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 Balboa: The Best of Rocky - piano sheet music
  • 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
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  • 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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