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He scored the massive hit movie Rocky IV in 1985, a couple of his tracks even made it to the soundtrack album. One year later he did Transformers The Movie, another film that can be considered a hit. Then, nothing, until a couple of low visibility features in the 2000s, and later some video games.
Why?
Didn't he receive ANY offers in the second part of the 80s, considering the style he specialized in was highly popular during those years? A LOT of synthesizer wizards worked steadily for many years. Not even TV stuff for Vince. I just don't get it.
Any theories?
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I'd like to know who his agent was back then because having two huge films at the time he would have been hot for a moment and that's where the agent can really shine since Vince would have been the big guy on campus for a bit. Agent needs something to sell you on to people and Vince had Rocky IV which was a big hit especially the soundtrack as well as Transformers The Movie. My two cents too. 
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I never saw a Transformers movie, but I do like the training music in Rocky IV.
As for DiCola not getting more films than he did, I guess it goes to show how rarified the atmosphere is, up at that level. Many are called but few are chosen. He's a great overlooked talent, and I'm sure he has a lot of company in that regard.
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You could ask the same question about Jan Hammer. OK, he scored a few B-movies right after Miami Vice, but nothing really important. Considering he scored MV, and had a massive hit with 'Crockett's Theme', he must 've been in demand. Perhaps they have other interests (being in a band, session work, etc.).
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I'd like to know who his agent was back then because having two huge films at the time he would have been hot for a moment and that's where the agent can really shine since Vince would have been the big guy on campus for a bit. Agent needs something to sell you on to people and Vince had Rocky IV which was a big hit especially the soundtrack as well as Transformers The Movie. My two cents too.
Maybe he didn't have an agent. I guess an agency like Gorfaine/Schwartz could have secured work for him.
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I don't know anything about him. Perhaps he wasn't all that interested in scoring films after all?
I think he was. He also tried to get the Michael Bay Transformers film, but he never had a chance.
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While "Rocky IV" was a hit, yes, it didn't get a lot of respect, and I don't think the music made a general impact (in the way the score for the first film did).
I have to disagree. DiCola's tracks Training Montage and War are still being played at sports events all over the world, more than 30 years after the film was made.
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You could ask the same question about Jan Hammer. OK, he scored a few B-movies right after Miami Vice, but nothing really important. Considering he scored MV, and had a massive hit with 'Crockett's Theme', he must 've been in demand. Perhaps they have other interests (being in a band, session work, etc.).
At least Hammer worked steadily for about 10 years after Miami Vice. But yes, he also did stuff outside of the film medium.
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Yes, it's weird. ROCKY IV is the best ROCKY score (IMO), and he was right there -- smack in the middle of the electropop wave in the 90s, with his own unique prog slant -- so there's really no reason he couldn't have had a sparkling career. But as others have said, the careers of Faltermeyer, Moroder, Hammer and other 80s synth pioneers also waned from the 90s onwards. They did stuff, but very little high profile.
DiCola didn't even wane, he stopped completely by 1987.
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Yes, it's weird. ROCKY IV is the best ROCKY score (IMO), and he was right there -- smack in the middle of the electropop wave in the 90s, with his own unique prog slant -- so there's really no reason he couldn't have had a sparkling career. But as others have said, the careers of Faltermeyer, Moroder, Hammer and other 80s synth pioneers also waned from the 90s onwards. They did stuff, but very little high profile.
To the slag heap of time for all of 'em! A fitting fate for those who purvey the electronic sound-maker and eschew the righteous orchestra...
Clueless...
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