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Dec 24, 2016 · On the 40th anniversary of Rocky, the film's composer Bill Conti, speaking from Los Angeles, told us his 10 favourite facts about the film and its famous theme. 1. He was third choice composer
In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Bill Conti discusses his family's talent for music and his early start playing piano gigs. He talks of studying music at Louisiana State University on a bassoon scholarship and then attending Juilliard to further his studies. He recalls his time in Rome, ghost-writing for composers and working in clubs, and then describes how he first got into composing for film. Conti details his work composing the score for the feature films Bloom in Love and Rocky ...
Jul 12, 2011 · Music composed by Bill Conti for Rocky (1976)
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Dec 18, 2018 · In "Creed II," Göransson uses the theme sparingly again, bringing in the fanfare and elements of "Gonna Fly Now" and "Going The Distance" when Adonis knocks down Drago. And yet again, to make the echo complete, "The Final Bell" plays with force as the fights end, reminding us how devastatingly powerful Conti's music still is, 42 years later. A ...
The Contis now live in a home built in 1924 in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles. Bill is an expert navigator and has 20 years sailing on his 41' ketch. He enjoys being at the helm of a new 50' powerboat with his family – especially with his five grandchildren. Bill Conti, conductor, Los Angeles Philharmonic.
"Gonna Fly Now", also known as "Theme from Rocky", is the theme song from the movie Rocky, composed by Bill Conti with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, and performed by DeEtta West and Nelson Pigford. Released in 1976 with Rocky, the song became part of 1970s American popular culture after the film's main character and namesake Rocky Balboa as part of his daily training regimen runs up the 72 stone steps leading to the entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia and ...
Jun 27, 2011 · Bill Conti’s compositions seemed to dominate the Rocky and The Karate Kid movies, which I watched frequently when I was younger. Conti is a composer that I have long admired, and I’ve been ...
