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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 ...
Conquistador was the most successful album of Ferguson's career, earning him his first and only gold record, and a Grammy nomination (Best Pop Instrumental Performance) for "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky")". [9]
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] The version of Conti's "Gonna Fly Now" released on later records and ...
William Conti (born April 13, 1942) is an American composer and conductor. [1] He is best known for his film scores, including Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006), The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), The Next Karate Kid (1994), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Dynasty (and its sequel The Colbys), and ...
I'm pretty sure Gonna Fly Now is NOT the theme of Rocky. The song played at the beginning of Rocky is called "Fanfare for Rocky". Gonna Fly Now is the most famous song from the movie, but it is not the theme. Consider changing please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.29.65.87 00:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC) It is! Let's compare.
Individual songs are usually priced at either US$1.99/€1.49/£0.99, or US$1.00/€0.75/£0.59, with a few exceptions priced at £1.19 or £1.49/€1.99; [16] all are available for download through PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and the Wii's online service unless otherwise noted on the list below. In the US, some downloadable songs have been ...
The soundtrack was hugely successful on the strength of two top-five singles, Survivor's "Burning Heart" (personally commissioned for the film by Sylvester Stallone) reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100) [4] and James Brown's "Living in America", as well as Robert Tepper's lone top-40 hit, "No Easy Way Out" which reached #22.
"We Can Fly" is a single by the progressive rock band Yes released in 2011, and consisting of shortened versions of two sections of the suite "Fly from Here" from their album of the same name: "Fly from Here, Part I: We Can Fly" and "Fly from Here, Part V: We Can Fly ".