Bill Conti - Yeager's Triumph (From "The Right Stuff") (5:15)Ġ6. Bill Conti - The Right Stuff: Glenn's Flight (From "The Right Stuff") (5:19)Ġ5. Bill Conti - The Right Stuff: The Training (From "The Right Stuff") (1:17)Ġ4. Bill Conti - The Right Stuff: Almost Ready (From "The Right Stuff") (1:26)Ġ3. Bill Conti - The Right Stuff: Breaking The Sound Barrier (From "The Right Stuff") (4:47)Ġ2. He also served as musical director for a number of Academy Awards telecasts, winning an Emmy for his work on the 1992 ceremony. After two previous nominations, Conti won an Oscar in 1983 for his work on The Right Stuff at about the same time he became a prolific composer of televison themes, writing music for series including Dallas, Falcon Crest, Cagney and Lacey and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. and Paradise Alley 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. 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. 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.Ĭonti shot to fame in 1976 with his score for Rocky the soundtrack album went platinum, and the main theme, "Gonna Fly Now," topped the U.S. There he first broke into films, composing and arranging music for productions including Juliette de Sade and Candidate Per un Assassino. 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's degree from Julliard before relocating to Italy in 1967. Born Apin Providence, Rhode Island, he learned piano from his father, and later took up the bassoon. A prolific composer of film and television music, Bill Conti remains most closely associated with his work on the successful Rocky films.
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