Vince Pontarelli

Vincent Pontarelli

Born Birth Place Nationality American   Website vincepontarelli.com

Vincent Pontarelli writes music mostly for Arcade games. Vince first attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. He was there from 1984 to 1988. Later, he attended the Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, IL. He attended there from 1982 to 1983. He then worked for Libman Music Inc. from June 1991 to December of 1992. He joined Midway in 1993 and continues to work for them as their main in-house composer. One of his most notable works was for the Cruisin' series for Arcade and N64.

Music Composition

In a video, Vince says he used Digital Performer for Macintosh for all of his arcade and pinball music and that somebody would convert his music if an arcade game he wrote music for was released for a home console.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1993-09-??	Judge Dredd (PBL)		With Paul Heitsch.
1993-11-??	Mortal Kombat II (ARC)		Voices.
1994-02-??	World Cup Soccer (PBL)
1994-??-??	Cruis'n USA (ARC)
1994-??-??	Revolution X (ARC)		Guitar Solos.
1995-03-??	Dirty Harry (PBL)
1995-04-01	Mortal Kombat 3 (ARC)		Voices.
1995-05-??	No Fear: Dangerous Sports (PBL)		With Dan Forden.
1995-09-??	Who Dunnit? (PBL)		Voice of Tony.
1995-11-01	NHL Open Ice: 2 on 2 Challenge (ARC)		Voices.
1995-11-06	Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (ARC)		Voices.
1995-11-??	Congo (PBL)
1995-12-??	Revolution X (SNES) (レボリューションＸ)		Guitar Solos.
1996-??-??	Cruis'n World (ARC)
1996-??-??	War Gods (ARC)
1996-12-03	Cruis'n USA (N64)		Composer; Arranged by Orpheus Hanley.
1997-03-??	Rampage World Tour (ARC)		With Dave Zabriskie and Mike Colin.
1997-05-21	War Gods (N64)		Composer; Arranged by Steve Duckworth.
1997-06-19	War Gods (W32)		Original Music.
1997-06-??	Medieval Madness (PBL)		Voice of Francois Du Grim and Troll.
1997-10-21	Rampage World Tour (PS1)		Original Music with Dave Zabriskie and Mike Colin.
1997-10-??	War Gods (PS1)		Original Music.
1997-11-26	Rampage World Tour (SAT)		Original Music with Dave Zabriskie and Mike Colin.
1997-12-??	No Good Gofers (PBL)		Music and voice of Buzz.
1997-??-??	Rampage World Tour (W32)		Original Music with Dave Zabriskie and Mike Colin.
1998-03-30	Rampage World Tour (N64)		Original Music with Dave Zabriskie and Mike Colin.
1998-06-25	Cruis'n World (N64)		Composer; Arranged by Steve Duckworth.
1998-07-??	Monster Bash (PBL)
1998-??-??	CarnEvil (ARC)		The Big Bunyan Riders.
1999-??-??	Cruis'n Exotica (ARC)
2000-08-09	The Grid (ARC)		Voice.
2000-08-18	Arctic Thunder (ARC)
2000-10-16	Cruis'n Exotica (N64)		Composer; Arranged by Riptide Music.
2000-11-06	Cruis'n Exotica (GBC)		Composer; Arranged by Steve Collett.
2001-09-17	Arctic Thunder (PS2)
2001-11-15	Arctic Thunder (XBOX)
2002-02-07	NFL Blitz 2002 (PS2)		Additional Sound with Richard Carle.
2002-03-18	NFL Blitz 2002 (GC)		Additional Sound with Richard Carle.
2002-03-18	NFL Blitz 2002 (XBOX)		Additional Sound with Richard Carle.
2002-04-16	RedCard 2003 (PS2)		Additional Sound Support.
2002-06-25	RedCard 2003 (GC)		Additional Sound Support.
2002-06-25	RedCard 2003 (XBOX)		Additional Sound Support.
2002-06-24	MLB Slugfest 2003 (PS2)		With Dan Forden and Richard Carle.
