Rocky III: Original Motion Picture Score | ||||
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Released | June 14, 1982 [1] | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 32:00 | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
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Rocky III:Original Motion Picture Score is a soundtrack album for the 1982 American film Rocky III ,composed by Bill Conti. It is the final Rocky soundtrack composed by Conti,having composed the previous two films. A soundtrack album containing Conti's score was released on June 14,1982. This album features the hit single,"Eye of the Tiger",which has become synonymous with the Rocky franchise.
Personnel [3]
The version of "Eye of the Tiger" that appears in the film is actually a demonstration recording;the "finished" version is what appears on the soundtrack. Also missing from the soundtrack is the instrumental version of the song played when Rocky is training in Apollo's old gym.[ citation needed ]
A re-release of Rocky III:Original Motion Picture Score CD was released on July 23,1996.
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] | 13 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [5] | 27 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] | 36 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [7] | 5 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] | 9 |
UK Albums (OCC) [9] | 42 |
US Billboard 200 [10] | 15 |
For the recording of Rocky III, Vince was principal, Henry Sigismonti was second, Rich Perissi was third, Art Maebe was fourth, Dave Duke was fifth, and I played sixth. It was an eight o'clock PM recording session. Those five guys had worked all day. We were at Capitol recording studios, Bill Conti was the conductor. There were four trumpets, some trombones, it was just a brass section recording session. The strings had already been recorded, so we heard the strings through the cans.