Bill Conti
Known for: Sound
Born: April 13, 1942
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
127 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Philadelphia by the Delaware
2025
5.8
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
7.5
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
6.8
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
NR
The Real Love
2012
6.2
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011
7.3
The Perfect Game
2009
7.5
Role Model: Gene Wilder
2008
6.9
Rocky Balboa
2006NR
Staccato: A Composer's Notebook with Bill Conti
2006
8.3
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
7.0
Coast to Coast
2004
6.7
Judas
2004
4.4
Boys on the Run
2003
5.4
Avenging Angelo
2002
6.6
G
2002
6.4
Tortilla Soup
2001
5.8
American Tragedy
2000
6.8
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
2000
5.1
Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles
2000
6.2
Inferno
1999
6.8
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
6.3
Winchell
1998
6.0
The Real Macaw
1998
6.0
Wrongfully Accused
1998
6.5
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
5.4
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
5.4
Spy Hard
1996
5.4
Bushwhacked
1995
6.3
Napoleon
1995
5.2
The Scout
1994
6.0
Yellowstone
1994
5.4
The Next Karate Kid
1994
7.1
8 Seconds
1994
6.2
Rookie of the Year
1993
6.2
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993
8.2
Bound by Honor
1993
4.9
Nails
1992
6.1
By the Sword
1991
5.5
Necessary Roughness
1991
4.9
Year of the Gun
1991
8.0
Under Cover
1991
5.8
Rocky V
1990
5.3
Backstreet Dreams
1990
3.8
The Operation
1990
5.4
The Fourth War
1990
5.6
A Captive in the Land
1990
7.0
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
1990
6.8
Lock Up
1989
5.9
The Karate Kid Part III
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
6.6
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1989
5.9
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
7.3
Lean On Me
1989
6.5
Cohen and Tate
1989
6.3
Dolphin Cove
1989
6.1
Betrayed
1988
5.0
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
1988
6.5
For Keeps
1988
6.8
Broadcast News
1987
6.4
Baby Boom
1987
5.9
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
5.9
Masters of the Universe
1987
5.8
Happy New Year
1987
5.8
I Love N.Y.
1987
6.4
The Karate Kid Part II
1986
5.4
Big Trouble
1986
4.8
Nomads
1986
6.6
F/X
1986
5.0
The Boss' Wife
1986
6.3
The Colbys
1985
7.5
North and South
1985
4.4
Beer
1985
5.9
Gotcha!
1985
10.0
The Master Ninja 5
1985
5.9
Mass Appeal
1984
4.8
The Coolangatta Gold
1984
7.1
The Bear
1984
7.2
The Karate Kid
1984
6.9
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets
1984
5.6
Unfaithfully Yours
1984
7.2
Master Ninja II
1984
4.4
Master Ninja
1984
7.4
The Right Stuff
1983
6.8
The Big Chill
1983
6.0
Emerald Point N.A.S.
1983
6.2
The Terry Fox Story
1983
7.0
Bad Boys
1983
5.3
That Championship Season
1982
4.5
Farrell: For the People
1982
6.0
Split Image
1982
NR
And They're Off
1982
6.9
Rocky III
1982
5.7
I, the Jury
1982
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
6.5
Traveling Hopefully
1982
5.6
Neighbors
1981
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
5.8
Carbon Copy
1981
6.5
For Your Eyes Only
1981
6.9
Escape to Victory
1981
6.5
Dynasty
1981
5.5
The Formula
1980
6.0
Private Benjamin
1980
6.9
Gloria
1980
3.7
The Swap
1979
5.4
Goldengirl
1979
6.3
A Man, a Woman and a Bank
1979
5.9
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
7.3
Rocky II
1979
3.0
The Fantastic Seven
1979
6.3
Dreamer
1979
6.6
Slow Dancing In The Big City
1978
5.8
The Big Fix
1978
5.9
Paradise Alley
1978
6.8
Five Days from Home
1978
6.8
An Unmarried Woman
1978
6.5
F.I.S.T.
1978
6.8
Cher... Special
1978
7.0
Ring of Passion
1978
6.3
Uncle Joe Shannon
1978
5.0
The Pirate
1977
NR
Kill Me If You Can
1977
5.5
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
1977
5.0
Citizens Band
1977
7.0
The Displaced Person
1977
7.8
Rocky
1976
NR
Love in the Hamptons
1976
6.4
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
5.5
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
19767.5
Pacific Challenge
1975
7.1
Harry and Tonto
1974
5.8
Blume in Love
1973
8.0
Orfeo 9
1973
4.3
Juliette de Sade
1969
7.0
The Oscars
1953NR
Roselli’s Way
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