William "Bill" Conti is an American film music composer who is frequently the conductor at the Academy Awards ceremony.His big break into celebrity came in 1976, when he was hired to compose the music for a small United Artists film called Rocky. The film became a phenomenon, and Conti's training montage tune, "Gonna Fly Now" topped the Billboard singles chart in 1977. He also composed music for the sequels Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990) and Rocky Balboa (2006).Conti also worked for some other films and, eventually, for television series. In 1981, he wrote the music for the James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only, when John Barry was unwilling to return to the United Kingdom for tax reasons, and provided the score for playwright Jason Miller's film version of his Pulitzer Prize winning play That Championship Season the following year. In 1983, he composed the score for HBO's first film, The Terry Fox Story. Conti composed music for the films Bad Boys and Mass Appeal. Then in 1984, he received an Academy Award for composing the score to 1983's The Right Stuff followed by composing music for the TV series North and South in 1985. He also composed the score for The Karate Kid as well as the Masters of the Universe live action movie. Another Conti score was the 1987 film Happy New Year." - Wikipedia
music includes:
Bill Conti - Packing Up
(Dusty Fingers Vol 8, 2003)
Bill Conti - Reflections
(Rocky Soundtrack, 1976)
unrelated chill
Bronx River Parkway - Deixa Pra La
(Lima Blues/ Mas Y Mas')
Ramsey Lewis - My Love For You
(Funky Serenity, 1973)
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