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Jim Johnston (James Alan Johnston) was born on 19 June, 1952 in Pocahontas, Arkansas, U.S., is an American music composer. Discover Jim Johnston's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

Popular As James Alan Johnston
Occupation Composer · songwriter · musician
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 19 June 1952
Birthday 19 June
Birthplace Pocahontas, Arkansas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1952

James Alan Johnston (born June 19, 1952 ) 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.

Writing and recording mostly by himself, he wrote over 10,000 pieces of music, many of which are as highly regarded as the wrestlers themselves.

In later years, he regularly collaborated with mainstream hip hop and rock musicians such as Motörhead, Disturbed, Kid Rock, Ice-T, Run-DMC, Mariah Carey, and Our Lady Peace for new music and different takes on existing entrance music.

1980

While living in Connecticut in the mid-1980's, Johnston met Brian Penry, art director for professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

Although not a fan of professional wrestling, Johnston soon began working under Vince McMahon to create entrance theme music for wrestlers.

1995

WWF began releasing Johnston-produced theme music as compilation albums beginning with WWF Full Metal: The Album in 1995, with WWF The Music, Volume 3 achieving platinum status in the United States, signifying one million sales, while WWF The Music, Volume 4 reached number five in the Canadian Albums Chart.

Following this, Johnston would collaborate with mainstream hip hop and rock musicians for albums, and Johnston would often hand-pick artists to work with on new theme songs.

He orchestrated the live band at the Slammy Awards ceremonies, and traveled across the United States in 1995 as part of the "Raw Band".

1998

He also appeared on camera at WrestleMania XIV and SummerSlam (in March 1998 and August 1998, respectively) playing the D-Generation X theme with the Chris Warren Band.

Johnston also had a brief clip in the film Beyond the Mat by discussing his reasoning behind Vader's theme music.

2000

Johnston is credited with writing entrance theme songs for the most popular wrestlers over the course of his 30 year tenure, in particular the company's Attitude Era into the early-2000s.

Johnston wrote, composed, and produced his compositions alone, in addition to playing all the instruments, including self-teaching a new instrument if necessary.

His music is described by Newsweek as being as "legendary as the WWE stars themselves," while Metal Hammer ranks some of his themes as the "most metal" songs used as entrance music.

Vice said the tracks "weren't just catchy, colourful pieces of music, but cinematic scores that communicated the emotional makeup of your favourite wrestler clearer than any catchphrase ever could."

2001

In 2001, WWF The Music, Vol. 5 reached number two on the Billboard 200 and number five in the Canadian and UK Albums Chart.

2004

Johnston also appeared on the bonus DVD for WWE Originals, the 2004 album by the same name.

The DVD featured a 30-minute behind-the-scenes documentary on Johnston, offering insights into the composing, producing, and directing of the album.

There are also some humorous interactions of Johnston with Jonathan Coachman and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Johnston also appeared on The Self-Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior discussing The Ultimate Warrior's theme song, and how it was able to be truly representative of the character.

Johnston also appeared on the WrestleMania XV DVD extras, commenting on WWE's music, and how music is crucial in WWE.

He also appeared on an episode of Total Divas (season 4, episode 8) collaborating with Nikki Bella.

In a 2004 interview with Mix, he described feeling a "sense of responsibility" to create unique-sounding music for each wrestler, that also had instant recognisability.

2013

In April 2013, the entrance theme of Fandango reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart.

2014

In March 2014, WWE released a 60-minute DVD documentary about Johnston entitled Signature Sounds: The Music of WWE, following him as he crafts an entrance theme, and revisits some of the stories of his most famous compositions.

In writing theme music, Johnston often drew from outside inspiration, notably John Williams' main title music from the movie Star Wars when composing the original theme song for The Undertaker.

2017

Johnston was released from WWE in 2017, replaced in the role by CFO$.

Johnston studied music and design at Hampshire College.

His career began composing soundtracks for animated and industrial films, which led to working for the television networks HBO and Showtime.

On November 30, 2017, it was announced that Johnston was released by WWE after 32 years.

Johnston also scored several film projects for WWE's film division WWE Studios, these included The Chaperone, That's What I Am, and The Reunion.

He also provided music for other WWE-affiliated products including the World Bodybuilding Federation and the XFL.

Johnston appeared on the videotape Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2 to introduce the video for Girls in Cars.