Bill Conti..
Bill Conti, född 13 april 1943 Providence, Rhode Island, amerikansk kompositör av filmmusik.
Conti är mest känd för att ha gjort musiken till fem av de sex Rocky-filmerna, där låten Gonna Fly Now som spelas i början av de flesta filmerna, är den mest kända.
Han har även gjort musiken till James Bond-filmen Ur dödlig synvinkel och Karate Kid-filmerna.
Films by Bill Conti:
- Rocky 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 - excellent mix of sports fanfare and rock music, Conti's theme song "Gonna Fly Now" for the original being particularly successful
- The Right Stuff - won an Oscar for this, with its heroic march and music perhaps influenced by The Battle of Britain
- F.I.S.T.
- Bad Boys
-
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
- Private Benjamin
- Escape to Victory
- For Your Eyes Only - including the well-known title song sung by Sheena Easton in this Bond movie
- The Karate Kid 1, 2, 3 - music with a modest cult following
- The Adventures of Huck Finn
- Masters of the Universe
- Weird Science (songs)
- F/X: Murder by Illusion - no.2 was by Lalo Shifrin
- The Big Blue - Conti scored the US version whose French original was scored by Eric Serra
- Spy Hard
- The Thomas Crown Affair - remake with Pierce Brosnan

TV themes by Bill Conti:
- Dynasty - he's good at these bold theme tunes
- The Colby's - sequel to the above
- Falcon Crest
- North and South
- Cagney and Lacey - excellent use of sax
- Tales from the Crypt - an episode of this series
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