Vince DiCola

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Vince DiCola (born 1960) is an Italian-American composer, keyboardist, and arranger best known for his work on the The Transformers: The Movie, Staying Alive and Rocky IV soundtracks. DiCola also pioneered the use of sequencers on his soundtrack recording for Rocky IV, one of the first to exploit the Fairlight CMI & Synclavier II's computer's sequencing capabilities. Vincent Louis DiCola aka Vince Dicola was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1960. After majoring in percussion in college, DiCola began his professional music career upon moving to California in 1981. One of his early credits as a session musician was his synthesizer performance on Juice Newton's Dirty Looks and Old Flame albums released in 1983 and 1985, respectively. His first major break came when he was chosen to co-write several songs on the Staying Alive soundtrack (1983) with Frank Stallone. Following his work on the Staying Alive project, he was recruited by Sylvester Stallone to contribute key compositions for Rocky IV (1985), followed by scoring the original animated Transformers movie in 1986. Since then he has been active in the capacity of producer, recorded and performed as both a solo artist and member of several bands, and continues to work as a session musician and contributor to film soundtracks as composer and performer. DiCola counts Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer among his biggest influences in progressive rock music. He also admires film-music composers Thomas Newman, John Powell and Jer

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Rocky IV

Rocky IV (Original Motion Picture Score)

The Rocky Story

Lighting Their Darkest Hour

Transformers The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie (Score)

Angry Birds Transformers (Original Game Soundtrack) [Extended Edition]

Transformers Devastation (Original Game Soundtrack)

Rocky IV (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Transformers - The Movie Score

The Transformers: The Movie

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The Transformers-The Movie (20th Anniversary Edition) OST

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