Vince DiCola

Synthesizer player/composer Vince DiCola is best known for his composing and performing of the soundtrack of the 1986 animated film, Transformers: The Movie. While most tunes, including "Instruments Of Destruction", "Dare To Be Stupid" and The Transformers Theme" were firmly set in the heavy metal/heavy rock tradition, the most successful song, "Dare And The Touch", reflects more of a rock and pop influence. DiCola's tune, "The Touch", received an APEX award as "best original song -- Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror" of 1986. A native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, DiCola launched his career after moving to southern California in 1981. His first success came when he was chosen to co-write eight tunes for Staying Alive, starring John Travolta and directed by Sylvester Stallone. DiCola played keyboards on one tune, "Far From Over", featuring Stallone's brother, Frank on vocals. He received a Golden Globe award for his song, "Far from Over". Recording his solo album, Piano Solos, in 1986, DiCola has gone on to record in a variety of contexts. A performer and arranger of four tunes on the 1991 multi-artist tribute album, Artfully Beatles, his recording of &"Yesterday"], was heard during the Winter Olympics in 1998. He arranged, produced and performed on all ten tracks of a follow-up CD, Artistically Beatles, in 1993. Since 1996, [$DiCola has balanced his solo work with membership in a five piece rock band, Storming Heaven. Their debut album, Life In Paradise, was released in Europe and Japan in 1996. He has also worked with a soul/rock trio, Thread, that he shares with Jethro Tull drummer Doane Perry and Tower of Power vocalist, Ellis Hall. Their first album was also released in 1996. Forming a new band, In-vince-ible, in November 2000, with ex-members of Chciago, Santana and...