular and classical; and it would be impossible to list all of them.

For Fellini alone, Rota produced almost 80 film scores starting with The White Sheik in 1952 and ending with the unfairly forgotten Orchestra Rehearsal in 1979,[8] the year of the composer's death.

The soundtrack album of Romeo and Juliet, with combined dialogue and music, reached number two and spent 74 weeks on the Billboard charts.

[10] Less well known is the fact that Rota was a prolific composer of chamber music, operas, and orchestral pieces.

[12] (The Sweet Life) (8 1/2) (I Remember) (Juliet of the Spirits) (The Swindle) (The Clowns) (Rocco and his Brothers) (Orchestra Rehearsal) (The Leopard) (Fellini's Casanova) Un Eroe Dei Nostri Tempi (Hero of our Times) (Roots of the Mafia) (The Italian Straw Hat) -