You might remember on Monday, we -- and many other people as it turns out -- were desperately trying to get our hands on the haunting "Ninna Ninna" song that ended the Sopranos 84th episode, "The Second Coming."
We thought the song was actually called "Ninna Nanna" (which we're pretty sure is just an Italian title for the classic Brahms' song "Wiegenlied," or "Cradle song" that we all know), and we weren't totally offbase, the song is basically a lullaby and it is an old Italian folk song (though apparently Calabrian and not Sicilian). Thanks to some google help and the folks at the HBO message boards who revealed the answer: The song is available on a CD titled, "Italian Folk Songs and Dances," at the Smithsonian Global Sound site. The liner notes for this disc can be found here.
You can download the song at the Smithsonian site for 99 cents.
5/25/2007
Ninna Ninna - Sopranos Song Mystery Revealed
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An amazing piece of research. Well done.
The people at the HBO message boards deserve the credit. I can just Google ok.
It is most definitely Sicilian. My grandmother used to sing it to me every night. It's also called "Fa La Nina".
Thanks a lot. Great Job !
Am I too late to get this song from you? I tried to d/l from your link, but don't understand how to use the Mediafire site. I know, I'm dum, dum...
thx
hi ..sorry me.. i'm sardinyan.. italian island in the middle of mediterraneo. song you are speaking about is not sicilian..and is not calabrian. is sardinyan.
please search on youtube Maria carta (sardinian singer) and the song corsicana...
she was one of the most popular sardinian singer in 60's and she took a part in the godfather part 2.. thx
i love Sopranos tv show and songs i have latest collection of this tv show . every saturday i watch Sopranos and come here to collect something more but i doesn't find any thing latest. buy the way if you want more you can visit by click on download sopranos.
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