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Bill Conti

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William Conti (born April 13, 1942) is an American composer and conductor.<ref name="Larkin">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Conti is known for his collaborations with director John G. Avildsen, having scored fourteen films for Avildsen, beginning with Rocky (1976) and ending with Inferno (1999). Their collaboration included such pictures as the first three films in The Karate Kid franchise (1984–1989), Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978), The Formula (1980), and Neighbors (1981).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BiographyEdit

Early lifeEdit

Conti, an Italian American, was born in Providence, Rhode Island,<ref name="Larkin" /> the son of Lucetta and William Conti.<ref name="MacDonald324">Template:Cite book</ref> He graduated from North Miami High School in 1959.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is a past winner of the Silver Knight Award presented by the Miami Herald.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Music,<ref name="Larkin" /> where he met his wife Shelby Cox, and earned a master's degree with honors from the Juilliard School of Music.<ref name="Larkin" />

Rocky seriesEdit

As early as 1971, Bill was orchestrating pop recordings by Italian artists, such as the album Sì... incoerenza ("Yes to Incoherence") by Italian singer Patty Pravo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was also a ghostwriter of the scores for Spaghetti Westerns.<ref name="MacDonald324" /> Conti's big break into celebrity came in 1976, when United Artists hired him to compose the music for a small film called Rocky.<ref name="Larkin" /> The film became a phenomenon and won three Oscars at the 49th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The same ceremony was also the first time Conti served as musical director for the telecast, a role he reprised 19 times, more than any other person. His training montage tune, "Gonna Fly Now", topped the Billboard singles chart in 1977, and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.<ref name="Larkin" />

Conti also composed music for the sequels Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990)<ref name="Larkin" /> and Rocky Balboa (2006).

Other film and television creditsEdit

Conti also worked for some other films and, eventually, for television series. In 1981, he wrote the music for the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only,<ref name="Larkin" /> when John Barry was unwilling to return to the United Kingdom for tax reasons,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and provided the score for playwright Jason Miller's film version of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play That Championship Season the following year.

In 1983, Conti composed the score for HBO's first film, The Terry Fox Story.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He then did Bad Boys, Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story, Mass Appeal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1984, he won an Academy Award for composing the score to 1983's The Right Stuff,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> after which he wrote the music for the TV series North and South in 1985.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He also scored the Masters of the Universe live action film. Another score was the 1987 film Happy New Year.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1991, Conti composed for Necessary Roughness, a college football film.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1993, he wrote the music for The Adventures of Huck Finn starring Elijah Wood and directed by Stephen Sommers. In 1999, he composed the score for The Thomas Crown Affair remake, starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. That year, he scored Inferno, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.Template:Sfn

Conti composed the themes to television's Dynasty,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Colbys, Falcon Crest and Cagney & Lacey.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He wrote the theme song to the original version of American Gladiators, worked with CBS on its 1980s film jingle, composed one of the early themes of Inside Edition,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and wrote the Primetime Live theme for ABC News.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He composed the score to the studio-altered American version of Luc Besson's The Big Blue.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Two of Conti's previously composed works were reused for the show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. These were the love theme "Come with Me Now", from the soundtrack for Five Days from Home (used for the show's main theme), and "Runaway", from For Your Eyes Only (used for in-show content).

Awards and nominationsEdit

Conti has been nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one in the Best Original Score category for The Right Stuff.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He had three Golden Globe nominations; two for Best Original Score for Rocky and An Unmarried Woman, and one for Best Original Song for the title song of For Your Eyes Only.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Conti also received thirteen Emmy nominations, all but one for his role as musical director at the Academy Awards (the exception, his first nomination, was for his music for the 1985 series North and South). He won three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Musical Direction for the 64th, 70th and 75th Academy Award ceremonies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On April 22, 2008, at the LSU Union Theatre at Louisiana State University, Conti was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Selected discographyEdit

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