The Godfather is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released in 1972 by Paramount, and in 1991 on compact disc by MCA, which had acquired the rights to the album (and the rest of the Famous Music Group catalog) when they purchased ABC Records in 1979, which in turn had acquired the Famous Music labels from Gulf+Western in 1974. Unless noted, the cues were composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Carlo Savina (who was credited on the LP, but not the CD).