Bill Conti interview - Rocky soundtrack

Episódio da série "A Música no Cinema" (Music Behind The Scenes), exibido pelo canal a cabo GNT em 2002, com o maestro americano Bill Conti falando sôbre a trilha sonora que compôs para o filme Rocky - Um Lutador (1976), direção de John Avildsen, com Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire, Burt Young e Carl Weathers.

[@allans7281]

Bill is so humble! He won’t admit it but I will- That is the greatest score in motion picture history. Imagine living life without ever hearing that theme??

[@thiskneegrow]

I disagree. There are a ton of great scores. Terminator, Matrix, the thing, holloween, I can keep going.

[@cameron_fairchild]

No.

[@alfredowaltergutierrezmald834]

THANK YOU A MILLION FOR THAT SOUNDTRACK MAESTRO BILL CONTI!

[@spaceavenger54]

Between the movie itself and the soundtrack, it got me through a terrible time. I'd had a spinal fusion from an accident at work, and that put an end to me playing hockey, which was a big part of my life then. This soundtrack got me through 2 years of physical therapy and helped give me enough will power,that I made it back on to the ice for two more years. My favorite track is The final Bell.

[@JOECANDELA22]

The real beauty of it all is that this was an incredible collaboration between Mr. Conti and Mr. Avildsen. RIP Mr. Avildsen!

[@quest601]

Bill Conti is the best Piano Musician

[@kennyburnsfan]

'Just love Bill Conti. One of thegreat composers in film history.

[@onemoreroundtherockyseries6976]

couldnt agree more !

[@chrisb8655]

@@onemoreroundtherockyseries6976 I agree with you both. He's incredible.

[@kraken138]

Fantastic! I've had a life-long appreciation for the music of Bill Conti.

[@adeilsonsilva4914]

Eu tenho até hoje!!!

[@luisesa4042]

I love you man. Thanks for your music

[@markelijio6012]

Just love Bill Conti. One of the most celebrated composers in cinema history. For 1976's Rocky, the film's theme song "Gonna Fly Now" was nominated for an Academy Award for best original song in 1977. This is the first of many for Bill Conti. Seven years later, he won an Original Score Oscar for The Right Stuff in 1984. Plus, he won numerous Emmy Awards too. Thank you, Bill Conti, you're simply the best !

[@virgillesterlin]

still the main theme!!

[@vibeofthee80s_]

One of my favorite movie scores of all time, grew up hearing this soundtrack, love the Rocky movies 1/16/23

[@marcusadrianofreire5377]

Bill Conti é fantástico

[@laluna5192]

the best musician and song ever....people are lucky....Mr. Conti is too humble!

[@MarcioSilva-fj7up]

Simplesmente brilhante

[@timberhoff]

A great music. Inspirational. Makes me wanna go jogging as well:)

[@Leo-gu5ml]

Valeu por postar esse video do grande Bill Conti!! Sem dúvida é o tema mais lindo do cinema junto com o do Superman, do John Williams.

[@cakafella]

I love the music but i really enjoy getting a look at the process.

[@thecliponearringstorestyli7912]

One word- brilliant!

[@GustavoMarques-vy5sz]

Thanks for sharing this interview

[@roquefortfiles]

When the main theme in Rocky comes in and he starts his training?? ................Powerful!!

[@tino0936]

Thank you Mr. Conti for exquisitely poignant music. It will echo forever in the midst of our hearts.

[@onemoreroundtherockyseries6976]

timeless

[@andreribeiro1469]

Incrível, a cena foi colocada no modo de trás para frente e nunca ninguém percebeu. Pois todo mundo que vê, está vislumbrado com a sensação que a imagem junto a música nos trás. Incrível e obrigado.

[@josephpusztai]

A magical soundtrack for a magical movie. I think the enduring fascination with “Rocky” is it connects with the audience on a gut level, with primal human emotions. I believe Stallone said in an interview that “Rocky” is not a “boxing movie”, it’s a love story that just happens to be about boxing. As to Bill Conti’s score, it is IMHO the most “essential” in the history of movie making. Absent his brilliant work, “Rocky” would never have achieved the level of success it did. I have this fantasy where Avildsen, Stallone et al hear Conti’s score for the first time, and look at each other with giant shit-eating grins on their faces as they realize “Rocky” is gonna be a huge hit.

[@Alessauro_rex]

Bill, Very Thanks for your great participation in the story of my story and that of so many others!

[@euls0n]

Great Stuff, Bill Conti really is a genius and left us with a masterpiece that we all will love forever !

[@stevepaza]

The master of the master. Thank you for All this years

[@peacepocket]

Greatest soundtrack of all time!!!!

[@reginaldopaulinodasilva2501]

The soundtrack is the best one that I know! Tks for The inspiration.

[@gabrieljtomasbata]

GENIUS

[@briankane3905]

Amazing how it all came together

[@djsico2000]

I don‘t know if Bill Conti knows what powerful music he created.. „Going to fly now“ and „going the distance“ still gets me going everytime I listen to them!

