Vince DiCola

Vince DiCola
Vince DiCola in his home studio
Background information
Birth name	Vincent Louis DiCola
Born	1960 (age 56–57) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Synthpop, film score, dance
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Keyboards, piano, drums
Years active	1981–present
Website	tdrsmusic.com/vince.html

Vincent Louis "Vince" DiCola (born 1960) is an American composer, keyboardist and arranger. He has composed scores for films such as 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 and Synclavier II's computer's sequencing capabilities.

Vince DiCola was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1960 to Italian-American parents. 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 albums Dirty Looks and Old Flame 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 write the original score for Rocky IV (1985), followed by scoring The Transformers: The Movie (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 Jerry Goldsmith.