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Vincent Oppido

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Titles and Organizations

2008, BA Music
2010, MM Conducting

Biography

A rising talent in Hollywood, Vincent聽Oppido鈥檚聽music is 鈥渕elodically classical yet unafraid to introduce new ideas鈥 (Damon Lindelof). His music has been performed and recorded in Europe and Japan, and across the United States from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood scoring stages of Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures Studios.聽

Oppido鈥檚聽recent scoring credits include the indie films Alien Code (Archstone/Sony Home Pictures 鈥 starring Kyle聽Gallner聽and Richard Schiff), Watch the Sky (Breaking Glass Pictures 鈥 starring Renee O鈥機onnor), and the upcoming聽CollegeHumor聽series Troopers. Other writing credits include original music for Sinclair Oil鈥檚 2017 commercial advertisements and musical source arrangements for projects such as It Happened聽In聽LA (Sundance Selected) and the upcoming Paramount Pictures film What Men Want. He has also composed additional music for projects including Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween and TruTV鈥檚 Adam Ruins Everything: Reanimated History.聽Also聽an orchestrator,聽Oppido聽has worked on projects such as Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2, Cobra Kai, and NBC鈥檚 Timeless. His first job in Hollywood, as a music proofreader, enabled him to work on dozens of motion pictures and television shows including Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Frozen, Family Guy and聽The聽2013 Oscars.聽

In addition to work in film and television,聽Oppido聽has received numerous commissions for the concert hall, garnering performances in such prestigious venues including The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Symphony Hall in Boston and Carnegie Hall. In December 2018 his work, Cosmic Escapades, was premiered by The United States Army Band at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. Past commissions include Fanfare to an American Heritage for the United States Army Bugle Corps, An American Expedition for the Montana All-State Orchestra, and New York, New York:聽Postards聽to Home for the Nassau Music Educators Association Division V All-County Band.聽Oppido聽also composed Patriot Pride, George Mason 麻豆国产鈥檚 alma mater and arranged an overture for Brian Stokes Mitchell鈥檚 concert show. His most recent commission for Alto Saxophone Solo and Wind Ensemble, Three Happenings While Walking Down Main Street, will receive its premiere by the United States Air Force Band in 2019.聽

Originally from Long Island, New York, Vincent studied composition and conducting at George Mason 麻豆国产 with Mark Camphouse and Anthony Maiello and was invited to attend the Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program at the 麻豆国产 of Southern California. He was selected as a 2012 participant in the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis聽and also聽spent a summer studying at the Aspen Music Festival.聽In 2022, Oppido composed the music for the new Indiana Jones Temple area of the video game,聽Fortnite.

Oppido聽is represented by REJ Entertainment and is a member of ASCAP.聽