Amazon Content Services has released Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Rocky, a new EP featuring three tracks from the score for the 1976 classic composed by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (The Right Stuff, The Karate Kid, The Thomas Crown Affair, For Your Eyes Only, Masters of the Universe). The 3-track EP features the Rocky Medley, the “theme song” Gonna Fly Now (feat. lyrics by Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins) and Fanfare for Rocky and is now available to stream/download now on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to all three tracks after the jump. The release coincides with the 50th anniversary of the movie (directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers & Burgess Meredith), which will return to theaters (remastered in 4K) on November 7, as well as Rocky in Concert, a live experience that will launch in Des Plaines, IL on October 28 before traveling to more than 20 U.S. markets this fall.
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Expanded ‘Rocky II’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1979 sports drama Rocky II written and directed by Sylvester Stallone and starring Stallone himself, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith. The album features the film’s expanded original score from the second installment in the Rocky feature series composed by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (The Right Stuff, The Karate Kid, For Your Eyes Only, The Thomas Crown Affair, Masters of the Universe), including minutes of previously unreleased music. The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. United Artists Records/Capital Records have previously released the original 1979 soundtrack album.
‘Gloria’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Madison Gate Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1980 crime thriller Gloria written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen, Lupe Garnica, John Adames, Jessica Castillo and Tom Noonan. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, The Karate Kid, The Right Stuff, For Your Eyes Only, The Thomas Crown Affair, Masters of the Universe). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main title track after the jump. Varese Sarabande has previously released the premiere soundtrack album for the film back in 2006 as limited edition CD as part of the label’s CD club series.
‘Neighbors’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the 1981 comedy Neighbors directed by John G. Avildsen and starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty and Kathryn Walker. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, The Karate Kid, For Your Eyes Only, The Right Stuff, Masters of the Universe, The Thomas Crown Affair). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main title and end credits tracks after the jump. Varese Sarabande has previously released the premiere release of Conti’s score, coupled with the Tom Scott’s unused score by as a (now out-of-print) limited edition CD back in 2007.
World Premiere Release of Bill Conti’s ‘Boys on the Run’ Score Announced
Music Box Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2003 adventure thriller Boys on the Run directed by Pol Cruchten and starring Jesse Littlejohn, James Lafferty, Raquel Beaudene and Ron Perlman. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, The Karate Kid, The Right Stuff, For Your Eyes Only, Masters of the Universe, The Thomas Crown Affair). The limited edition CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release.
Bill Conti to Score ‘Roselli’s Way’
Deadline is reporting that Bill Conti (Rocky, The Right Stuff, The Karate Kid, The Thomas Crown Affair, For Your Eyes Only, Masters of the Universe) is attached to score the upcoming biographical drama Roselli’s Way. The film, which marks the Academy Award winner’s first feature scoring project in over a decade, centers on Italian American pop singer Jimmy Roselli as he looks back on a career, in which he was forever in the shadow of contemporary Frank Sinatra. J.D. Zeik (Ronin) wrote the screenplay.
Remastered & Expanded ‘The Next Karate Kid’ & ‘Friday the 13th’ Soundtrack Albums Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1994 martial arts movie The Next Karate Kid directed by Christopher Cain and starring Noriyuki “Pat” Morita, Hilary Swank and Michael Ironside. The album features the expanded and original score from the Columbia Pictures production composed by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, Masters of the Universe, The Right Stuff, For Your Eyes Only, The Thomas Crown Affair) who also scored the first three installments in The Karate Kid series, including previously unreleased additional music tracks and alternate cues. The CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, will be available to order on the label’s official website this coming Tuesday, November 30. Visit La-La Land Records’ Facebook page for the full album details.
Expanded and Remastered ‘The Karate Kid Part III’ Score Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 sequel The Karate Kid Part III directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Robyn Lively and Thomas Ian Griffith. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, The Right Stuff, Masters of the Universe, For Your Eyes Only, The Thomas Crown Affair), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. Visit the label’s Facebook page for the full details of the CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, and which will be available to order on the label’s website next Tuesday, December 1.
Expanded ‘The Karate Kid Part II’ Score Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1986 sequel The Karate Kid Part II directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Nobu McCarthy, Tamlyn Tomita, Yuji Okumoto, Joey Miyashima, Marc Hayashi, Danny Kamekona, Martin Kove and William Zabka. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, The Right Stuff, For Your Eyes Only, Masters of the Universe, The Thomas Crown Affair), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. The CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, is now available to order in the label’s online store, where you can learn more details about the release and listen to audio samples.
Bill Conti’s ‘The Big Fix’ Score to Be Released
Varese Sarabande has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1978 comedy thriller The Big Fix directed by Jeremy Kagan and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow and F. Murray Abraham. The album features the original music from the Universal Pictures release composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, The Right Stuff, The Karate Kid, For Your Eyes Only, The Thomas Crown Affair, Masters of the Universe), including unused and alternate cues. The CD, which is limited to 1,500 copies, is now available to order in the label’s online store, where you can also check out audio clips and learn more about the release.