David Rolfe (singer)

David Kos "Music Man" Rolfe (born November 23, 1968) is an American singer from New York City who has written and performed five English songs for the Pokémon anime. Rolfe is currently working at the advertising agency BBDO and is still making music as of 2017.

David Rolfe
Born (1968-11-23) November 23, 1968
Brooklyn, New York, US
OccupationSinger
Years active1998-present
SpouseTiffany Rolfe
Children2

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 16, 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.

Films
Film Name Year Notes
The Skeleton Twins 2014 Writer: "Life Is For Living"
In The Beginning 2009 Writer: "Bus Stop Girl" - As David Rolfe
Pokémon 1998 Writer / Singer: Born to be a Winner, Believe in Me, I Wanna Be a Hero, This Dream and Unbeatable. All co-written by David Rolfe and John Siegler
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew 2005 Writer / Singer: Unbeatable. Co-written by David Rolfe and John Siegler
Music
Music Name Year Notes
Pokémon 1998 Season 4–5, Guitarist for Season 1 (Not credited)
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew 2005 Singer
Pokémon Heroes 2002 Writer

References
  1. "David Rolfe". My First Shoot. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. "Can't Regret Them All: The Story of the Very Lucrative 'Pokemon Theme'". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  3. "Pokémon Theme", Wikipedia, 2020-01-15, retrieved 2020-01-30
  4. Greg Hahn and David Rolfe on the Red Carpet at the 21st Annual Webby Awards, retrieved 2020-01-30
  5. "2017 Webby Awards", Wikipedia, 2020-01-17, retrieved 2020-01-30


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