- Bill Conti was born on April 13, 1942 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for For Your Eyes Only (1981), Rocky (1976) and The Right Stuff (1983). He is married to Shelby Cox. They have two children.
- SpouseShelby Cox(? - present) (2 children)
- His recording of "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky (1976))" reached #1 in July 1977.
- Majored in piano and composition at Louisiana State University and earned a master's degree at Juilliard School of Music in New York.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6451 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 10, 1989.
- On April 22, 2008, before a packed house at the LSU Union Theatre at Louisiana State University, Conti was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
- Has 2 daughters Rachela and Nicola Shelby and 6 grandchildren.
- 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.
- 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.
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