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Bill Conti

1942 - Today

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William Conti (born April 13, 1942) 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 (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. Conti is known for his collaborations with director John G. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Conti has received more than 1,092,177 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Bill Conti is the 440th most popular composer (up from 470th in 2019), the 2,039th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,213th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Composer.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Bill Conti ranks 440 out of 1,451. Before him are Louis Durey, Heinrich Marschner, Federico Mompou, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Bruno Maderna, and Karl Goldmark. After him are Paolo Tosti, Robert Stolz, Friedrich von Flotow, Ferdinand Hiller, Miki Matsubara, and Grock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bill Conti ranks 153. Before him are Neilia Hunter Biden, Rei Kawakubo, Frank Williams, Daniel Revenu, Péter Nádas, and Michel Kafando. After him are Rajesh Khanna, Robert F. Engle, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, and Karen Uhlenbeck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Conti ranks 2,039 out of 20,380. Before him are Irene Cara (1959), Marissa Mayer (1975), Michael W. Young (1949), Brittany Murphy (1977), Pete Sampras (1971), and Paul Bremer (1941). After him are Tommie Smith (1944), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), Walter Chrysler (1875), Venus Williams (1980), Larry Silverstein (1931), and Eleanor Parker (1922).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Bill Conti ranks 21. Before him are Charles Ives (1874), Elmer Bernstein (1922), Aaron Copland (1900), Cole Porter (1891), Richard Rodgers (1902), and James Newton Howard (1951). After him are Leroy Anderson (1908), Terry Riley (1935), John Adams (1947), Carmine Coppola (1910), Danny Elfman (1953), and Michael Kamen (1948).

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