Capone-N-Noreaga

Their debut album, The War Report, was released in 1997 while Noreaga was serving another prison sentence. In 1983, he was the musical director of The Right Stuff, and in 1984, he was hired to collaborate in The Karate Kid. He also worked as musical director of the television shows Dynasty, Falcon Crest and The Lifestyles of The Rich And Famous. The two grew up in bad neighborhoods in Queensbridge and LeFrak City, and met each other in jail in 1992. In 1981, he wrote the music for the James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only, after John Barry was unable to return to the United Kingdom for tax reasons. Capone-N-Noreaga is a rap act that consists of Capone (Kiam Holley) and Noreaga (Victor Santiago). Conti also worked for some other films and, eventually, for television series. MTV biography (http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/capone_noreaga/bio.jhtml). Conti was credited on the cover of the movie's soundtrack album.

His big break into celebrity came in 1976, however, when he was hired to choose the music for the movie that also made Sylvester Stallone famous: Rocky. In 1974, he began as a film music director. Conti was an orchestra director by age fifteen. Bill Conti (born April 13, 1943) is a film musical director.