Bill Conti

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.

Most Famous Work

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Falcon Crest

(1981) Main Title Theme Composer

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Tales from the Crypt

(1989) Music

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Dynasty

(1981) Main Title Theme Composer

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North and South

(1985) Music

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The Colbys

(1985) Main Title Theme Composer

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Cagney & Lacey

(1982) Main Title Theme Composer

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The Karate Kid

(1984) Music Producer

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Rocky

(1976) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2021	Self	Stallone: Frank, That Is 2021-01-19 Movie
2020	Self (archive footage)	40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic 2020-06-09 Movie
2017	Self	John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs 2017-08-01 Movie
2011	Self	The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance 2011-12-27 Movie
2006	Self	Staccato: A Composer's Notebook with Bill Conti 2006-12-05 Movie
2004	Self	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies 2004-06-22 Movie
2000	Self	Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles 2000-07-25 Movie
	Self	The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 2000-01-01 Movie
1998	Self	Inside the Golden Statue 1998-01-01 Movie
1978	Rehearsal Pianist	Slow Dancing In The Big City 1978-11-08 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Songs	Philadelphia by the Delaware 2025-01-31 Movie
2009	Music	The Perfect Game 2009-11-09 Movie
2008	Original Music Composer	Role Model: Gene Wilder 2008-04-15 Movie
2006	Original Music Composer	Rocky Balboa 2006-12-20 Movie
2004	Original Music Composer	Coast to Coast 2004-04-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Judas 2004-03-08 Movie
2003	Original Music Composer	Boys on the Run 2003-06-17 Movie
2002	Original Music Composer	Avenging Angelo 2002-08-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	G 2002-05-10 Movie
2001	Original Music Composer	Tortilla Soup 2001-08-24 Movie
2000	Original Music Composer	American Tragedy 2000-11-12 Movie
1999	Original Music Composer	Inferno 1999-09-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Thomas Crown Affair 1999-08-06 Movie
	Conductor	The Thomas Crown Affair 1999-08-06 Movie
1998	Original Music Composer	Winchell 1998-11-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Real Macaw 1998-09-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wrongfully Accused 1998-07-23 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story 1996-09-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Spy Hard 1996-05-24 Movie
1995	Original Music Composer	Bushwhacked 1995-08-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Napoleon 1995-06-30 Movie
1994	Original Music Composer	The Scout 1994-09-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Yellowstone 1994-08-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Next Karate Kid 1994-07-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	8 Seconds 1994-02-25 Movie
1993	Original Music Composer	Rookie of the Year 1993-07-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Adventures of Huck Finn 1993-04-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bound by Honor 1993-02-05 Movie
1992	Original Music Composer	Nails 1992-07-25 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	Necessary Roughness 1991-09-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Year of the Gun 1991-09-10 Movie
	Music	Under Cover 1991-01-05 Movie
1990	Original Music Composer	Rocky V 1990-11-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Backstreet Dreams 1990-09-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Fourth War 1990-03-08 Movie
	Music	The Operation 1990-01-21 Movie
1989	Original Music Composer	Lock Up 1989-08-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Karate Kid Part III 1989-06-16 Movie
	Music	Tales from the Crypt 1989-06-10 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 1989-04-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 1989-04-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lean On Me 1989-03-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cohen and Tate 1989-01-27 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	Dolphin Cove 1989-01-21 TV Show
	Music	Dolphin Cove 1989-01-21 TV Show
1988	Original Music Composer	Betrayed 1988-08-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon 1988-07-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	For Keeps 1988-01-15 Movie
1987	Original Music Composer	Broadcast News 1987-12-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Baby Boom 1987-10-07 Movie
	Music	A Prayer for the Dying 1987-09-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Masters of the Universe 1987-08-07 Movie
	Music	Happy New Year 1987-08-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	I Love N.Y. 1987-05-04 Movie
1986	Original Music Composer	The Karate Kid Part II 1986-06-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Big Trouble 1986-05-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nomads 1986-03-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	F/X 1986-02-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Boss' Wife 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Main Title Theme Composer	The Colbys 1985-11-20 TV Show
	Conductor	North and South 1985-11-03 TV Show
	Music	North and South 1985-11-03 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Beer 1985-08-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gotcha! 1985-05-03 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	The Master Ninja 5 1985-01-01 Movie
	Music	Master Ninja 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	Music	Mass Appeal 1984-12-14 Movie
	Music	The Coolangatta Gold 1984-11-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Bear 1984-09-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Karate Kid 1984-06-22 Movie
	Theme Song Performance	The Karate Kid 1984-06-22 Movie
	Music Producer	The Karate Kid 1984-06-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets 1984-06-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Unfaithfully Yours 1984-02-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Master Ninja II 1984-01-20 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	The Right Stuff 1983-10-20 Movie
	Music	The Big Chill 1983-09-30 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	Emerald Point N.A.S. 1983-09-26 TV Show
	Music	The Terry Fox Story 1983-05-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bad Boys 1983-03-25 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	That Championship Season 1982-12-09 Movie
	Music	Farrell: For the People 1982-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Split Image 1982-10-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	And They're Off 1982-06-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rocky III 1982-05-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	I, the Jury 1982-04-22 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	Cagney & Lacey 1982-03-25 TV Show
	Music	Traveling Hopefully 1982-01-06 Movie
1981	Original Music Composer	Neighbors 1981-12-18 Movie
	Music	Falcon Crest 1981-12-04 TV Show
	Main Title Theme Composer	Falcon Crest 1981-12-04 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Carbon Copy 1981-08-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	For Your Eyes Only 1981-06-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Escape to Victory 1981-06-17 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	Dynasty 1981-01-12 TV Show
1980	Original Music Composer	The Formula 1980-12-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Private Benjamin 1980-10-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gloria 1980-10-01 Movie
1979	Music	The Swap 1979-10-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Goldengirl 1979-10-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Man, a Woman and a Bank 1979-09-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1979-08-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rocky II 1979-06-15 Movie
	Music	The Fantastic Seven 1979-05-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dreamer 1979-04-27 Movie
1978	Music	The Pirate 1978-11-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Slow Dancing In The Big City 1978-11-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Big Fix 1978-10-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Paradise Alley 1978-09-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Five Days from Home 1978-07-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	An Unmarried Woman 1978-05-24 Movie
	Music Director	F.I.S.T. 1978-04-26 Movie
	Music	Cher... Special 1978-04-02 Movie
	Music	Ring of Passion 1978-02-04 Movie
	Music	Uncle Joe Shannon 1978-01-01 Movie
1977	Original Music Composer	Kill Me If You Can 1977-09-25 Movie
	Music	A Sensitive, Passionate Man 1977-06-06 Movie
	Music	Citizens Band 1977-05-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Displaced Person 1977-04-12 Movie
1976	Original Music Composer	Rocky 1976-11-20 Movie
	Music	Love in the Hamptons 1976-10-08 Movie
	Music	Next Stop, Greenwich Village 1976-02-04 Movie
	Music	Smash-Up on Interstate 5 1976-02-02 Movie
1974	Original Music Composer	Harry and Tonto 1974-08-12 Movie
1973	Music	Blume in Love 1973-06-17 Movie
	Music Director	Orfeo 9 1973-01-01 Movie
1969	Music	Juliette de Sade 1969-12-26 Movie
	Music	Roselli’s Way Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv