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.