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Bill Conti

1942 - Today

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William Conti (born April 13, 1942) is an American composer and conductor. He is best known for his film scores, including Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990), 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 (1981), Dynasty (and its sequel The Colbys), and 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Conti is the 513th most popular composer (down from 440th in 2019), the 2,729th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,039th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Bill Conti ranks 513 out of 1,451. Before him are Joseph Kosma, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Fredrik Pacius, Kaija Saariaho, Johann Ludwig Bach, and Luis Bacalov. After him are Leroy Anderson, Jean Françaix, Reinhard Keiser, Jean Absil, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, and Franck Pourcel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bill Conti ranks 182. Before him are Vasily Alekseyev, Richard Williams, Daniela Bianchi, Robert Ballard, Eliso Virsaladze, and Milton Nascimento. After him are Mitch McConnell, Gemma Jones, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Gianfranco Ravasi, and Jozef Adamec.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Conti ranks 2,729 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Emerson (1954), Dennis Farina (1944), Andrew Wyeth (1917), Henry Wilson (1812), Ric Flair (1949), and Jessica Alba (1981). After him are Eugene Meyer (1875), Leroy Anderson (1908), Wallace Shawn (1943), Barbara Eden (1931), Darryl F. Zanuck (1902), and Mitch McConnell (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Bill Conti ranks 26. Before him are Richard Rodgers (1902), Elmer Bernstein (1922), Paul Bowles (1910), Danny Elfman (1953), James Newton Howard (1951), and George Antheil (1900). After him are Leroy Anderson (1908), Terry Riley (1935), Michael Kamen (1948), John Adams (1947), Amy Beach (1867), and Morton Feldman (1926).

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