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Vince DiCola
Vincent Louis "Vince" DiCola (born November 11, 1957) is an American composer, keyboardist and arranger. He has composed scores for films such as '' Staying Alive'', ''Rocky IV'', and '' The Transformers: The Movie''. 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. Life and career DiCola was born in 1957 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population among Pennsylvania's municipalities. The Lancaster metropolitan area population is 507,766, making it the 104th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and second-largest in the South Central Pennsylvania area. The city's primary industries include healthcare, tourism, public administration, manufacturing, and both professional and semi-professional services. Lancaster is a hub of Pennsylvania's Dutch Country. Lancaster is located southwest of Allentown and west of Philadelphia. History Originally called Hickory Town, the city was renamed after the English city of Lancaster by native John Wright. Its symbol, the red rose, is from the House of Lancaster. Lancaster was part of the 1681 Penn's Woods Charter of William Penn, and was laid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards), Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitar, producer) and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion). With nine RIAA-certified gold record albums in the US, and an estimated 48 million records sold worldwide, they are one of the most popular and commercially successful progressive rock groups of the 1970s, with a musical sound including adaptations of classical music with jazz and symphonic rock elements, dominated by Emerson's flamboyant use of the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, and piano (although Lake wrote several acoustic songs for the group).Lake says almost dismissively, "It used to be a thing where as a balance to the record I would write an acoustic song." Lake's ballads, the least typical aspect of ELP's music, often garnered the band their greatest airplay and widest public exposure. The band came to prominence followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Themes And Variations
Theme or themes may refer to: * Theme (arts), the unifying subject or idea of the type of visual work * Theme (Byzantine district), an administrative district in the Byzantine Empire governed by a Strategos * Theme (computing), a custom graphical appearance for certain software. * Theme (linguistics), topic * Theme (narrative) * Theme Building, a landmark building in the Los Angeles International Airport * Theme music a piece often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game, or film, and usually played during the intro, opening credits, or ending credits * Theme vowel or thematic vowel, a vowel placed before the word ending in certain Proto-Indo-European words * Subject (music), sometimes called ''theme'', a musical idea, usually a recognizable melody, upon which part or all of a composition is based Media * ''Theme'' (album), by Leslie West * ''Theme'' (magazine) * ''The Theme'', a 1979 Soviet film * "Theme," by Flying Lotus, from the album ''You're ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Protoform Sessions
This is a list of audio releases in the ''Transformers'' media franchise. '' The Transformers: The Movie'' music Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ''Til All Are One'' ''Til All Are One'' is a soundtrack that contains musical compositions from ''The Transformers: The Movie''. The release is a 2-CD set, the first contains tracks from Stan Bush ''Call to Action'' album. The second CD contains the whole music score of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' (minus the three score pieces featured in the Motion Picture soundtrack release). It was released by 3H Enterprises as a BotCon '97 exclusive but after the album sold out in a short few months the album was reissued for BotCon '98. The song "Ground Zero" was rewritten and re-recorded by Bush as "Till All Are One" for his 2007 album ''In This Life''. This newer version was used as the ending theme of the 2010 video game '' Transformers: War for Cybertron''. Disc One (Stan Bush: ''Call to Action''): # The Touch (1997 Remix) # Never Surr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Til All Are One
This is a list of audio releases in the ''Transformers'' media franchise. '' The Transformers: The Movie'' music Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ''Til All Are One'' ''Til All Are One'' is a soundtrack that contains musical compositions from ''The Transformers: The Movie''. The release is a 2-CD set, the first contains tracks from Stan Bush ''Call to Action'' album. The second CD contains the whole music score of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' (minus the three score pieces featured in the Motion Picture soundtrack release). It was released by 3H Enterprises as a BotCon '97 exclusive but after the album sold out in a short few months the album was reissued for BotCon '98. The song "Ground Zero" was rewritten and re-recorded by Bush as "Till All Are One" for his 2007 album ''In This Life''. This newer version was used as the ending theme of the 2010 video game '' Transformers: War for Cybertron''. Disc One (Stan Bush: ''Call to Action''): # The Touch (1997 Remix) # Never Surr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BotCon
