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Bill Conti

Bill Conti

Composer, also actor · Born April 13, 1942 (84) · Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 13, 1942 (84)
From
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Works as
Composer, also actor
Titles
96 on MovieCove · 127 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 26% in 30 days

What are Bill Conti's films like?

Across their 90 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama25 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy23 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Self
27%
Morality
18%
Society
9%
Survival
8%
Power
7%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds18 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice15 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love15 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose14 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition15 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship14 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty12 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth10 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 90 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 37 · Serious 30 · Dark 23

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 67 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 19 · Charged 48 · Intense 23

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 37 · Shifting 46 · Whiplash 7

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 43 · Some laughs 34 · Funny 13

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 30 · Even-paced 55 · Relentless 5

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 45 · Engaged 42 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 37 · Affecting 33 · Heavy 20

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 75 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
49
Melancholic
31
Warm
24
Hopeful
24
Joyful
16
Other
100

How their films linger

Hopeful36 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good29 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy37
  • Bittersweet35
  • Tragic9
  • Ambiguous7
  • Cyclical1
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bill Conti's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 57 of their 96 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (30).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bill Conti's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

127 credits, 96 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Philadelphia by the Delaware (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Songs

  • The Real Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • The Perfect Game(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Role Model: Gene Wilder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Rocky Balboa(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Coast to Coast(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Judas(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Boys on the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • Avenging Angelo(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • G(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Tortilla Soup(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • American Tragedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Composer

  • Inferno(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Thomas Crown Affair(1999)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Winchell(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Real Macaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • Wrongfully Accused(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Spy Hard(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Bushwhacked(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Napoleon(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Scout(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Yellowstone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Composer

  • The Next Karate Kid(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • 8 Seconds(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Rookie of the Year(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Huck Finn(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Blood in Blood Out(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Nails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Composer

  • By the Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Composer

  • Necessary Roughness(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Year of the Gun(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Under Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Composer

  • Rocky V(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Backstreet Dreams(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Operation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • The Fourth War(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • A Captive in the Land(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lock Up(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Karate Kid Part III(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Crypt(1989)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

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

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Lean on Me(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Cohen and Tate(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Dolphin Cove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer · Main Title Theme Composer

  • Betrayed(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • For Keeps?(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Broadcast News(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Baby Boom(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • A Prayer for the Dying(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Happy New Year(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Masters of the Universe(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • I Love N.Y.(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Karate Kid Part II(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Big Trouble(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Nomads(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • F/X(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Boss' Wife(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Colbys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 49 episodes · Main Title Theme Composer

  • North & South: Book 1, North & South(1985)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Beer(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Gotcha!(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Master Ninja 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Main Title Theme Composer

  • Mass Appeal(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Coolangatta Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • The Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • The Karate Kid(1984)

    Composer · Music Producer · Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Unfaithfully Yours(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Master Ninja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Master Ninja II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • The Right Stuff(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Big Chill(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Emerald Point N.A.S. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 22 episodes · Main Title Theme Composer

  • The Terry Fox Story(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Bad Boys(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • That Championship Season(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Farrell for the People(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Split Image(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • And They're Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Rocky III(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • I, the Jury(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Cagney & Lacey(1981)

    Show 125 episodes · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Traveling Hopefully(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Neighbors(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Falcon Crest(1981)

    Show 227 episodes · Composer · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Carbon Copy(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • For Your Eyes Only(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Victory(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Dynasty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 220 episodes · Main Title Theme Composer

  • The Formula(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Private Benjamin(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Gloria(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Swap(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Goldengirl(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • A Man, a Woman and a Bank(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Seduction of Joe Tynan(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Rocky II(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Fantastic Seven(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Dreamer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Slow Dancing in the Big City(1978)

    Composer · as Rehearsal Pianist

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Big Fix(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Paradise Alley(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Five Days from Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • An Unmarried Woman(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • F.I.S.T.(1978)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Cher... Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Ring of Passion(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Uncle Joe Shannon(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Pirate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Kill Me If You Can(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • A Sensitive, Passionate Man(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Citizens Band(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Displaced Person(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Rocky(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Love in the Hamptons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Next Stop, Greenwich Village(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Smash-Up on Interstate 5(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Pacific Challenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • Harry and Tonto(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Blume in Love(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Orfeo 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Music Director

  • The Garden of the Finzi-Continis(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Juliette de Sade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Roselli’s Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 126 titles, 125 of them dated from 1969 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Rocky Balboa (2006)

$156M worldwide

Highest rated

Rocky (1976)

Midcredits 99th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 126: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleMusic124 of 126: 119 only music, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score50thOther crew6 of 126: 2 only other crew, 4 with another role

126 titles, 5 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1960s1 · crew1970s29 · 1 acting · 29 crew1980s57 · crew1990s26 · crew2000s10 · crew2010s1 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Bill Conti's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 92; across their 90 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 90

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 90

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 90

Midcredits score across 96 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th28
  • 25th to 49th28
  • Below 25th18

Shape of the crowd

40 of their 96 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser40
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed40

Most divisive · composer

Traveling Hopefully (1982)

88th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Rocky (1976)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 60/100 in their films, across 66 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Bill Conti's work okay for kids?

Across up to 43 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore27 titles13–70 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity43 titles14–63 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity27 titles26–73 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs26 titles19–50 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense23 titles19–63 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bill Conti work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bill Conti's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John G. Avildsen shares the most, 15.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles