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): Antonino Rocca • Arthur Harris • Claude Cheysson • Harold Osborn • Howard Keel • Ico Hitrec • John Braine • Josh Gordon • Judy Nunn • Liam Cosgrave • Maurice Ronet • Peabo Bryson • Ricky Schroder • Robert Abbe • Roberto Calvi • Steve Camp • Ty Dolla Sign

Born in the same month (April 1942): Allan Clarke (singer) • Anatoly Berezovoy • Douglas Trumbull • Francis X. DiLorenzo • Geoffrey Palmer (politician) • Jadwiga Staniszkis • Kenneth Lay • Roshan Seth • Samuel R. Delany • Valeriy Brumel • Wayne Newton