William Conti was born on April 13,1942 and is an American composer and conductor, best known for his film scores, including Rocky, The Karate Kid, For Your Eyes Only, Dynasty, and The Right Stuff, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
22 Facts About Bill Conti
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Bill Conti received nominations in the Best Original Song category for "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky and for the title song of For Your Eyes Only.
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Bill Conti was the musical director at the Academy Awards a record nineteen times.
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Bill Conti, an Italian American, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Lucetta and William Bill Conti.
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Bill Conti graduated from North Miami High School in 1959.
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Bill Conti is a past winner of the Silver Knight Award presented by the Miami Herald.
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Bill Conti is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Music, and studied and gained honors at the Juilliard School of Music, including a master's degree.
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Bill Conti was a ghostwriter of the scores for Spaghetti Westerns.
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Bill Conti composed music for the sequels Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky V and Rocky Balboa.
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Bill Conti worked for some other films and, eventually, for television series.
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In 1983, Bill Conti composed the score for HBO's first film, The Terry Fox Story.
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Bill Conti then did Bad Boys, Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr.
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Bill Conti scored the Masters of the Universe live action film.
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In 1991, Bill Conti composed for Necessary Roughness, a college football film.
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Bill Conti 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, and wrote the Primetime Live theme for ABC News.
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Bill Conti composed the score to the studio-altered American version of Luc Besson's The Big Blue.
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Two of Bill Conti's previously composed works were reused for the show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.
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Bill Conti has been nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one in the Best Original Score category for The Right Stuff.
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Bill Conti received nominations in the Best Original Song category for "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky and for the title song of For Your Eyes Only.
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Bill Conti 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.
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Bill Conti received thirteen Emmy nominations, all but one for his role as musical director at the Academy Awards.
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Bill Conti won five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Musical Direction for the 64th, 70th and 75th Academy Award ceremonies.