Bill Conti

William Conti is an American composer and conductor, best known for his film scores, including Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006), The Karate Kid I (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 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.

13 April 1942

Born on the same birth day (13 April): Al Green • Alan Jones (radio broadcaster) • Antonino Rocca • April 13 • Bud Freeman • Christopher Hitchens • David Robinson (philanthropist) • Ellie Lambeti • Harold Stassen • Hunter Pence • J. B. Lightfoot • James Ensor • Lou Bega • Louis II, Duke of Bavaria • Louis-Ernest Barrias • Melvin Gordon • Michael Stuart Brown • Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda • Patricio Pouchulu • Peabo Bryson • Thanos Mikroutsikos • Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

Born in the same month (April 1942): Alan Price • Buster Williams • Carlos Reutemann • Francis X. DiLorenzo • Geoffrey Palmer (politician) • Giorgio Agamben • Jacob Zuma • Jim Fregosi • Kenneth Lay • Marsha Mason • Peter Greenaway • Valeriy Brumel