Gonna Fly Now

E61452
film theme song song

"Gonna Fly Now" is the iconic, brass-driven theme song from the film Rocky, widely associated with training montages and motivational moments in popular culture.

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Label Occurrences
Gonna Fly Now canonical 9
"Gonna Fly Now" 2
Gonna Fly Now theme 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film theme song ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Theme from Rocky ⓘ
associatedWith Rocky Balboa ⓘ
boxing training ⓘ
motivational music ⓘ
sports montages ⓘ
chartCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
chartPerformance reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
composer Bill Conti ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact widely recognized as an anthem of perseverance ⓘ
featuredInWork Rocky ⓘ
genre film score ⓘ
instrumental ⓘ
orchestral pop ⓘ
hasInstrumentation brass ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
hasMood inspirational ⓘ
triumphant ⓘ
hasTempo up-tempo ⓘ
includedInAlbum Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score ⓘ
influenced subsequent sports film music ⓘ
lyricist Ayn Robbins ⓘ
Carol Connors ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
nominatedForYear 1977 ⓘ
notableFeature driving rhythm ⓘ
prominent trumpet melody ⓘ
short motivational lyrics ⓘ
notableFor association with the Rocky steps training scene ⓘ
use in popular culture as workout music ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Rocky ⓘ
surface form: Rocky soundtrack
partOfSeries Rocky film series ⓘ
performer Bill Conti ⓘ
Dee Dee Bridgewater ⓘ
Nelson Pigford ⓘ
producer Bill Conti ⓘ
publicationYear 1976 ⓘ
recordLabel United Artists Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1976 ⓘ
title Gonna Fly Now self-link ⓘ
usedAs theme song ⓘ
training montage music ⓘ
usedInMedium film ⓘ
sports events ⓘ
television ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Rocky → notableSong → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
Rocky film series → featuresSong → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
Bill Conti → notableWork → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
Gonna Fly Now → title → Gonna Fly Now self-link ⓘ
Rocky II (film) score → includesTheme → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
Rocky II (film) score → expandsOn → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gonna Fly Now theme
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs → hasPart → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Gonna Fly Now"
Conti → notableWork → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
subject surface form: Bill Conti
Rocky Balboa (film) score → featuresMotif → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gonna Fly Now theme
Rocky → hasMusicalNumber → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gonna Fly Now (reprise/usage from film theme)
Maynard Ferguson → notableRecording → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Gonna Fly Now" (Theme from Rocky)
Nelson Pigford → performedOn → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Gonna Fly Now"
Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score → includesTrack → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score → notableTrack → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ
Ayn Robbins → notableWork → Gonna Fly Now ⓘ