Love Theme from The Godfather is an instrumental tune composed by Nino Rota for the 1972 film The Godfather. It was released in 1972 as a US single by the film’s composer with Carlo Savina conducting, from the soundtrack album The Godfather, and runs 2 minutes 37 seconds. The piece was later lyricized in English by Larry Kusik as Speak Softly, Love, and Andy Williams released a vocal version in 1972 on the album Love Theme from The Godfather. Williams’ version reached number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Easy Listening chart, with Al Martino also charting with the song; in Spain the Williams rendition hit number 1. The tune is typically categorized as film music with pop and easy listening variants for the vocal version, and it has been covered and translated many times in different languages.
