Bill Conti
While Bill Conti may forever be associated with the rousing, infectious music he composed for the series of "Rocky" films, he has also proved the scores for countless TV programs and films. As a child in Rhode Island, he learned to play the piano from his father. By the time the family relocated to Miami, Conti was the front man for his own jazz band. After receiving degrees in music from Louisiana State and Juilliard, he moved to Italy to study opera composition. During his stay in Rome, he began to provide music for films such as "Candidate per un Assassino/Candidate for a Killing." At the 1971 Venice Film Festival, Conti met director Paul Mazursky who hired the musician to supervise the score of "Blume in Love" (1973). The two collaborated further on "Harry and Tonto" (1974) and "Next Stop, Greenwich Village" (1975). But it was his music for the Oscar-winning sleeper hit "Rocky" (1976), especially the Academy Award-nominated theme "Gonna Fly Now," that established Conti as an in-demand composer. He went on to score several films directed and/or starring Sylvester Stallone (including the "Rocky" sequels) as well as several for "Rocky" director John G Avildsen (most notably "The Karate Kid" films).
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Bill Conti
Filmography
Movies
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60% |
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The Perfect Game | Original Music | $1.1M | 2008 |
78% |
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Rocky Balboa | Original Music | $70.3M | 2006 |
13% |
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Avenging Angelo | Original Music | - | 2002 |
28% |
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G | Original Music | $3.0M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Boys on the Run | Original Music | - | 2001 |
76% |
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Tortilla Soup | Original Music | $4.4M | 2001 |
69% |
|
The Thomas Crown Affair | Music | $69.3M | 1999 |
83% |
|
Winchell | Original Music | - | 1998 |
60% |
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Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Original Music | - | 1996 |
18% |
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Bushwhacked | Original Music | $6.9M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yellowstone | Original Music | - | 1994 |
32% |
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The Scout | Original Music | $2.6M | 1994 |
31% |
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8 Seconds | Original Music | $19.6M | 1994 |
64% |
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Blood In, Blood Out | Original Music | $4.0M | 1993 |
41% |
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Rookie of the Year | Original Music | $53.1M | 1993 |
75% |
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The Adventures of Huck Finn | Original Music | $23.8M | 1993 |
29% |
|
Year of the Gun | Original Music | $1.2M | 1991 |
79% |
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Grand Canyon | Original Music | $32.3M | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Backstreet Dreams | Original Music | - | 1990 |
32% |
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Rocky V | Original Music | $40.1M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Captive in the Land | Original Music | - | 1990 |
31% |
|
Lock Up | Music | $20.3M | 1989 |
15% |
|
The Karate Kid Part III | Original Music | $36.8M | 1989 |
68% |
|
Lean on Me | Original Music | $28.9M | 1989 |
36% |
|
Betrayed | Original Music | $24.6M | 1988 |
62% |
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The Big Blue | Original Music | $2.9M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Love N.Y. | Original Music | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Happy New Year | Original Music | $30.6K | 1987 |
21% |
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Masters of the Universe | Original Music | $16.3M | 1987 |
50% |
|
A Prayer for the Dying | Music | $1.4M | 1987 |
67% |
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Baby Boom | Original Music | $25.4M | 1987 |
98% |
|
Broadcast News | Original Music | $49.2M | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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The Boss' Wife | Original Music | - | 1986 |
89% |
|
F/X | Original Music | $19.9M | 1986 |
47% |
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The Karate Kid Part II | Original Music | $112.1M | 1986 |
14% |
|
Big Trouble | Original Music | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic | Original Music | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
|
Beer | Original Music | - | 1985 |
31% |
|
Gotcha! | Original Music | - | 1985 |
33% |
|
Unfaithfully Yours | Original Music | - | 1984 |
90% |
|
The Karate Kid | Original Music | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
|
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | Original Music | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Bear | Original Music | - | 1984 |
89% |
|
Bad Boys | Original Music | - | 1983 |
96% |
|
The Right Stuff | Original Music | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Terry Fox Story | Original Music | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Split Image | Music | - | 1982 |
45% |
|
I, the Jury | Original Music | - | 1982 |
65% |
|
Rocky III | Original Music | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Farrell for the People | Original Music | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
|
Carbon Copy | Original Music | - | 1981 |
69% |
|
For Your Eyes Only | Original Music | - | 1981 |
91% |
|
Gloria | Original Music | - | 1980 |
70% |
|
Rocky II | Original Music | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
|
Dreamer | Original Music | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
|
A Man, a Woman and a Bank | Original Music | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goldengirl | Original Music | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Uncle Joe Shannon | Original Music | - | 1978 |
40% |
|
Paradise Alley | Original Music | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Sensitive, Passionate Man | Original Music | - | 1977 |
100% |
|
Citizens Band | Music | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
|
Kill Me if You Can | Original Music | - | 1977 |
93% |
|
Rocky | Original Music | - | 1976 |
88% |
|
Harry and Tonto | Original Music | - | 1974 |
94% |
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | Original Music | $753.7K | 1971 |