Editing Bill Conti (section)

===Early life===
Conti, an [[Italian American]], was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]],<ref name="Larkin" /> the son of Lucetta and William Conti.<ref name="MacDonald324">{{cite book |last=MacDonald |first=Laurence E. |date=2013 |title=The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0NYYHWtz6sC&pg=PA324 |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=[[The Scarecrow Press]] |page=324 |isbn=978-0-8108-9058-9}}</ref> He graduated from [[North Miami High School]] in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nmshaa.net/alumni/famous-pioneers |title=North Miami High School Alumni Events » Famous Pioneers |access-date=December 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213012545/http://www.nmshaa.net/alumni/famous-pioneers |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a past winner of the Silver Knight Award presented by the [[Miami Herald]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Dahlberg |first=Nancy |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article181594626.html |title=Silver Knight Scholarship Endowment Fund launches with more than $3 million in grants |newspaper=[[Miami Herald]] |date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2019}}</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" />