BotCon, briefly known as "The Official Transformers Collectors' Convention" (or OTFCC), is an annual convention for Transformers fans and collectors. BotCon has been held annually since 1994. BotCon is a syllabic abbreviation for "Robot Convention" but also refers to "Autobot" and "Decepticon", the protagonist and antagonist robot factions in the many continuities in the Transformers franchise. Featured BotCon guests are usually involved in the creation of Transformers media in some respect, whether as voice actors from the animated series, artists or writers from the comic books, or actual Hasbro employees. Fun Publications has held the convention for a number of years, with 2016 being its final year. It was replaced by the now defunct HasCon, Hasbro's own convention, in 2017. History The first BotCon was held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1994. Organized by brothers Jon and Karl Hartman, the convention had 180 attendees. BotCon was organized in 1995 by Raksha, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Originality is the aspect of created or invented works that distinguish them from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or substantially derivative works. The modern idea of originality is according to some scholars tied to Romanticism, by a notion that is often called romantic originality.Smith (1924)Waterhouse (1926)Macfarlane (2007) The validity of "originality" as an operational concept has been questioned. For example, there is no clear boundary between "derivative" and "inspired by" or "in the tradition of." The concept of originality is both culturally and historically contingent. For example, unattributed reiteration of a published text in one culture might be considered plagiarism but in another culture might be regarded as a convention of veneration. At the time of Shakespeare, it was more common to appreciate the similarity with an admired classical work, and Shakespeare himself avoided "unnecessary invention".Royal Shakespeare Company (2007) ''The RSC Shakespeare - Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transformers (TV Series)
''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformers'' franchise, it depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects. The series was produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions in association with Japanese studio Toei Animation for first-run syndication. Toei co-produced the show and was the main animation studio for the first two seasons. In the third season, Toei's involvement with the production team was reduced and the animation services were shared with the South Korean studio AKOM. The show's supervising producer (Nelson Shin) was also AKOM's founder. The fourth season was entirely animated by AKOM. The series was supplemented by a feature film, '' The Transformers: The Movie'' (1986), taking place between the second and third seasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Raspberry Award For Worst Musical Score
The Razzie Award for Worst Musical Score was an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards for the worst score composed for a film in the previous year. The following is a list of recipients and nominees of that award, along with the film for which they were nominated. The category was discontinued in 1985. 1980s *1981: ''The Legend of the Lone Ranger'' - music by John Barry **'' Heaven's Gate'' - music by David Mansfield **''Thief'' - music by Tangerine Dream **''Under the Rainbow'' - music by Joe Renzetti **''Zorro, The Gay Blade'' - music by Ian Fraser *1982: ''The Pirate Movie'' - music by Kit Hain **''Butterfly'' - music by Ennio Morricone **''Death Wish II'' - music by Jimmy Page **''Monsignor'' - music by John Williams **'' The Thing'' - music by Ennio Morricone *1983: ''The Lonely Lady'' - music by Charles Calello with Jeff Harrington, J. Pennig and Roger Voudouris **''Querelle'' - music by Peer Raben **''Superman III'' - score adapted and conducted by Giorgio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far From Over (Frank Stallone Song)
"Far from Over" is a song by Frank Stallone that appeared in the 1983 in film, 1983 film ''Staying Alive (1983 film), Staying Alive'' and was also featured in the Staying Alive (soundtrack album), film's soundtrack. The song was written by Stallone and Vince DiCola. The song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The song was remixed by Jellybean Benitez. It was a top-ten U.S. single in September 1983, peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming his One-hit wonder, only major hit single. The 7" single version is slightly different from the LP version, and it was the 7" version which was played on most radio stations in the US while on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In the U.S., the song became RSO Records' final top 10 single and top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Appearances in other media *The instrumental version was used as the theme for Jim Crockett Promotions wrestling show Starrcade from 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of the HFPA. The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is normally held every January and has been a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards, although the Golden Globes' relevance has been declining in recent years. The eligibility period for the Golden Globes corresponds to the calendar year (from January 1 through December 31). History The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 by Los Angeles-based foreign journalists seeking to develop a better organized process of gathering and distributing cinema news to non-U.S. markets. One of the organization's first major endeavors was to establish a ceremony similar to the Academy Awards to honor film achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the music industry worldwide. It was originally called the Gramophone Awards, as the trophy depicts a gilded Phonograph, gramophone. The Grammys are the first of the Big Three television networks, Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and is considered one of the EGOT, four major annual American entertainment awards, alongside the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The 1st Annual Grammy Awards, first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. History The Grammys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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