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.
Sound 125
2020s
- 2025
Philadelphia by the Delaware
Songs
2010s
- 2012
The Real Love
Music
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Role Model: Gene Wilder
Original Music Composer
- 2006
- 2004
- 2003
Boys on the Run
Original Music Composer
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
American Tragedy
Original Music Composer
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
The Real Macaw
Original Music Composer
- 1996
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Original Music Composer
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
By the Sword
Original Music Composer
Necessary Roughness
Original Music Composer
Year of the Gun
Original Music Composer
Under Cover
Music
- 1990
Backstreet Dreams
Original Music Composer
The Operation
Original Music Composer
A Captive in the Land
Original Music Composer
1980s
- 1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Original Music Composer
Cohen and Tate
Original Music Composer
Dolphin Cove
Main Title Theme Composer, Music
- 1988
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
Original Music Composer
- 1987
Happy New Year
Original Music Composer
I Love N.Y.
Original Music Composer
- 1986
Big Trouble
Original Music Composer
The Boss' Wife
Original Music Composer
- 1985
The Master Ninja 5
Main Title Theme Composer
- 1984
Mass Appeal
Music
The Coolangatta Gold
Music
The Bear
Original Music Composer
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets
Original Music Composer
Unfaithfully Yours
Original Music Composer
Master Ninja II
Original Music Composer
Master Ninja
Music
- 1983
- 1982
That Championship Season
Original Music Composer
Farrell: For the People
Music
And They're Off
Original Music Composer
Traveling Hopefully
Music
- 1981
- 1980
Gloria
Original Music Composer
1970s
- 1979
The Swap
Music
Goldengirl
Original Music Composer
A Man, a Woman and a Bank
Original Music Composer
The Fantastic Seven
Music
Dreamer
Original Music Composer
- 1978
Slow Dancing In The Big City
Original Music Composer
The Big Fix
Original Music Composer
Five Days from Home
Original Music Composer
An Unmarried Woman
Original Music Composer
F.I.S.T.
Music Director, Original Music Composer
Cher... Special
Music
Ring of Passion
Music
Uncle Joe Shannon
Music
- 1977
The Pirate
Original Music Composer
Kill Me If You Can
Original Music Composer
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
Music
Citizens Band
Original Music Composer
The Displaced Person
Original Music Composer
- 1976
Love in the Hamptons
Music
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Original Music Composer
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Music
- 1974
Harry and Tonto
Original Music Composer
- 1973
Blume in Love
Original Music Composer
Orfeo 9
Music Director
1960s
- 1969
Juliette de Sade
Music
Acted in 1
1970s
- 1978
Slow Dancing In The Big City
Rehearsal Pianist
Appearances9
2020s
- 2021
- 2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
- 2011
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Self
2000s
- 2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
- 2000
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
Self
Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles
Self
1990s
- 1998
1950s
- 1953
