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.
Filmography
all 142
Movies 134
self 10
TV Shows 8
Director 2
Producer 1
Self (archive footage)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Movie
5.34
Original Music Composer
Coast to Coast (2004)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Judas (2004)
Movie
Composer
The Gospel of Lou (2003)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Boys on the Run (2003)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Avenging Angelo (2002)
Movie
Original Music Composer
G (2002)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Tortilla Soup (2001)
Movie
Original Music Composer
American Tragedy (2000)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Inferno (1999)
Movie
9
Original Music Composer / Conductor
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Movie
5.67
Original Music Composer
Winchell (1998)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Real Macaw (1998)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Spy Hard (1996)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Bushwhacked (1995)
Movie
5.58
Original Music Composer
Napoleon (1995)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Scout (1994)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Yellowstone (1994)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
Movie
5.02
Original Music Composer
8 Seconds (1994)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Movie
5
Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Bound by Honor (1993)
Movie
6.57
Original Music Composer
Nails (1992)
Movie
Composer
By the Sword (1991)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Necessary Roughness (1991)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
Year of the Gun (1991)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Rocky V (1990)
Movie
6.14
Original Music Composer
Backstreet Dreams (1990)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Fourth War (1990)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Lock Up (1989)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
Movie
5.61
Original Music Composer
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Lean On Me (1989)
Movie
10
Original Music Composer
Cohen and Tate (1989)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer / Music / Main Title Theme Composer
Dolphin Cove (1989)
TV
Original Music Composer
Betrayed (1988)
Movie
Original Music Composer
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
Movie
Original Music Composer
For Keeps (1988)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Broadcast News (1987)
Movie
5
Original Music Composer
Baby Boom (1987)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Movie
6.33
Original Music Composer
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
Movie
5.56
Original Music Composer
Big Trouble (1986)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Nomads (1986)
Movie
Original Music Composer
F/X (1986)
Movie
4.83
Original Music Composer
The Boss' Wife (1986)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer
The Colbys (1985)
TV
8
Conductor / Music
North and South (1985)
TV
3.5
Original Music Composer
Beer (1985)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Gotcha! (1985)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer
The Master Ninja 5 (1985)
Movie
Music
The Bear (1984)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Theme Song Performance / Music Producer
The Karate Kid (1984)
Movie
6.71
Original Music Composer
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Master Ninja II (1984)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Right Stuff (1983)
Movie
5.58
Main Title Theme Composer
Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983)
TV
Original Music Composer
Bad Boys (1983)
Movie
2
Original Music Composer
Split Image (1982)
Movie
Original Music Composer
And They're Off (1982)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Rocky III (1982)
Movie
5.97
Original Music Composer
I, the Jury (1982)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
TV
Original Music Composer
Neighbors (1981)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer / Music / Main Title Theme Composer
Falcon Crest (1981)
TV
Original Music Composer
Carbon Copy (1981)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Movie
5.59
Original Music Composer
Escape to Victory (1981)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer
Dynasty (1981)
TV
3
Original Music Composer
The Formula (1980)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Private Benjamin (1980)
Movie
7.5
Original Music Composer
Gloria (1980)
Movie
6
Music
The Swap (1979)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Goldengirl (1979)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Rocky II (1979)
Movie
5.5
Original Music Composer
Dreamer (1979)
Movie
Rehearsal Pianist / Original Music Composer
Slow Dancing In The Big City (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Big Fix (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Paradise Alley (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Five Days from Home (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
An Unmarried Woman (1978)
Movie
Music Director
F.I.S.T. (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Kill Me If You Can (1977)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Displaced Person (1977)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Rocky (1976)
Movie
5.81
Composer
Pacific Challenge (1975)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Harry and Tonto (1974)
Movie
6
Music Director
Orfeo 9 (1973)
Movie
Composer
Rocky Paper Scissors
Movie
Music
Roselli’s Way
Movie
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1942-04-13 (82 years old)
Birth NameWilliam Conti
Birth PlaceProvidence, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Award for Best Original Score
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