Bill Conti

Bill Conti born April 13 1942 is an American composer and conductor He is best known for his film scores including Rocky 1976 Rocky II 1979 Rocky III 1982 Rocky V 1990 Rocky Balboa 2006 The Karate Kid 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 its sequel The Colbys 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