David Rolfe
David Kos "Music Man" Rolfe, born November 23, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, is an artist who has written and performed songs for the English dub of the Pokémon anime. He has a record label from Warner/Chappell Production Music and continues to make music as of 2017.
Working under the 4Kids dub, he performed five English theme songs, namely Born to Be a Winner, Believe in Me, I Wanna Be a Hero, This Dream, and Unbeatable. He currently lives in New York City.
Personal life
David Rolfe was born in New York on November 23, 1968. He is married and has two children. Rolfe currently still lives in New York and still continues to make music and is working at BBDO New York.
Early on, Rolfe wanted to be a producer and even worked on a film in high school.[1] His first shoot was for an account called "truth," which represented an anti-tobacco initiative for the state of Florida.
Career
David Rolfe is best known for performing five English openings for Pokémon in addition to playing the guitar in the original Pokémon theme.[2][3] He was later invited to sing the theme songs for seasons 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. He left the show when 4Kids Entertainment lost the right to dub the Pokémon anime since he was working under 4Kids at the time. Rolfe and fellow 4Kids colleague John Siegler were unable to move to the company that took over the dub, TAJ Productions. Since then, Rolfe has been working under a record label from Warner Chappell Music and is still working to make music. He is currently working at BBDO as the Director of Integrated Production.
Awards
On May 16th of 2017, David Rolfe and Greg Hahn from BBDO New York won the 21st Webby Award for agency of the year.[4][5]
Filmography
Rolfe has been credited for various films and songs featured under a broad variety of genres.
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