Bill
Conti
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Bill Conti
begann seine Laufbahn als Dirigent, ehe er ab 1969 den Film für sich
entdeckte.
Er schrieb seine erste Filmmusik für "Un sudario a la medida"
(69), dem die Filme "Juliette de Sade" (69), "Harry und Tonto" (74)
und "Next Stop, Greenwich Village" (76) folgten.
Mit seiner nächsten Arbeit zu "Rocky" (76) von Sylvester Stallone
katapulierte sich Bill Conti in die Top-Liga der Filmkomponisten und seine
Box-Hymne avancierte zu einem Welthit.
In den nächsten Jahren vertonte er Produktionen wie "A Sensitive,
Passionate Man" (77), "Handle with Care" (77), "F.I.S.T." (78), "The Pirate"
(78), "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" (79) und "Rocky II" (79).
Die 80er Jahre boten ihm ebenfalls zahlreiche Filmkompositionen an
und er schrieb den Soundtrack zu den erfolgreichen Filmen "Private Benjamin"
(80), "Gloria" (80), die James-Bond-Verfilmung "For Your Eyes Only" (81),
die Serie "Dynasty" (81-89), "I, the Jury" (82), "Bad Boys" (83),
"The Right Stuff" (83), "The Karate Kid" (84), "The Bear" (84), "Stark"
(85), die Serie "North and South" (85), "F/X" (86), "Big Trouble" (86),
"Happy New Year" (87), "Masters of the Universe" (87), "Baby Boom" (87),
"Broadcast News" (87), "Betrayed" (88) und "Cohen and Tate" (89).
Zu Bill Contis jüngsten filmischen Arbeiten gehören "Rocky
V" (90), "Year of the Gun" (91), "The Adventures of Huck Finn" (93), "8
Seconds" (94), "Spy Hard" (96), "The Thomas Crown Affair" (99), "Tortilla
Soup" (01), "Judas" (04), "Rocky Balboa" (06) und "The Perfect Game" (08).
Bill Conti wurde in den Jahren 1977 und 1982 jeweils für den
Oscar nominiert, 1984 erhielt er diesen für "The Right Stuff". Weitere
Auszeichnungen sind drei Golden Globe Nominationen sowie drei Emmys und
10 weitere Emmy-Nominationen.
Weitere Filme von Bill Conti:
Liquid Subway (72) Blume in Love (73) Pacific Challenge
(75) Serie "NBC Special Treat: Papa and Me" (76) Smash-Up on Interstate
5 (76) The Displaced Person (77) Kill Me If You Can (77) In the Matter
of Karen Ann Quinlan (77) Ring of Passion (78) An Unmarried Woman (78)
Paradise Alley (78) The Big Fix (78) Slow Dancing in the Big City (78)
Uncle Joe Shannon (78) Five Days from Home (79) Dreamer (79) The Fantastic
Seven (79) Goldengirl (79) A Man, a Woman and a Bank (79) Serie "Murder
Ink" (80) The Formula (80) Victory (81) Carbon Copy (84) Serie "Falcon
Crest" (81-90) Neighbors (81) Rocky III (82) Split Image (82) Farrell for
the People (82) That Championship Season (82) The Terry Fox Story (83)
Unfaithfully Yours (84) Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (84) Serie "The
Master" (84) The Coolangatta Gold (84) Serie "Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous" (84) Mass Appeal (84) Gotcha! (85) Beer (85) Serie "The Colbys"
(85-87) Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic (86) Nomads (86) Serie "North
and South, Book II" (86) Serie "Our World" (86) Stark: Mirror Image (86)
The Karate Kid, Part II (86) The Boss' Wife (86) Serie "Ohara" (87) Serie
"Mariah" (87) I Love N.Y. (87) Serie "Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story"
(87) A Prayer for the Dying (87) For Keeps? (88) A Night in the Life of
Jimmy Reardon (88) Lean on Me (89) Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal
Story (89) Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
(89) Serie "Dolphin Cove" (89) The Karate Kid, Part III (89) Lock Up (89)
The Fourth War (90) The Operation (90) Backstreet Dreams (90) Serie "E.A.R.T.H.
Force" (90) By the Sword (91) Under Cover (91) Necessary Roghness (91)
Nails (92) Serie "Tales from the Crypt: Mainac at Large" (92) A Captive
in the Land (93) Bound by Honor (93) Rookie of the Year (93) Serie "Turning
Point" (93) Yellowstone (94) The Next Karate Kid (94) The Scout (94) Golf:
The Greatest Game (94) Napoleon (95) Bushwhacked (95) Entertaining Angels:
The Dorothy Day Story (96) Wrongfully Accused (98) The Real Macaw (98)
Winchell (98) Inferno (99) American Tragedy (00) Sugihara: Conspiracy of
Kindness (00) FX (01) Boys on the Run (01) G (02) Avenging Angelo (02)
2 Birds with 1 Stallone (02) Coast to Coast (03) The Gospel of Lou
(03) Letting Go (04) Moonlight Blade (09) |