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Oscar and three-time Emmy Award-winner Bill Conti is one of Hollywood's most sought-after composers and conductors for both film and television. He has sold in excess, of eight million albums and he is in great demand as a conductor of symphony orchestras throughout the Unites States. On November 10, 1989, his rich contributions to the industry were recognized when a star bearing his name was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1995 the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awarded Conti the Golden Soundtrack Award for lifetime achievement in film and television.The soundtrack for the Sylvester Stallone blockbuster Rocky also garnered a host of other honors including a Golden Globe nomination, a Billboard Award nomination, an RIAA Certified Platinum Album, a Rock Award nomination, and a Grammy nomination for Best Original Score. "Gonna Fly Now" not only occupied the number one position on the Billboard magazine charts for the week of July 2, 1997, but also received an RIAA Certified Gold Record and two Grammy nominations for Best Instrumental Composition and Performance.Bill has composed the musical scores for many box office giants including Broadcast News, Baby Boom, f IX, The Karate Kid, Goldie Hawn's military romp Private Benjamin, and most recently, Spy Hard. He won an Oscar for Best Original Score for The Right Stuff in 1983 and received two Oscar nominations for Best Original Song -- one for the Sheena Easton hit record "For Your Eyes Only" from the James Bond picture of the same title and one for "Gonna Fly Now," the powerful anthem from the 1976 Academy Award-winning Best Picture Rocky.Conti's work for the small screen has been equally as critically acclaimed, receiving a total of ten Emmy nominations thus far.You can email your questions to 123FilmEasy@Gmail.com Link: www.123FilmEasy.com. Follow us on "Twitter" at https://twitter.com/123Film.