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LONGTIME WWE COMPOSER JIM JOHNSTON TAKES AIM AT TODAY'S WWE THEMES

By Mike Johnson on 2018-01-22 10:24:00

Jim Johnston was interviewed by Newsweek's Tufayel Ahmed, discussing his 32-year tenure with WWE, composing some of the company's most popular and iconic themes, departing the company last year and today's "homogenous" sounding music being utilized by the company since CFO$ were brought on board as composers:

On today's themes, Johnston commented, "...But what’s being produced just feels too homogenous. It’s just music that plays—it doesn’t feel like each guy is really themed. All the women have a dance music kind of thing. And it’s lots and lots of loud sound effects.   What makes me the worst is not anything that happened to me, or any negativity towards those composers...I feel bad for the talent trying to build careers for themselves when I just don’t feel they’re being served well enough to become stars. Before “Stone Cold” was “Stone Cold” he was The Ringmaster. The Ringmaster’s theme was something I wrote for him. The music can make such a difference in the person and how they perform. That same guy who was dead-in-the-water as The Ringmaster, a couple of tweaks, different music, different attitude, and he becomes one of the most popular people in the history of the genre.   I’m wondering who is working currently at WWE who is an absolute superstar but, who, because they’re wrapped in a homogenous piece of clothing, they’re stuck and can’t break out? I would hope they would try to really brand each guy and each woman as an individual."

To read the complete interview, click here.

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