2002-08-26	MLB Slugfest 2003 (XBOX)		With Dan Forden and Richard Carle.
2002-09-04	MLB Slugfest 2003 (GC)		With Dan Forden and Richard Carle.
2002-11-22	Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (GC)		With Dan Forden and Richard Carle.
2002-11-22	Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (PS2)		With Dan Forden and Richard Carle.
2002-11-22	Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (XBOX)		With Dan Forden and Richard Carle.
2003-03-17	MLB Slugfest 2004 (GC)		With Dan Forden, Richard Carle, Jim Bonney and Rob Berry.
2003-03-17	MLB Slugfest 2004 (PS2)		With Dan Forden, Richard Carle, Jim Bonney and Rob Berry.
2003-03-17	MLB Slugfest 2004 (XBOX)		With Dan Forden, Richard Carle, Jim Bonney and Rob Berry.
2004-04-05	NBA Ballers (PS2)
2004-04-05	NBA Ballers (XBOX)
2004-06-14	Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (PS2)
2004-06-14	Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (XBOX)
2004-10-04	Mortal Kombat: Deception (PS2)		With Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle and Brian Chard.
2004-10-04	Mortal Kombat: Deception (XBOX)		With Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle and Brian Chard.
2005-02-11	Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (W32)
2005-02-28	Mortal Kombat: Deception (GC)		With Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle and Brian Chard.
2005-09-19	Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (PS2)		With Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle and Brian Chard.
2005-09-19	Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (XBOX)		With Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle and Brian Chard.
2005-10-17	Blitz: The League (PS2)		Additional Audio Support with Chase Ashbaker, Jim Bonney, Dan Forden and Alexander Nied.
2005-10-17	Blitz: The League (XBOX)		Additional Audio Support with Chase Ashbaker, Jim Bonney, Dan Forden and Alexander Nied.
2006-03-31	NBA Ballers: Phenom (PS2)		Audio Lead.
2006-03-31	NBA Ballers: Phenom (XBOX)		Audio Lead.
2006-10-09	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2)		With Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle, Brian Chard and Alexander Nied.
2006-10-16	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (XBOX)		With Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle, Brian Chard and Alexander Nied.
2006-11-06	Blitz: The League (X360)		Additional Audio Support with Chase Ashbaker, Jim Bonney, Dan Forden and Alexander Nied.
2006-11-09	Mortal Kombat: Unchained (PSP)		With Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle and Brian Chard.
2006-12-12	Blitz: The League (PSP)		Additional Audio Support with Chase Ashbaker, Jim Bonney, Dan Forden and Alexander Nied.
2007-05-29	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (WII)		With Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle, Brian Chard and Alexander Nied.
2007-09-05	Strangehold (X360)		Additional Music and Sound.
2007-09-18	Strangehold (W32)		Additional Music and Sound.
2007-10-29	Strangehold (PS3)		Additional Music and Sound.
2008-04-21	NBA Ballers: Chosen One (PS3)		Audio Project Manager.
2008-04-21	NBA Ballers: Chosen One (X360)		Audio Project Manager.
2008-10-13	Blitz: The League II (PS3)		Audio Director.
