Bill Conti, who wrote the score for the previous installment, and is the only one of the trilogy not to feature the pan flute of Gheorghe Zamfir (a decision the composer regretted, according to the anniversary album liner notes). The film's signature tune was Peter Cetera's song "Glory of Love", which was a No. 1 hit in the United States and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song. When Daniel and Miyagi are being driven by Chozen and his crony Toshio after they arrive in Okinawa, Chozen tunes in the radio of the car until he reaches a station playing "Fascination", the same song to which Ali and Johnny were slow dancing at the high-end country club in the original film. The soundtrack is notable as being the final album released by United Artists Records. "Glory of Love" (Peter Cetera) "Rock 'n' Roll Over You" (The Moody Blues) "Fish for Life" (Mancrab) "Rock Around the Clock" (Paul Rodgers) "Let Me at 'Em" (Southside Johnny) "This Is the Time" (Dennis DeYoung) "Earth Angel" (New Edition) "Love Theme from The Karate Kid Part II" (Bill Conti) "Two Looking at One" (Carly Simon) "The Storm" (Bill Conti) Charts Reception Box office The Karate Kid Part II opened in 1,323 theaters across North America on June 20, 1986. In its opening weekend, the film ranked first in its domestic box office grossing $12,652,336 with an average of $9,563 per theater. The film earned $20,014,510 in its opening week and ended its run earning a total of $115,103,979 domestically. In the United Kingdom, the film grossed £2,313,517 () at the box office. The film grossed a total of worldwide, matching the box office total of the original film. In terms of box office admissions, the film sold 31,025,300 tickets in the United States. It also sold 2,625,169 tickets in France and Germany, and 2,518,483 tickets in Spain and Sweden, adding up to at least 36,168,952 tickets sold in the United States and Mainland Europe. Critical response The film had a mixed response from critics. At the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 44% approval rating, with an average score of 5.00 out of 10 based on 32 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "Like countless sequels, The Karate Kid Part II tries upping the stakes without straying too far from formula -- and suffers diminishing returns as a result". Metacritic, which uses