Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1984
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1984 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1982 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1977 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Uncle Joe Shannon
Blood In, Blood Out
Tales from the Crypt
Rocky
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
North and South
The Right Stuff
Lean on Me
Rocky II
8 Seconds
The Karate Kid
The Perfect Game
Coast to Coast
Bad Boys
Cagney & Lacey
The Displaced Person
Rocky Balboa
Rocky III
Victory
Gloria
The Thomas Crown Affair
Lock Up
Broadcast News
The Big Chill
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
An Unmarried Woman
G
F/X
Slow Dancing In The Big City
Cohen and Tate
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
For Keeps?
Dynasty
For Your Eyes Only
Tortilla Soup
Baby Boom
The Karate Kid Part II
Inferno
Napoleon
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Rookie of the Year
Betrayed
Wrongfully Accused
The Real Macaw
Split Image
Private Benjamin
Stallone: Frank, That Is
The Karate Kid Part III
A Prayer for the Dying
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