I haven’t watched the later Rocky movies. In 1978, Rocky won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film.

Stream songs including 'Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky')', 'Philadelphia Morning' and more. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. Listen to Rocky (Original Motion Picture Score) by Bill Conti on Apple Music. In 1977, Rocky won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Directing (John G. The film’s script was written by Sylvester Stallone. He played it to his collaborators Carol Conners and Ayn Robbins at Carols house. Gonna Fly Now was composed by Bill Conti, with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, and performed by DeEtta West and Nelson Pigford. The composer Bill Conti wrote an instrumental for the training montage in the first Rocky movie. Wasn’t Sylvester Stallone so young and handsome in the film? And isn’t the underdog theme one that just never gets old?Īlso, I love when the children join Rocky in his run, cheering him on, and experiencing life’s glorious possibilities. Released in February 1977 with the movie Rocky, the song became part of American popular culture after main character Rocky Balboa as part of. And I will share with you that, when I hear it, I cry. Gonna Fly Now, also known as Theme from Rocky, is the theme song from the movie Rocky, composed by Bill Conti with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, and performed by DeEtta West and Nelson Pigford. The latest entry into the UGottaLaff Songbook is Gonna Fly Now, the theme song from Rocky. “I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind and furious optimism.” Sylvester Stallone

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