INTRADA Announces Vince DiCola's ROCKY IV

Roger Feigelson · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:47 pm **Posts:** 3415

INTRADA Announces:

ROCKY IV
Composed by VINCE DiCOLA

INTRADA MAF 7108

The 1985 sequel Rocky IV marked a new rhythm for the series, one that matched the glossy look and tightly-edited feel of the rock videos that were in vogue on MTV. This new tone would see Bill Conti’s traditional orchestral approach (Rocky I, II, and III) replaced by the driving, synth-heavy score of Vince DiCola. Rocky IV would become DiCola's first full-fledged composing assignment and yet he didn’t go so far as to reinvent the symphonic style Conti had established. DiCola developed the major musical conflict in his score—between the cold, Terminator-like electronics for Ivan Drago, and the warm, sympathetic orchestra of Rocky Balboa. “From the get-go of this project, Jeremy Lubbock (orchestrator) told me that he perceived the orchestra as being submissive to the synths, which he viewed as being the ‘meat and potatoes’ of the soundtrack. And we got that beefy, fat and colorful sound from using big modular synthesizers like The Moog, Emu and Oberheim," reflects DiCola. Familiar themes weave in and out of a new soundscape for Rocky IV, giving a new face to an old friend and providing a new, thrilling, aural experience. Just as Rocky Balboa was evolving over the course of the films, so was the music.

Though the Rocky series had begun apolitically, the title character would turn from underdog icon to pop messiah for Rocky IV, draped in the American flag as he triumphed against Russia’s Captain Ivan Drago, an “indestructible” man-machine who still stands tall as Balboa’s fiercest opponent. Not only was this 1985 film released at the height of President Reagan’s renewed Cold War against the “evil empire,” but Hollywood was also having a field day disparaging the Commies with the likes of Red Dawn and White Nights.

While a song album was released at the time of the film and did feature several minutes of the DiCola score, Intrada presents the premiere release of the complete Rocky IV score from the complete stereo session elements.

INTRADA MAF 7108
Retail Price: $19.99
AVAILABLE 5/11/2010
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6605/.f

Azella · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 4:14 pm

Very nice release, guys.

CocoNut Joe · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 4:23 pm

Hot damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just took a dump in my pants...THIS IS INTRADAS biggest release sofar and i.m.o the greatest release the last 10 years (if not more)
THIS is a GRALE and one I never thought I would see released...
Thank you thank you thank you...Doug , Roger and the rest of the boys at Intrada. This means alot BUT, how am I supposed to sleep now...Im so excited that I´m shaking
Im going climbing in those palmtrees making weird sounds now...
Goodnight

(sorry Henry, but this IS so much better than Contis...sorry)

Azella · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 4:28 pm

henry · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 4:55 pm

jkheiser · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 7:10 pm

Thank you! This movie is a real guilty pleasure of mine and DiCola's score is just a perfect time capsule of "that '80s sound." I was so excited by your new release that I cooked up my own cover design. Please pardon the liberties I took with Mr. DiCola's credit.

Freejack · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 9:37 pm

I'm almost in a loss of words..... :oops:

Dear Intrada,

I was mighty impressed by your release of Back to the Future this last christmas, but that's nothing compared to how I feel about thisone.

You guys have done the impossible, this is'nt just a out of the ballpark release...
It's a KNOCKOUT!!!

Hope it's a huge seller for ya'll.

- Adrian, Intrada did it!!!!!!

TerraEpon · **Joined:** Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:45 pm **Posts:** 785

Great stuff, though I wonder, was there a contractual restriction against the album versions of War and Training Montage? Or are they not actually different contrary to what others have said?
(If I owned the song album I would LIKE the fact they aren't there, but 32 minutes is just so short....)

giorgio moroder · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2010 9:31 am

CocoNut Joe · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2010 9:44 am

Anakin McFly · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 10:19 am

Wow this is amazing ! Fantastic release ! So ordered !

Michael McMahan · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 11:00 am

I'd never heard this before (I've only watched the first Rocky), samples sound great. Always happy to get 80's synth scores! Reminds me of Dicola's Transformers - The Movie. I'll definitely be getting this.

Congratulations on securing such a high profile title guys!

Anakin McFly · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 11:41 pm

Freejack · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 4:58 am

CocoNut Joe · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 5:49 am

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