Bill Conti: The Musical Godfather of Rocky and Karate Kid

What do the iconic films Rocky and The Karate Kid have in common? They both have soundtracks that fit the stories so well. That is all because of one man – Bill Conti. But it’s not just his work that should be talked about – we also need to talk about how his work influenced both franchises' modern counterparts of Creed and Cobra Kai.

Special thanks to Rich for suggesting this video!

0:00 Intro
0:30 Who is Bill Conti?
1:45 What makes Bill Conti's work effective?
5:40 Memorable Rocky tracks and how Conti influenced Creed's music
8:43 Memorable Karate Kid tracks and how Conti influenced Cobra Kai's music
11:50 Did Conti influence mainstream tracks in either franchise?
13:14 Final Thoughts

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[StryfetheWarrior]

What are some of your favorite songs scored by Bill Conti?

If you're seeing this video again, it's a re-upload with some minor edits!

[richyrich]

Thanks Stryfe! I’d never thought you’d actually make this video, also I would want to watch a video of you going through the soundtracks both the rocky/creed films and The karate kid films along with cobra Kai

[Lexthebarbarian]

Contis´music is a part of my childhood and part of my life. God bless him. He makes the world more beautiful and heroic. Without music life would be a mistake.

[chefmaiku]

it takes a very keene ear and an open mind to create stories with music. the idea of being open minded to combine maybe not traditional instrument combinations is sometimes needed.

[angelaholmes]

Great video would you ever do videos on the tv series warrior

[UrvyA]

He also did For Your Eyes only, and wrote the title song.

[srstriker]

He deserves the praise and have you seen this movie called Kevin and Perry go large because I see similarly to what Gary and Wyatt from weird science were going through and Lisa Frankenstein.

Remember I said about who is the best trainer for Rocky. Mick, Apollo or Tony Duke senior?

Also do a video on something similar with Adonis Creed vs Tommy Gunn with Clubber Lang’s son

[ultimategmoneyremaber]

And 007 he did one film in 81 2 years before rocky iii

[thomasbatta]

Also rocky and the karate kid were directed by the same guy John g avidsen so the rocky and the karate kid connections go beyond the music