Known For
Sound
Known Credits
11
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 13, 1942 (84 years old)
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.
The Oscars
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Stallone: Frank, That Is
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
Slow Dancing In The Big City
Inside the Golden Statue
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
| 2025 | Philadelphia by the Delaware...Songs | |
| 2012 | The Real Love...Music | |
| 2009 | The Perfect Game...Original Music Composer | |
| 2008 | Role Model: Gene Wilder...Original Music Composer | |
| 2006 | Rocky Balboa...Original Music Composer | |
| 2004 | Coast to Coast...Original Music Composer | |
| 2004 | Judas...Original Music Composer | |
| 2003 | Boys on the Run...Original Music Composer | |
| 2002 | Avenging Angelo...Original Music Composer | |
| 2002 | G...Original Music Composer | |
| 2001 | Tortilla Soup...Original Music Composer | |
| 2000 | American Tragedy...Original Music Composer | |
| 1999 | Inferno...Original Music Composer | |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair...Original Music Composer | |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair...Conductor | |
| 1998 | Winchell...Original Music Composer | |
| 1998 | The Real Macaw...Original Music Composer | |
| 1998 | Wrongfully Accused...Original Music Composer | |
| 1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story...Original Music Composer | |
| 1996 | Spy Hard...Original Music Composer | |
| 1995 | Bushwhacked...Original Music Composer | |
| 1995 | Napoleon...Original Music Composer | |
| 1994 | The Scout...Original Music Composer | |
| 1994 | Yellowstone...Original Music Composer | |
| 1994 | The Next Karate Kid...Original Music Composer | |
| 1994 | 8 Seconds...Original Music Composer | |
| 1993 | Rookie of the Year...Original Music Composer | |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn...Original Music Composer | |
| 1993 | Bound by Honor...Original Music Composer | |
| 1992 | Nails...Original Music Composer | |
| 1991 | By the Sword...Original Music Composer | |
| 1991 | Necessary Roughness...Original Music Composer | |
| 1991 | Year of the Gun...Original Music Composer | |
| 1991 | Under Cover...Music | |
| 1990 | Rocky V...Original Music Composer | |
| 1990 | Backstreet Dreams...Original Music Composer | |
| 1990 | The Operation...Music | |
| 1990 | The Fourth War...Original Music Composer | |
| 1990 | A Captive in the Land...Original Music Composer | |
| 1990 | Rocky Special: Burning Youth...Music | |
| 1989 | Lock Up...Original Music Composer | |
| 1989 | The Karate Kid Part III...Original Music Composer | |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt...Music | |
| 1989 | Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman...Original Music Composer | |
| 1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story...Original Music Composer | |
| 1989 | Lean On Me...Original Music Composer | |
| 1989 | Cohen and Tate...Original Music Composer | |
| 1989 | Dolphin Cove...Main Title Theme Composer | |
| 1989 | Dolphin Cove...Music | |
| 1988 | Betrayed...Original Music Composer | |
| 1988 | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon...Original Music Composer | |
| 1988 | For Keeps...Original Music Composer | |
| 1987 | Broadcast News...Original Music Composer | |
| 1987 | Baby Boom...Original Music Composer | |
| 1987 | A Prayer for the Dying...Music | |
| 1987 | Masters of the Universe...Original Music Composer | |
| 1987 | Happy New Year...Original Music Composer | |
| 1987 | I Love N.Y....Original Music Composer | |
| 1986 | The Karate Kid Part II...Original Music Composer | |
| 1986 | Big Trouble...Original Music Composer | |
| 1986 | Nomads...Original Music Composer | |
| 1986 | F/X...Original Music Composer | |
| 1986 | The Boss' Wife...Original Music Composer | |
| 1985 | The Colbys...Main Title Theme Composer | |
| 1985 | North and South...Conductor | |
| 1985 | North and South...Music | |
| 1985 | Beer...Original Music Composer | |
| 1985 | Gotcha!...Original Music Composer | |
| 1985 | The Master Ninja 5...Main Title Theme Composer | |
| 1984 | Mass Appeal...Music | |
