"The Essential Film Music of Nino Rota Review". The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History. ^ a b "Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack Audio CD".^ The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Popular Culture.Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. ^ a b "Nino Rota Awards & nominations".The Love Theme provides the background to the narrative of Our Tune, a long-standing feature on British radio hosted by Simon Bates. On Rate Your Music the soundtrack has a score of 3.89 out of 5, based on 55 ratings as of October 2013. On the other hand, critic Jack Jorgens dismissed "What Is a Youth" for being "sickly sweet". According to a BBC review, "the suite from Romeo and Juliet is a florid symphony drawing on Rota's classical background for its lush themes – swaggering hunting horn for the amorous swain, mournful lute for the awakening girl". Levenson wrote that Rota's score "heightened the sentiment of the lovers' relationship, doing little for their verisimilitude". Subsequently Professor of English and Shakespearean literature scholar Jill L. Contemporary feedback was also provided by John Mahoney from The Hollywood Reporter, who described the score as "one of the best and strongest components", noting that "a period ballad with lyric by Eugene Walter, 'What Is a Youth', provides the perfect setting for the meeting of the two lovers at the Capulet party".
In 1968 Billboard described the score as "brilliant and moving".
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