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List of Bill Conti Oscar nominations
Posted: July 2025
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Bill Conti. Bill Conti has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards and won 1. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
1983: WON: The Right Stuff (Best Original Score) — Other nominees: Star Wars: Episode VI &mdahs; Return of the Jedi (John Williams), Cross Creek (Leonard Rosenman), Under Fire (Jerry Goldsmith), Terms of Endearment (Michael Gore)
1981: For Your Eyes Only (Best Original Song) (shared with Mick Leeson) (For Your Eyes Only) — lost to Arthur (Burt Bacharach,
Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen) (Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)). Other nominees: Endless Love (Lionel Richie) (Endless Love), The Great Muppet Caper (Joe Raposo) (The First Time It Happens), Ragtime (Randy Newman) (One More Hour)
1976: Rocky (Best Original Song) (shared with Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins) (Gonna Fly Now) — lost to A Star Is Born (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) (Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)). Other nominees: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Henry Mancini, Don Black) (Come to Me), The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith) (Ave Satani), Half a House (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) (A World that Never Was)