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Much to the delight of silver screen fans around the world, Oscar-winning film composer Bill Conti has prolifically composed tunes for movies ranging from big blockbusters to small art-house entries much of the last several decades. Conti was born on April 13, 1942 in Providence, Rhode Island, and learned piano from his father, an accomplished musician and sculptor. While studying composition at Louisiana State University, Conti also performed with the school's symphony orchestra, spending his evenings playing jazz in area clubs; he subsequently earned his Master Continued...

's degree from Julliard before relocating to Italy in 1967. There he first broke into films, composing and arranging music for productions including Juliette de Sade and Candidate Per un Assassino. In 1971 Conti scored Vittorio de Sica's Oscar-winning Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, bringing his music to the attention of international audiences; he subsequently returned to the U.S., where he composed the soundtracks for features including 1973's Blume in Love and 1974's Harry and Tonto.
Conti’s big break came in 1976 with his score for Rocky; the soundtrack album went platinum, and the main theme, "Gonna Fly Now," topped the U.S. pop charts. Conti and star Sylvester Stallone subsequently reunited for chapters two, three and five in the Rocky series, as well as 1978's F.I.S.T. and Paradise Ally; in 1981 he scored the James Bond feature For Your Eyes Only, scoring a Top Five hit with the title track, sung by Sheena Easton. After two previous nominations, Conti won an Oscar in 1983 for his work on The Right Stuff. After this, Conti turned his attention to the small screen scoring tunes for several hit nighttime television soap operas. He also continued to compose for film, nabbing credit for the scores to such movies as Broadcast News (1987), Rookie of the Year (1993) and The Thomas Crowne Affair (1999). Although Conti has not been as prolific in the 2000’s, he continues to nab choice assignments on smaller, independent movies and to hone his talent as well a well –respected conductor and arranger. Conti’s many film and television scores remain popular, even as the memory of the movies/programs they were written for recedes.