b. 13 April 1942, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. A composer, conductor and musical director for television and films, Conti was taught to play the piano by his father from the age of seven, and later, after the family had moved to Miami, Florida, took up the bassoon. After leaving high school he studied composition at Louisiana State University, and played in its symphony orchestra, while also playing jazz in local nightspots to defray educational expenses. Subsequently, he gained honours at the Juilliard School of Music, New York, including a master's degree. Influenced by his major professor at Juilliard, composer Hugo Weisgall, Conti and his wife moved to Italy in 1967. During his seven-year stay, he broke into films, arranging, composing and conducting for productions such as Juliette De Sade, Candidate Per Un Assassino (Candidate For Killing), Liquid Subway, and Blume In Love (1973). On his return to the USA in 1974, he settled in California, and, aided by established film composer Lionel Newman, began to make his name all over again.

Listen to Bill Conti at Finetune.

• Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") (2006 Digital Remaster)
• Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky")
• Going The Distance (Instrumental) (2006 Digital Remaster)
• Fanfare For Rocky (Instrumental) (2006 Digital Remaster)
• Overture (Instrumental) (2006 Digital Remaster)

• Survivor
• John Williams
• Queen
• Guns N' Roses
• AC/DC
• Metallica
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Aerosmith
• Michael Jackson
• U2
• Linkin Park
• Billy Joel
• James Brown
• Original Soundtrack
• Elton John
• Nickelback
• Eminem
• Ennio Morricone
• Rocky Balboa Dialog
• Boston

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• orangewave
• RODGERGOODWIN
• hardy
• matthew11
• fruitser
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