Bill Conti

Career Overview

Bill Conti has 134 screen credits in a career dating back to 1953. Their work spans 12 cinematic universes — most prominently Rocky with 5 titles. Signature works include Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Rocky. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Sound

Gender

male

Known Credits

134

Birth Date

1942-04-13

Birth Place

Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

Known For

• 

  Dynasty
• 

  Falcon Crest
• 

  Rocky
• 

  Rocky Balboa
• 

  The Karate Kid
• 

  Spy Hard

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 12 universes

• Rocky (5 titles)
• The Karate Kid (4 titles)
• The Master Ninja Collection (3 titles)
• Karate Kid Series (2 titles)
• Eat Drink Man Woman Series (1 titles)
• Argento Three Mothers (1 titles)
• Suspiria Series (1 titles)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Sylvester Stallone (2 collaborations)
• Talia Shire (2 collaborations)
• Burt Young (2 collaborations)
• Burgess Meredith (2 collaborations)
• Don Sherman (2 collaborations)
• Pedro Lovell (2 collaborations)
• Tony Burton (2 collaborations)
• Frank Stallone Jr. (2 collaborations)
• Stu Nahan (2 collaborations)
• Pat Morita (2 collaborations)

Credits

• sound (122 credits)

  • Roselli’s Way

    music

    sound
    2026
  • Philadelphia by the Delaware

    songs

    sound
    2025
  • The Real Love

    music

    sound
    2012
  • The Perfect Game

    original music composer

    sound
    2009
  • Role Model: Gene Wilder

    original music composer

    sound
    2008
  • Rocky Balboa

    original music composer

    sound
    2006
  • Coast to Coast

    original music composer

    sound
    2004
  • Judas

    original music composer

    sound
    2004
  • Boys on the Run

    original music composer

    sound
    2003
  • Avenging Angelo

    original music composer

    sound
    2002
  • G

    original music composer

    sound
    2002
  • Tortilla Soup

    original music composer

    sound
    2001
  • American Tragedy

    original music composer

    sound
    2000
  • Inferno

    original music composer

    sound
    1999
  • The Thomas Crown Affair

    original music composer

    sound
    1999
  • Winchell

    original music composer

    sound
    1998
  • The Real Macaw

    original music composer

    sound
    1998
  • Wrongfully Accused

    original music composer

    sound
    1998
  • Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

    original music composer

    sound
    1996
  • Spy Hard

    original music composer

    sound
    1996
  • Bushwhacked

    original music composer

    sound
    1995
  • Napoleon

    original music composer

    sound
    1995
  • The Scout

    original music composer

    sound
    1994
  • Yellowstone

    original music composer

    sound
    1994
  • The Next Karate Kid

    original music composer

    sound
    1994
  • 8 Seconds

    original music composer

    sound
    1994
  • Rookie of the Year

    original music composer

    sound
    1993
  • The Adventures of Huck Finn

    original music composer

    sound
    1993
  • Bound by Honor

    original music composer

    sound
    1993
  • Nails

    original music composer

    sound
    1992
  • By the Sword

    original music composer

    sound
    1991
  • Necessary Roughness

    original music composer

    sound
    1991
  • Year of the Gun

    original music composer

    sound
    1991
  • Under Cover

    music

    sound
    1991
  • Rocky V

    original music composer

    sound
    1990
  • Backstreet Dreams

    original music composer

    sound
    1990
  • The Operation

    original music composer

    sound
    1990
  • The Fourth War

    original music composer

    sound
    1990
  • A Captive in the Land

    original music composer

    sound
    1990
  • Rocky Special: Burning Youth

    music

    sound
    1990
  • Lock Up

    original music composer

    sound
    1989
  • The Karate Kid Part III

    original music composer

    sound
    1989
  • Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

    original music composer

    sound
    1989
  • Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

    original music composer

    sound
    1989
  • Lean On Me

    original music composer

    sound
    1989
  • Cohen and Tate

    original music composer

    sound
    1989
  • Tales from the Crypt

    - Maniac At Large (1992) ... music sound
    1989
  • A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

    original music composer

    sound
    1988
  • For Keeps

    original music composer

    sound
    1988
  • Broadcast News

    original music composer

    sound
    1987
  • Baby Boom

    original music composer

    sound
    1987
  • A Prayer for the Dying

    music

    sound
    1987
  • Masters of the Universe

    original music composer

    sound
    1987
  • Happy New Year

    original music composer

    sound
    1987
  • I Love N.Y.

    original music composer

    sound
    1987
  • The Karate Kid Part II

    original music composer

    sound
    1986
  • Big Trouble

    original music composer

    sound
    1986
  • Nomads

    original music composer

    sound
    1986
  • F/X

    original music composer

    sound
    1986
  • The Boss' Wife

    original music composer

    sound
    1986
  • Beer

    original music composer

    sound
    1985
  • Gotcha!

