Rocky II - Soundtrack (1979) 128kbps [RussTheStalker]

The rare sequel that improves upon its predecessor, Rocky II expands on the uplifting approach exemplified by Bill Conti's immortal "Gonna Fly Now" to create a score that's both more cohesive and more emotional. Writer/director/star Sylvester Stallone affords Conti a wider emotional berth this time around, allowing for poignant, melancholy themes like "Vigil" alongside fist-pumping anthems like the climactic "Overture" -- as before, Conti employs little more than solo piano, a small string ensemble, and a potent brass section, and it's to the composer's enormous credit that he can forge such larger-than-life music from relatively few instrumental elements. "Gonna Fly Now" even reappears, this time with a children's choir in tow, and sounds better than ever. Not even Frank Stallone's "Two Kinds of Love" can torpedo this one.
01 - Redemption [Theme from Rocky II] - Bill Conti [2:34]
02 - Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti [2:35]
03 - Conquest - Bill Conti [4:43]
04 - Vigil - Bill Conti [6:32]
05 - All of My Life - Bill Conti, DeEtta Little, Nelson Pigford [4:00]
06 - Overture - Bill Conti [8:38]
07 - Two Kinds of Love - Bill Conti [2:37]
08 - All of My Life [Instrumental] - Bill Conti, Mike Lang [2:27]