Vince DiCola (born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American composer, keyboardist, and arranger best known for his work on the The Transformers: The Movie, Staying Alive and Rocky IV soundtracks. Lancaster is a city in the South Central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the County seat of Lancaster County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Transformers The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated series of the same name. Staying Alive is the 1983 sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta as the main character Tony Manero Cynthia Rocky IV is a 1985 Boxing film the fourth and most financially successful movie of the Rocky franchise DiCola also pioneered the use of sequencers on his soundtrack recording for Rocky IV, one of the first to exploit the Fairlight CMI computer's sequencing capabilities. The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument was the first polyphonic digital sampling Synthesizer.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Transformers 4 Solo works 5 Other works 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links

Biography

After majoring in percussion at college, DiCola began his career after moving to California in 1981. One of his early jobs was as a session musician, playing the synthesizer on Juice Newton's Dirty Looks and Old Flame albums in 1983 and 1985, respectively. Juice Newton (born Judy Kay Cohen 18 February 1952 in Lakehurst New Jersey) is an American Pop music and country singer His first break came when he was chosen to co-write several songs on the Staying Alive soundtrack with Frank Stallone. Staying Alive is the 1983 sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta as the main character Tony Manero Cynthia Frank Stallone Jr (born July 30, 1950) is an American Actor and Singer / Guitarist, the brother of Sylvester Stallone ^[1] After that, he was contacted by the producers of the animated Transformers movie, who had liked his work on Rocky IV and felt the style of his compositions were what they wanted for their film. Since then he has produced, and recorded as a solo artist, in several bands, continued work as a session musician, and has contributed to various film soundtracks as a composer and performer.

DiCola counts Yes and Emerson Lake and Palmer among his biggest influences in progressive rock music. Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. Emerson Lake & Palmer ( ELP) were an English Progressive rock supergroup. He also admires film-music composers Thomas Newman, John Powell and Jerry Goldsmith. Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955 Los Angeles California USA is an American 8 time Academy Award -nominated Film score John Powell is a English Film score Composer born on 18 September 1963 and currently based in Los Angeles. Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith ( February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American Film score Composer

Awards

In 1983, DiCola was a co-nominee for the Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Grammy for co-writing the soundtrack of the movie Staying Alive, in spite of the poor critical reception of the film. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Staying Alive is the 1983 sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta as the main character Tony Manero Cynthia He also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song - Motion Picture for the song Far From Over which he co-wrote with Frank Stallone for the same film. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Frank Stallone Jr (born July 30, 1950) is an American Actor and Singer / Guitarist, the brother of Sylvester Stallone

He received a Golden Raspberry Award for his 1986 work on the Rocky IV soundtrack. ^[2] The song The Touch from the Transformers soundtrack won DiCola a 1986 Apex award for Best Original Song - Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror.

Transformers

DiCola has had enough of a cult following amongst Transformers fans to have warranted the release of several albums of music related to the Transformers movie, as follow-ups to the release of the original 1986 The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack. This page is a master list of the assorted Animated television series based on the Transformers toyline. The Transformers The Movie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the 1987 Soundtrack from the motion picture The Transformers The Movie.

First released as a BotCon'97 exclusive, the 2-CD set Til All Are One contains the first full score of the movie. BotCon, briefly known as "The Official Transformers Collectors' Convention" (or OTFCC is an annual convention for Transformers fans and collectors Til All Are One is a Soundtrack that contains musical compositions from The Transformers The Movie. BotCon 2001 saw the releases of The Protoform Sessions (featuring demos and rarities and including extended commentary from DiCola) and Artistic Transformations: Themes and Variations, containing solo piano renditions of songs from the soundtrack, as well as another complete score on a single disc named Lighting Their Darkest Hour. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Protoform Sessions is a Soundtrack by composer Vince DiCola. Artistic Transformations Themes and Variations is a compilation soundtrack made up of music from Transformers The Movie all performed on piano by the Lighting Their Darkest Hour is a soundtrack album from the film Transformers The Movie.

