Why wasn't the theme from the god father nomInated for an academy award?

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Nino Rota's music for 'The Godfather' was originally nominated for the Best Original Score Oscar for 1972, but it was deemed ineligible when it was found that he had re-used parts of his score from 1957's 'Fortunella'.

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