


Vincent Oppido
Composer
A rising talent in Hollywood, Vincent Oppido’s 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. Having worked as a Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator, Music Copyist, and Conductor has provided Oppido with a unique, all-encompassing skill set in today’s media industry. With a keen interest in the development of musical ideas and orchestration, he prides himself as the sole author of all music he has created.
Oppido’s recent scoring credits include Magic: The Gathering – Wizards of the Coast, Fortnite, the indie films Alien Code (Archstone/Sony Home Pictures – starring Kyle Gallner and Richard Schiff), Watch the Sky (Breaking Glass Pictures – starring Renee O’Connor), and the CollegeHumor series Troopers: Rise of the Budget. He has also composed additional music for projects including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars: Squadrons, Jedi Temple Challenge, Star Wars: Hunters, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, and TruTV’s Adam Ruins Everything: Reanimated History. Other writing credits include original music for Sinclair Oil’s 2017 commercial advertisements and musical source arrangements for projects such as It Happened In LA (Sundance Selected) and the Paramount Pictures film What Men Want. He also provided musical arrangements for the 2021 Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Show and the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Also an orchestrator and conductor, Oppido has worked on projects such as the Emmy-winning score to Roku's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Netflix's Obliterated, Fortnite, Cobra Kai, Max's Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, The Suicide Squad, League of Legends, Age of Empires, Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2, and NBC's 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 The 2013 Oscars.
In addition to work in film and television, Oppido has received numerous commissions for the concert hall, garnering performances in such prestigious venues as The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Symphony Hall in Boston, and Carnegie Hall. His most recent work, The Cosmic Perspective, was commissioned and premiered by The United States Air Force Band of the West. Vincent collaborated on this work with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, who composed an original text. Also recent, his work for narrator and orchestra titled Yes, Virginia! There is a Santa Claus was recorded by The London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, with narration performed by Emmy & Golden Globe Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin.
Oppido also composed Patriot Pride, George Mason University’s alma mater, and arranged an overture for Brian Stokes Mitchell’s concert show. His concerto for Alto Saxophone Solo and Wind Ensemble, Three Happenings While Walking Down Main Street, was premiered by The United States Air Force Band in 2024. Oppido’s most recent commission, Alice Takes A Trip (a fantasy on the Lewis Carroll classic), will premiere with The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America in 2025.
Originally from Long Island, New York, Vincent studied conducting and composition at George Mason University with Anthony Maiello and Mark Camphouse, and was invited to attend the Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program at The University of Southern California. He was selected as a 2012 participant in the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis and also spent a summer studying at the Aspen Music Festival. Oppido is a member of ASCAP.