    original music composer

    sound
    1985
  • The Master Ninja 5

    main title theme composer

    sound
    1985
  • North and South

    - March 1865 - April 1865 (1986) ... conductor sound

    - December 1864 - February 1865 (1986) ... conductor sound

    - May 1864 - Late Autumn 1864 (1986) ... conductor sound

    - September 17, 1862 - Spring 1864 (1986) ... conductor sound

    - July 1861 - Summer 1862 (1986) ... conductor sound
    1985
  • Mass Appeal

    music

    sound
    1984
  • The Coolangatta Gold

    music

    sound
    1984
  • The Bear

    original music composer

    sound
    1984
  • The Karate Kid

    original music composer

    sound
    1984
  • Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets

    original music composer

    sound
    1984
  • Unfaithfully Yours

    original music composer

    sound
    1984
  • Master Ninja

    music

    sound
    1984
  • Master Ninja II

    original music composer

    sound
    1984
  • The Right Stuff

    original music composer

    sound
    1983
  • The Big Chill

    original music composer

    sound
    1983
  • The Terry Fox Story

    original music composer

    sound
    1983
  • Bad Boys

    original music composer

    sound
    1983
  • That Championship Season

    original music composer

    sound
    1982
  • Farrell: For the People

    music

    sound
    1982
  • Split Image

    original music composer

    sound
    1982
  • And They're Off

    original music composer

    sound
    1982
  • Rocky III

    original music composer

    sound
    1982
  • I, the Jury

    original music composer

    sound
    1982
  • Traveling Hopefully

    music

    sound
    1982
  • Neighbors

    original music composer

    sound
    1981
  • Falcon Crest

    main title theme composer

    sound

    - Home Again (1990) ... main title theme composer sound

    - Danny's Song (1990) ... main title theme composer sound

    - The Return (1990) ... main title theme composer sound

    - Crimes of the Past (1990) ... main title theme composer sound

    - Dark Streets (1990) ... main title theme composer sound
    1981
  • Carbon Copy

    original music composer

    sound
    1981
  • For Your Eyes Only

    original music composer

    sound
    1981
  • Escape to Victory

    original music composer

    sound
    1981
  • Dynasty

    main title theme composer

    sound

    - Catch 22 (1989) ... main title theme composer sound

    - Blasts From the Past (1989) ... main title theme composer sound

    - Here Comes the Son (1989) ... main title theme composer sound

    - No Bones About It (1989) ... main title theme composer sound

    - Tale of the Tape (1989) ... main title theme composer sound
    1981
  • The Formula

    original music composer

    sound
    1980
  • Private Benjamin

    original music composer

    sound
    1980
  • Gloria

    original music composer

    sound
    1980
  • The Swap

    music

    sound
    1979
  • Goldengirl

    original music composer

    sound
    1979
  • A Man, a Woman and a Bank

    original music composer

    sound
    1979
  • The Seduction of Joe Tynan

    original music composer

    sound
    1979
  • Rocky II

    original music composer

    sound
    1979
  • The Fantastic Seven

    music

    sound
    1979
  • Dreamer

    original music composer

    sound
    1979
  • The Pirate

    original music composer

    sound
    1978
  • Slow Dancing In The Big City

    original music composer

    sound
    1978
  • The Big Fix

    original music composer

    sound
    1978
  • Paradise Alley

    original music composer

    sound
    1978
  • Five Days from Home

    original music composer

    sound
    1978
  • An Unmarried Woman

    original music composer

    sound
    1978
  • F.I.S.T.

    music director

    sound
    1978
  • Cher... Special

    music

    sound
    1978
  • Ring of Passion

    music

    sound
    1978
  • Uncle Joe Shannon

    music

    sound
    1978
  • Kill Me If You Can

    original music composer

    sound
    1977
  • A Sensitive, Passionate Man

    music

    sound
    1977
  • Citizens Band

    original music composer

    sound
    1977
  • The Displaced Person

    original music composer

    sound
    1977
  • Rocky

    original music composer

    sound
    1976
  • Love in the Hamptons

    music

    sound
    1976
  • Next Stop, Greenwich Village

    original music composer

    sound
    1976
  • Smash-Up on Interstate 5

    music

    sound
    1976
  • Pacific Challenge

    music

    sound
    1975
  • Harry and Tonto

    original music composer

    sound
    1974
  • Blume in Love

    original music composer

    sound
    1973
  • Orfeo 9

    music director

    sound
    1973
  • Juliette de Sade

    music

    sound
    1969

• actors (12 credits)

  • Film Tribute Vol.3

    Rocky

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Stallone: Frank, That Is

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Staccato: A Composer's Notebook with Bill Conti

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Bond Sound: The Music of 007

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Inside the Golden Statue

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Slow Dancing In The Big City

    Rehearsal Pianist

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Oscars

    - 80th Academy Awards (2008) ... Self actor actors
    1953