Vince DiCola
Vincent Louis DiCola (born November 1957 in Lancaster , Pennsylvania ) is an American film composer and keyboardist .
Life
DiCola moved to California after training as a percussionist . Initially he worked as a studio musician and played synthesizers for Juice Newton . In 1983 he was hired together with Frank Stallone as a composer for the feature film Staying Alive . He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Far From Over , composed with Stallone , and received a Grammy Award nomination for his work on the film's soundtrack . In 1986 he was awarded the Golden Raspberry for the worst soundtrack of the year for the film music for Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century . In the same year DiCola composed the music for Transformers - The Battle for Cybertron and in 2004 for the film Sci-Fighter .
DiCola released three solo albums; Album Artistically Beatles from 1993 consists of cover versions of Beatles -Titeln. He also worked as a musician and producer for artists such as Rick Springfield and Glenn Hughes .
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century (Rocky IV)
- 1986: Transformers - The Battle for Cybertron (The Transformers: The Movie)
Web links
- Vince DiCola in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Vince DiCola at Allmusic (English)
- Works by and about Vince DiCola in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Vince DiCola , copyrightencyclopedia.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | DiCola, Vince |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | DiCola, Vincent Louis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lancaster , Pennsylvania |