![]() ![]() ![]() Avildsen, who won the Oscar for Best Director for directing the original Rocky, and Bill Conti composed the unforgettable music for both Rocky and The Karate Kid. The Karate Kid trilogy was also directed by John G. The martial arts saga followed the successful Rocky blueprint almost to the T, from the hero having a wise old mentor to the exciting training montages, to the hero winning and the films ending on emotional highs for audiences. Still, the lyrics of "Glory of Love" describe its hero as a "knight in shining armor from a long time ago" who is the "hero" the girl has "been dreaming of" even though Daniel had a violent climactic showdown with Chozen (Yuji Okumoto) to "fight for honor", it's still a bit of a fanciful stretch to depict Daniel and Kumiko as the epic romance the song describes.Īll in all, "Glory of Love" was the latest aspect The Karate Kid series borrowed from Rocky. Ironically, "Glory of Love" doesn't quite fit with The Karate Kid Part II either, although the syrupy love song is indeed more suited to teenage Daniel's summer infatuation with Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita) than it would have been in Rocky IV, wherein Rocky's ongoing love story with his wife Adrian (Talia Shire) received only cursory attention. ![]()
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