Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score

Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedNovember 12, 1976[1]
Genre
Length31:25
LabelUnited Artists Records
EMI Records/Capitol Records (reissue)
Rocky soundtrack chronology
Rocky
(1976)
Rocky II
(1979)
Singles from Rocky
  1. "Gonna Fly Now"
    Released: February 28, 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Filmtracks.com[4]

Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score is a soundtrack album for the 1976 American film Rocky, composed by Bill Conti. It was released on vinyl in the United States on November 12, 1976, by United Artists Records, followed by a CD release by EMI Records on November 7, 1988. The soundtrack is notable for its inclusion of "Gonna Fly Now", the theme song from Rocky.

  1. ^ "Motion Pictures January–June 1976: Third Series, Parts 12–13". Catalog of Copyright Entries. 30 (1). The Library of Congress. 1977. ISSN 0090-8371.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (November 6, 2019). "The Number Ones: Bill Conti's "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 3, 2023. ...Conti's music for Rocky is just magnificent...it's got the Philadelphia soul of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff baked into its lush funk-guitar squelches and bongo ripples and dramatic strings.
  3. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Rocky [Original Motion Picture Score]". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Rocky (Bill Conti) – Editorial Review". Filmtracks.com. Filmtracks Publications. December 11, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2015.