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James Alan Johnston (born June 19, 1952 [1]) is an American music composer and musician best known for his time with professional wrestling promotion, WWE.Over the course of three decades, he composed and recorded entrance theme music for the promotion's wrestlers, and compilations of his music released by WWE charted highly in several countries.
For example, Hulk Hogan's most famous entrance theme in the WWE is Rick Derringer's "Real American", containing lyrics pertaining to Hogan's patriotism ("I am a real American; fight for the rights of every man..."), while The Undertaker has often used entrance themes which resemble a funeral march, including the ringing of an eerie funeral toll ...
WWF The Music, Volume 3 is a soundtrack album by WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF). Released on December 29, 1998, by Koch Records , it features entrance theme music of various WWF superstars, all of which were composed and performed by Jim Johnston (with the exception of one song, performed by Insane Clown Posse ).
This new format proved to be a success. The follow-up album, WWF The Music, Vol. 2, which was released two years later, spent sixteen weeks on the chart and sold over 480,000 copies. [10] WWF The Music, Vol. 3 and WWF The Music, Vol. 4, released in December 1998 and November 1999 respectively, each sold over one million copies. [10]
Hansel Robles, sometime closer for the Los Angeles Angels, leaves the bullpen to a bong-bong funereal creep professional wrestling fans regard as The Undertaker’s theme song, and at that point ...
WWF The Music, Vol. 5 is a soundtrack album by WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF). Released on February 20, 2001, by Koch Records (now eOne Records), it features entrance theme music of various WWE superstars, all of which were composed and performed by Jim Johnston (with the exception of one song, performed by Motörhead).
ThemeAddict: WWE The Music, Vol. 6 [2] [3] is a compilation album released by WWE in 2004. It mostly features recent theme songs of wrestlers on the roster at the time. The album reached a peak of #38 on the Billboard 200 [4] and #2 on the Billboard Top Soundtracks chart. [4]
WWF Forceable Entry is a soundtrack album by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE). Released on March 26, 2002 by Columbia Records , it features entrance music of WWE wrestlers re-recorded by various hard rock and heavy metal artists and bands.