He has been a guest at multiple Transformers conventions, including appearances at BotCon'97, BotCon'98, and The Official Transformers Collectors' Convention 2004 in Rosemont, Illinois. See also the Rosemont Convention Center Rosemont is a village in Cook County Illinois, that is a suburb of Chicago and is in the midst of a huge metropolitan ^[3]

An interview with DiCola was included on the Region 1 DVD release of The Transformers: The Movie released by Rhino Entertainment in the year 2000. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty Record label and production company owned by Warner Music Group. However, this interview is not present on the 20th Anniversary Edition released by Sony & BMG in 2006. The Transformers The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated series of the same name. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with

DiCola credits his work on Transformers with getting his music exposed to a much wider audience and getting him the most attention and fame he has had as an artist.

Solo works

DiCola released his first solo work in 1986, an album simply title Piano Solos. He later worked both as an arranger and performer on a 1991 multi-artist project called Artfully Beatles, which led him to release Artistically Beatles, an album of ten Beatles songs he arranged and performed, in 1993.

An additional solo album called Falling off a Clef was released in 2004. Falling Off A Clef ( 2004) is the first full length album by Vince Dicola, composer to the music score of the Transformers The Movie. In the same year he completed the soundtrack to the low-rated 2004 film Sci-Fighter. The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place

Other works

Other than his solo work, DiCola has worked with various musical groups.

He worked with the 5-piece rock band Storming Heaven in the mid 1990s releasing the 1996 album titled Life In Paradise. ^[4] In addition to DiCola on keyboard, guitar and vocals, the Storming Heaven lineup included lead vocalist Rick Livingston, Jethro Tull drummer Doane Perry, guitarist Curtis Taylor, and keyboardist Casey Young. A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Doane Ethredge Perry (born June 16, 1954 in Mt Kisco, Westchester County, New York) (aka Doane Tull is an American A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Around the same time in 1996, DiCola, Storming Heaven bandmate Perry, and Tower of Power vocalist Ellis Hall formed a soul/rock trio named Thread and released a self-titled album. Tower of Power is a 10-member horn-based soul band from Oakland, California. Ellis Hall (born June 22, 1889 in Ecclesfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire) was a former Professional footballer

In 2001, he worked again with Perry and released In-VINCE-ible!, a collection of diverse works from various past projects, with ex-members of Santana and Chicago assisting as session musicians, and featuring several special guests including Steve Walsh of Kansas and his Storming Heaven bandmates. Kansas is an American Progressive rock band which became a popular Arena rock group in the 1970s with hit singles such as " Carry On Wayward ^[5]

DiCola appeared as keyboardist on the first Hughes Turner Project album, HTP in 2003. Hughes Turner Project (HTP was a musical project formed in the 2001 by bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (formerly of Deep Purple, Trapeze and Black Sabbath HTP is the debut album by Hughes Turner Project, a musical collaborators Glenn Hughes ( Deep Purple / Trapeze / Black Sabbath

He and Perry once again formed a trio, this time with bassist Paul Ill and called DPI, to release a 3-track EP called Found Objects in 2006. Previously the trio had worked with vocalist Vincent Kendall and guitarist Reeves Gabrels in releasing a 42-minute suite called Pity The Rich based on recordings made at the same time. The jam-session style recordings for these releases were originally intended to be part of a new DiCola solo instrumental release, but while editing the tracks in his home studio DiCola felt they had the feel of a project for a band and chose to expand his original plan to include the other performers.

In recent years, he has worked as a producer, programmer and musician on the solo albums of Rick Springfield, Raquel Aurilia, Kelly King and Glenn Hughes. Rick Springfield (born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on August 23 1949 in Sydney) is an Australian American Songwriter Glenn Hughes (born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England on August 21, 1951) is a Bassist and Vocalist ^[6]

In 2008, he was featured on the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Original Soundtrack and was responsible for arranging the series theme, "Moon Over the Castle" as well as another piece titled "Truth. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (グランツーリスモ5 プロローグ guran tsūrisumo 5 purorōgu) is the latest installment in the Gran Turismo series " He described his work on the project in an interview with Music4Games, noting that he collaborated with T-Square and Doug Bossi on the project, and looks forward to becoming involved with game music in the future. Music4Games was launched in 1999 as a resource for video game music information ^[7]

Notes

References

• Seibertron.com Interview
• Vince DiCola Homepage

External links

• http://www.tdrsmusic.com/vince.html
• Vince Dicola at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Music4Games

Music4Games was launched in 1999 as a resource for video game music information

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