| 1984 | The Coolangatta Gold...Music | |
| 1984 | The Bear...Original Music Composer | |
| 1984 | The Karate Kid...Original Music Composer | |
| 1984 | The Karate Kid...Theme Song Performance | |
| 1984 | The Karate Kid...Music Producer | |
| 1984 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets...Original Music Composer | |
| 1984 | Unfaithfully Yours...Original Music Composer | |
| 1984 | Master Ninja II...Original Music Composer | |
| 1984 | Master Ninja...Music | |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff...Original Music Composer | |
| 1983 | The Big Chill...Original Music Composer | |
| 1983 | Emerald Point N.A.S....Main Title Theme Composer | |
| 1983 | The Terry Fox Story...Original Music Composer | |
| 1983 | Bad Boys...Original Music Composer | |
| 1982 | That Championship Season...Original Music Composer | |
| 1982 | Farrell: For the People...Music | |
| 1982 | Split Image...Original Music Composer | |
| 1982 | And They're Off...Original Music Composer | |
| 1982 | Rocky III...Original Music Composer | |
| 1982 | I, the Jury...Original Music Composer | |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey...Main Title Theme Composer | |
| 1982 | Traveling Hopefully...Music | |
| 1981 | Neighbors...Original Music Composer | |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest...Main Title Theme Composer | |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest...Music | |
| 1981 | Carbon Copy...Original Music Composer | |
| 1981 | For Your Eyes Only...Original Music Composer | |
| 1981 | Escape to Victory...Original Music Composer | |
| 1981 | Dynasty...Main Title Theme Composer | |
| 1980 | The Formula...Original Music Composer | |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin...Original Music Composer | |
| 1980 | Gloria...Original Music Composer | |
| 1979 | The Swap...Music | |
| 1979 | Goldengirl...Original Music Composer | |
| 1979 | A Man, a Woman and a Bank...Original Music Composer | |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan...Original Music Composer | |
| 1979 | Rocky II...Original Music Composer | |
| 1979 | The Fantastic Seven...Music | |
| 1979 | Dreamer...Original Music Composer | |
| 1978 | The Pirate...Original Music Composer | |
| 1978 | Slow Dancing In The Big City...Original Music Composer | |
| 1978 | The Big Fix...Original Music Composer | |
| 1978 | Paradise Alley...Original Music Composer | |
| 1978 | Five Days from Home...Original Music Composer | |
| 1978 | An Unmarried Woman...Original Music Composer | |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T....Music Director | |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T....Original Music Composer | |
| 1978 | Cher... Special...Music | |
| 1978 | Ring of Passion...Music | |
| 1978 | Uncle Joe Shannon...Music | |
| 1977 | The Pirate...Original Music Composer | |
| 1977 | Kill Me If You Can...Original Music Composer | |
| 1977 | A Sensitive, Passionate Man...Music | |
| 1977 | Citizens Band...Original Music Composer | |
| 1977 | The Displaced Person...Original Music Composer | |
| 1976 | Rocky...Original Music Composer | |
| 1976 | Love in the Hamptons...Music | |
| 1976 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village...Original Music Composer | |
| 1976 | Smash-Up on Interstate 5...Music | |
| 1975 | Pacific Challenge...Music | |
| 1974 | Harry and Tonto...Original Music Composer | |
| 1973 | Blume in Love...Original Music Composer | |
| 1973 | Orfeo 9...Music Director | |
| 1969 | Juliette de Sade...Music | |
| Roselli’s Way...Music |
| 2021 | Stallone: Frank, That Isas Self | |
| 2020 | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classicas Self (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogsas Self | |
| 2011 | The Rocky Saga: Going the Distanceas Self | |
| 2006 | Staccato: A Composer's Notebook with Bill Contias Self | |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Moviesas Self | |
| 2000 | The Bond Sound: The Music of 007as Self | |
| 2000 | Silhouettes: The James Bond Titlesas Self | |
| 1998 | Inside the Golden Statueas Self | |
| 1978 | Slow Dancing In The Big Cityas Rehearsal Pianist | |
| 1953 | The Oscarsas Self |