2008-10-13	Blitz: The League II (X360)		Audio Director.
2008-11-16	Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3)		Additional Audio Support with Jeffrey Seamster and Garret Hammond.
2008-11-16	Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (X360)		Additional Audio Support with Jeffrey Seamster and Garret Hammond.
2010-01-05	Darksiders (PS3)		Additional Cutscene SFX with Matt Bauer and Clark Crawford.
2010-01-05	Darksiders (X360)		Additional Cutscene SFX with Matt Bauer and Clark Crawford.
2010-09-23	Darksiders (W64)		Additional Cutscene SFX with Matt Bauer and Clark Crawford.
2011-02-29	WWE All Stars (PS2)		Senior Composer and Sound Designer.
2011-02-29	WWE All Stars (PS3)		Senior Composer and Sound Designer.
2011-02-29	WWE All Stars (PSP)		Senior Composer and Sound Designer.
2011-02-29	WWE All Stars (WII)		Senior Composer and Sound Designer.
2011-02-29	WWE All Stars (X360)		Senior Composer and Sound Designer.
2011-11-15	Saints Row: The Third (PS3)		Additional Audio with Jake Kaufman, Matt Bauer and Dan Wentz.
2011-11-15	Saints Row: The Third (W64)		Additional Audio with Jake Kaufman, Matt Bauer and Dan Wentz.
2011-11-15	Saints Row: The Third (X360)		Additional Audio with Jake Kaufman, Matt Bauer and Dan Wentz.
2011-11-22	WWE All Stars (3DS)		Senior Composer and Sound Designer.
2012-08-14	Darksiders II (PS3)		Senior Audio Designer.
2012-08-14	Darksiders II (W64)		Senior Audio Designer.
2012-08-14	Darksiders II (X360)		Senior Audio Designer.
2012-11-18	Darksiders II (WIIU)		Senior Audio Designer.
2013-04-??	Metallica (PBL)
2014-09-??	The Walking Dead (PBL)
2014-10-28	WWE 2K15 (PS3)		Audio Director.
2014-10-28	WWE 2K15 (X360)		Audio Director.
2014-11-18	WWE 2K15 (PS4)		Audio Director.
2014-11-18	WWE 2K15 (XONE)		Audio Director.
2015-05-28	WWE 2K15 (W64)		Audio Director.
2015-10-27	WWE 2K16 (PS3)		Audio Director.
2015-10-27	WWE 2K16 (PS4)		Audio Director.
2015-10-27	WWE 2K16 (X360)		Audio Director.
2015-10-27	WWE 2K16 (XONE)		Audio Director.
2016-03-11	WWE 2K16 (W64)		Audio Director.
2016-10-07	Mafia III (PS4)		Additional Guitars with Ryan Harlin.
2016-10-07	Mafia III (W64)		Additional Guitars with Ryan Harlin.
2016-10-07	Mafia III (XONE)		Additional Guitars with Ryan Harlin.
2016-10-11	WWE 2K17 (PS3)		Audio Director.
2016-10-11	WWE 2K17 (PS4)		Audio Director.
2016-10-11	WWE 2K17 (X360)		Audio Director.
2016-10-11	WWE 2K17 (XONE)		Audio Director.
2017-02-07	WWE 2K17 (W64)		Audio Director.
2017-10-13	WWE 2K18 (PS4)		Audio Director.
2017-10-13	WWE 2K18 (W64)		Audio Director.
2017-10-13	WWE 2K18 (XONE)		Audio Director.
2017-12-06	WWE 2K18 (SW)		Audio Director.
2018-08-??	Deadpool (PBL)		With Jerry Thompson and Shane Black.
2018-10-05	WWE 2K19 (PS4)		Audio Lead with Sean Charles.
2018-10-05	WWE 2K19 (W64)		Audio Lead with Sean Charles.
2018-10-05	WWE 2K19 (XONE)		Audio Lead with Sean Charles.
2019-10-22	WWE 2K20 (PS4)		Audio.
2019-10-22	WWE 2K20 (W64)		Audio.
2019-10-22	WWE 2K20 (XONE)		Audio.
2022-03-11	WWE 2K22 (PS4)		Audio Director.
2022-03-11	WWE 2K22 (W64)		Audio Director.
2022-03-11	WWE 2K22 (XONE)		Audio Director.

Picture Gallery

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  Staff photo from Cruis'n USA.

Links

• vincepontarelli.com - Official.
• facebook.com/vince.pontarelli.3 - Facebook.