[@daniloaielli1847]

The second part of Going... is a shameful plagiarism of an italian song of 1973 called "E cosi per non morire" sang by Ornella Vanoni.Conti was the arranger of the song and he used that part in Rocky.Listen up.I discovered that yesterday watching an italian tv series on Netflix.I loved Bill Conti ma now my love is over.!!!

[@alexandredecastrofaleiro3657]

Ótima Trilha Sonora.Época Boa Quando O Canal GNT Passava Documentários Interessantes.

[@ravibalkissoon8851]

Love this story of Bill Conti's adding the patchwork quilt of this iconic theme...great build as Stallone ascends the steps...Goose Bumps

[@onemoreroundtherockyseries6976]

great indeed

[@alessandrodorsi9800]

Grazie , Maestro ! Ciao dall'Italia 🇮🇹🙏

[@CineToysCollectionDenisBueno]

Esse tema é um remédio para minha alma.

[@TexMex713Hou]

Master piece in history 🔥🔥💯💯

[@iamsomebody7512]

Congratulations. Excellent music channel. Won another subscriber .)

[@_MMSMATH]

Lendário

[@Zaqwilson1]

rocky 1 and 2 are pieces of art

[@smartkaffe]

Motivación en sus canciones. 😀

[@kyrylpavlovstudio]

Awesome!

[@onemoreroundtherockyseries6976]

check out my interview !

[@dedricthere]

That was great. I’m pretty much a Rocky expert but never knew the shot in the stairs was reversed, that’s coo to know.

[@onemoreroundtherockyseries6976]

check out the interview i just did on our site !

[@RSTI191]

Video's such as this is the reason why they built the internet.. This stuff is gold..

[@clausstahl5166]

Best OST ever

[@tonydir5673]

Maybe my favorite movie soundtrack

[@Lawful123]

Bill is the man.

[@ClassicRock1973]

This is so badass

[@mizolafoufounna]

This is what I like about ART. Don't bring a scientific formula in it. Just let it be, let it do its magic, let it emerge from the unexpected.🥰

[@at90percent]

What struck me after listening to it over and over several times, the Rocky main theme, is that it is actually a disco styled song. I had never noticed that back in the day. Clearly when you listen to the cymbals that the drummer is playing, it's disco. Not surprising as it is the first of two blockbuster movies that the sound track was what really pushed the success of the movie. The second being Saturday Night Fever which came out the very next year after Rocky.

[@writerforlifeify]

There's a disco version of this theme, just type in 'Rocky Theme Disco Version'; there are 2 such videos, with slight differences. Listen also to the 'Bill Conti-Overture' video (8:38 min) for a disco dance segment within this extended piece.

[@at90percent]

writerforlifeify Interesting. Yet even the original version is disco.

[@writerforlifeify]

Yeah, I guess so....but those disco versions are sooo cool. I love that sound; my favorite 70s tv theme is the funky, disco-flavored 'Baretta' theme with Sammy Davis Jr on vocals. Also check out 'Going the Distance--Orchestral Version'. Bill Conti truly is a freaking genius. Sly was blessed to find him & smart to hire him back in the day.

[@sandrasanders706]

That was the music style of the time the very first hit remake of Gonna Fly now it's from Trumpeter and jazz musician the late Maynard Ferguson which is really good and it's very heavy disco just to tell you.

[@fabrgome]

Que show, não conhecia esse documentário, existe ele completo com legenda?

[@kosinus]

wooww never noticed the backward shot !

[@marcelosouza6169]

Eu uso essa música para correr na esteira… é impressionante como o coração pede pra correr mais e mais

[@marcosguerra2977]

Massa mesmo

[@mauriciovasquez4058]

A real anthem forever

[@PasjaMusic]

4:33 thanks for the nugget Mr Conti

[@gilmarvigia9968]

mandou bem

[@timjoseph887]

The sign of a genius, someone who makes something brilliant that in one minute is created out of nothing, seemingly effortlessly.

[@zabriko]

well without you mr Bill Rocky wouldn't be Rocky

[@JOECANDELA22]

The irony of Barbra Streisand complimenting Mr. Conti is that at the 1977 Oscars her theme song from 'Star is Born' beat out "Gonna Fly Now" for the Oscar for best theme song. Go figure.

[@markusziman363]

what music bill got inspired to write rockys reward?

[@nadinerody7481]

G.O.A.T.

[@kfd83]

Bill Conti starts playing the theme on the piano and the editors decide that's the time to play the record instead. ;-/

[@rtorresmonteiro]

essa trilha é demais, mas a melhor é going the distance, do rocky 2

[@aditmorey4322]

I agree with you Rafael.

[@vagnergumaraes4753]

Exato, torci pra ele falar sobre essa música, muito motivadora também

[@QsTaylor]

Estranho um documentário brasileiro assim

[@nelsonpinta]

Esta série é inglesa.

[@aschupp8915]

Bons tempos em que o GNT não era um canal de culinária ou com feministas falando merda...

[@R3TR0J4N]

composer was underpaid and for an was worked for an hour.

[@laluna5192]

the Movie is garbage without the music