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The next day he sent us the whole movie, and that’s when we really got the story. It was like electricity in that room, but we couldn’t get any further because we didn’t know the story. And then the punches were being thrown, and I just went (plays power chords). I just started going (plays chugging guitar intro). I had my Les Paul around my neck, and I just caught that vibe. T rising up, and Stallone getting kind of soft, doing commercials. Frankie came over, and we see this montage that we’re supposed to write to.

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The pressure was on, and the next day I rented a big Betamax Pro (an early video cassette player) and the FedEx came. He said to Tony Scotti, the label manager, “That’s the sound I want for my theme song.” He heard a song called “Poor Man’s Son” from our “Premonition” album, which is very street, very raw, (singer) Dave Bickler just giving it up. Can you help me out?” I go, “Uh, is the Pope Catholic?” It’s a good song, but I want something for the kids.

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He says, “I’ve got this new movie called ‘Rocky III,’ and I don’t want to use that ‘Gonna Fly Now’ song. So I call him up, and he answers, “Yo.” I go, “Is this Sylvester Stallone? This is Jim Peterik.” He says, “Yeah, call me Sly.” Suddenly, I’m calling him “Sly” - a kid from Berwyn, Ill.! I was already this huge fan of Stallone anyway, me and my wife. It’s Sylvester Stallone.” I go, “Yeah, right.” I play it back again (and say), “Karen, does this sound like Stallone, or is that just Sal, my roadie?” “No, that’s him.” I hit “Play” and I hear, “Hey, yo, Jim that’s a nice answering machine you got there. I got home one day, and there’s my big, old answering machine. We knew it was something special because we saw that movie in its rough form.

Was that day like any other day? When you started this, did you kind of know that you were on to something special?

You and Frankie (Sullivan) from Survivor wrote it. Peterik talked to Bart Herbison, executive director of Nashville Songwriters Association International. The song’s co-writer, Jim Peterik, remembers the day Stallone asked him to write a song for his movie - and how the star reacted when he first heard the demo recording. I thought it was supposed to get easier, but it doesn’t, folks.Few “power chords” are more instantly recognizable than the guitar blasts that open Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.” The rock hit served as the theme song for the 1982 film “Rocky III,” starring Sylvester Stallone as boxing champion Rocky Balboa. “In this one, I wanted to harken back to the first Rocky where for 80% of the movie it’s just self-searching, and trying to figure out ‘what is life?’, and the older I get, the harder it gets.

He continues: “I’ve made other ‘ Rockys‘ where it’s just about the fight, the emotions, the characters … it was more geared toward the event rather than what they’re going through personally.” “If you can catch a character like this – the only way this character works is if it’s tied into something you can identify with.” “The truth is, art imitates life,” writer/director/star Stallone says. Sometimes I have to pinch myself cause I’m dreaming.” “They just threw me in the fire,” real-life boxing champ Antonio Tarver (Mason “The Line” Dixon) explains of his initiation into the world of acting. “To be here now, on account of a great film, written and directed by Sylvester Stallone – to be a part of this great franchise, it’s unbelievable.

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Dolph also goes on to mention that the original Rocky is his favorite film in the series (followed by Rocky IV … cough, cough.) “Boxing is a sport, it’s like a blue collar sport where you have a chance to make it from the street, from nothing, and become rich and famous which I guess is the American dream,” Rocky IV star Dolph Lundgren explains while pausing for a chat.

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