WWE's Legendary Music Composer Jim Johnston

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Jim Johnston is a music composer who worked as the music producer for WWE from 1985 - 2017. This episode originally aired on April 20, 2021. He is responsible for the legendary theme songs for Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Mick Foley, Degeneration X, The Undertaker, Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, Randy Orton and countless others. During the course of his 32-year career with WWE he composed more than 10,000 pieces of music before he was released in 2017. Jim joins Chris Van Vliet from his studio in Greenwich, CT where he talks about how he started working for WWE, his process behind creating music, some of his favorite themes, why he doesn't think he will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and he ends the interview with a beautiful piano rendition of The Undertaker's theme song. This is truly one of my favorite conversations ever! For more information about Chris Van Vliet and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet CVV CLIPS: youtube.com/CVVCLIPS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea.
0:08.0	Oh, this is such a good one.
0:11.2	Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.
0:14.2	I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet, and this episode, my friends, is Go Talk.
0:19.5	Because that's exactly what Jim Johnston is. He is the man,
0:24.2	or better yet, the goat behind literally every legendary wrestling theme. Stone Cold Steve Austin,
0:30.9	Mick Foley, Triple H, Degeneration X, The Undertaker, Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, Randy Orton, and the list just goes on and on and on.
0:41.5	He was with WWE for 32 years, and during that time, he composed more than 10,000 pieces of music.
0:49.5	This episode originally aired in April of last year, but I've had so many messages and so many emails about this conversation that it only seemed right to air it again for people who haven't had a chance to hear it.
1:02.4	Or if you have heard it, maybe you want to listen again.
1:05.0	Also, stick around until the very end because he gets in front of his piano and plays the Undertaker's theme song for us.
1:13.6	Goosebubbs every time. Take a screenshot. Let us know that you're listening. Jim, by the way, does not
1:19.5	have social media, despite all of the accounts you've seen on Twitter. They're all fake. So just tag me
1:25.4	at Chris Van Fleet. I'd be happy to repost that and let's do it you
1:30.1	ready please welcome the legendary jim johnston it is such an honor to be sitting down with the legend
1:42.5	himself jim Johnston,
1:45.3	welcome to the show.
1:47.5	Thank you very much for having you.
1:50.3	I think that your story is so fascinating.
1:55.2	I'm so excited to dive into this because your music was the soundtrack to my youth.
1:57.8	And it's touched so many people. But I'm curious as we start things off,
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