Editing Bill Conti (section)

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{{Short description|American composer and conductor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Bill Conti
| image           = Bill Conti.jpg
| caption         = Conti in 2008
| alias           = 
| birth_name      = William Conti
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1942|4|13}}
| birth_place     = [[Providence, Rhode Island]], U.S.
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| genre           = [[Film score]], [[disco]]
| occupation      = [[Composer]], [[Conducting|conductor]]
| years_active    = 1969–present
| label           = 
| website         = 
}}

'''William Conti''' (born April 13, 1942) is an American composer and conductor.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=297/8}}</ref> He is best known for his film scores, including ''[[Rocky]]'' (1976), ''[[Rocky II]]'' (1979), ''[[Rocky III]]'' (1982), ''[[Rocky V]]'' (1990), ''[[Rocky Balboa (film)|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 (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981), ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' (and its sequel ''[[The Colbys]]''), and ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|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>{{cite journal |url=http://musicbehindthescreen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/cue-bill-conti.html |title=The Music Behind the Screen: Cue Bill Conti |journal=Music Behind the Screen |date=February 24, 2014 |access-date=December 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119204410/http://musicbehindthescreen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/cue-bill-conti.html |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</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 film)|Inferno]]'' (1999). Their collaboration included such pictures as the first three films in ''[[The Karate Kid (franchise)| The Karate Kid]]'' franchise (1984–1989), ''[[Slow Dancing in the Big City]]'' (1978), ''[[The Formula (1980 film)|The Formula]]'' (1980), and ''[[Neighbors (1981 film)|Neighbors]]'' (1981).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.soundtrackcorner.de/inferno-p8105.htm | title=Inferno - Bill Conti - soundtrack (CD) }}</ref>