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Bill Conti

Born: 1942-04-13

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.
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Credits

Staccato: A Composer's Notebook with Bill ContiSelf2006-12-05
The Rocky Saga: Going the DistanceSelf2011-12-27
Stallone: Frank, That IsSelf2021-01-19
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a ClassicSelf (archive footage)2020-06-09
Inside the Golden StatueSelf1998-01-01
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