Bill Conti
Sound
Born April 13, 1942 in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Bill Conti (born April 13, 1942) is an American composer and conductor. He is best known for his film scores, including Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006), The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), The Next Karate Kid (1994), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Dynasty (and its sequel The Colbys), and The Right Stuff (1983), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score. He also received nominations in the Best Original Song category for "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky and for the title song of For Your Eyes Only. He was the musical director at the Academy Awards a record nineteen times.
Filmography
Philadelphia by the Delaware
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
The Real Love
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Self
The Perfect Game
Role Model: Gene Wilder
Rocky Balboa
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Coast to Coast
Judas
Boys on the Run
Avenging Angelo
G
Tortilla Soup
American Tragedy
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
Self
Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles
Self
Inferno
The Thomas Crown Affair
Winchell
The Real Macaw
Wrongfully Accused
Inside the Golden Statue
Self
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Spy Hard
Bushwhacked
Napoleon
The Scout
Yellowstone
The Next Karate Kid
8 Seconds
Rookie of the Year
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Bound by Honor
Nails
By the Sword
Necessary Roughness
Year of the Gun
Under Cover
Rocky V
Backstreet Dreams
The Operation
The Fourth War
A Captive in the Land
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Lock Up
The Karate Kid Part III
Tales from the Crypt
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Lean On Me
Cohen and Tate
Dolphin Cove
Betrayed
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
For Keeps
Broadcast News
Baby Boom
A Prayer for the Dying
Masters of the Universe
Happy New Year
I Love N.Y.
The Karate Kid Part II
Big Trouble
Nomads
F/X
The Boss' Wife
The Colbys
North and South
Beer
Gotcha!
The Master Ninja 5
Mass Appeal
The Coolangatta Gold
The Bear
The Karate Kid
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets
Unfaithfully Yours
Master Ninja II
Master Ninja
The Right Stuff
The Big Chill
Emerald Point N.A.S.
The Terry Fox Story
Bad Boys
That Championship Season
Farrell: For the People
Split Image
And They're Off
Rocky III
I, the Jury
Cagney & Lacey
Traveling Hopefully
Neighbors
Falcon Crest
Carbon Copy
For Your Eyes Only
Escape to Victory
Dynasty
The Formula
Private Benjamin
Gloria
The Swap
Goldengirl
A Man, a Woman and a Bank
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Rocky II
The Fantastic Seven
Dreamer
The Pirate
Slow Dancing In The Big City
Rehearsal Pianist
The Big Fix
Paradise Alley
Five Days from Home
An Unmarried Woman
F.I.S.T.
Cher... Special
Ring of Passion
Uncle Joe Shannon
The Pirate
Kill Me If You Can
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
Citizens Band
The Displaced Person
Rocky
Love in the Hamptons
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Harry and Tonto
Blume in Love
Orfeo 9
Juliette de Sade
The Oscars
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