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"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. Released in 1976 with Rocky, the song became part of 1970s American popular culture after the film's main character and namesake Rocky Balboa as part of his daily training regimen runs up ...
The main theme song, "Gonna Fly Now", made it to number one on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 list for one week (from July 2 to July 8, 1977) and the American Film Institute placed it 58th on its AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs. [38] [39] United Artists Records released the soundtrack album on November 12, 1976. [40] EMI re-released the album on CD ...
Although the Conti version of "Gonna Fly Now" is the most recognizable arrangement, a cover of the song performed by legendary trumpeter Maynard Ferguson on his Conquistador album prior to the release of the motion picture soundtrack actually outsold the soundtrack itself. [5]
His training montage tune, "Gonna Fly Now", topped the Billboard singles chart in 1977, and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. [ 1 ] Conti also composed music for the sequels Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990) [ 1 ] and Rocky Balboa (2006).
"Gonna Fly Now" was nominated for Best Original Song, and Rocky itself was nominated for Best Sound Editing, and won Best Picture, Best Director for John G. Avildsen, and Best Film Editing. At the 55th Academy Awards, the song "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III was nominated for Best Original Song.
Ayn Robbins is a lyricist and poet. She is best known for co-writing with Carol Connors the lyrics for two Academy Award and Grammy nominated songs, "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky (1976; music by Bill Conti) [1] and "Someone's Waiting for You" from The Rescuers (1977; music by Sammy Fain).
As of 2019, the Academy's rules stipulate that "an original song consists of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the motion picture.. It must be clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition (not necessarily visually presented) of both lyric and melody, used in the body of the motion picture or as the first music cue in the end credit
The musical is based on the 1976 film Rocky, with a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone. [3] The film itself was made on a budget of $1,075,000, [4] shot in 28 days [5] and was a sleeper hit, [6] earning $225 million in global box office receipts [7] becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976 [8] and went on to win three Oscars, [9] including Best Picture. [10]