For over 30 years, Jim Johnston composed and recorded entrance theme music for WWE, and writing and recording mostly by himself, the 70-year-old composer has penned over 10,000 pieces of music.
On November 30, 2017, WWE released Johnston following a 32-year partnership.
During a recent appearance on the Conversations with Conrad podcast, Johnston revealed how he once approached AEW about writing music themes for them and addressed the issues with modern wrestling songs.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
Johnston once approached AEW about creating theme music for them: “I actually approached AEW at one point to write some themes for them, with no interest. Now the way I approached [it], it’s very possible the people in charge never got that memo. I’d be happy to write some themes for them. I’d be happy to write some themes for WWE, but I would never want to get as immersed as I was.”
On the current problem with wrestling music now: “What does this music have to do with anything? We’ve gone from a time when you could be cooking in the kitchen, and the TV’s two rooms away, and you could tell who’s coming out to the ring. And now it’s noise to me. I don’t understand how did that transition happen where it seemed to just get down to the pure, noisy spectacle of it all, and we kind of lost that magic of, it’s all about character and storyline.”
