Bill Conti - biography

“In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, you’re saying that you want a big house, a big car and a boat.  If you just wanted to write music, you could live in Kansas and do it.”

“There’s a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching.  There’s a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music’s sake.”

Bill Conti composed the score for the following films:
Blume in Love (1973)
Harry and Tonto (1974)
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Handle with Care (1977)
An Unmarried Woman (1978)
F.I.S.T (1978)
The Big Fix (1978)
A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Goldengirl (1979)
The Formula (1980)
Private Benjamin (1980)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Victory (1981)
Carbon Copy (1981)
That Championship Season (1982)
Split Image (1982)
I, the Jury (1982)
Bad Boys (1983)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Mass Appeal (1984)
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
The Karate Kid (1984)
The Coolangatta Gold (1984)
Gotcha! (1985)
Beer (1985)
The Boss’ Wife (1986)
Big Trouble (1986)
Nomads (1986)
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Broadcast News (1987)
Baby Boom (1987)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Happy New Year (1987)
I Love N.Y. (1987)
Betrayed (1988)
Le Grand bleu (1988)
Cohen and Tate (1988)
For Keeps? (1988)
Lock Up (1989)
Lean on Me (1989)
The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
The Fourth War (1990)
Backstreet Dreams (1990)
Year of the Gun (1991)
By the Sword (1991)
Necessary Roughness (1991)
Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
The Scout (1994)
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
Bushwhacked (1995)
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
Spy Hard (1996)
Wrongfully Accused (1998)
The Real Macaw (1998)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Tortilla Soup (2001)
Avenging Angelo (2002)
Boys on the Run (2003)
Wildfire (2008)
Moonlight Blade (2009)
The Perfect Game (2009)
Small Town Hero (2010)
Two Knives (2011)