Dale Oliver
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Dale Byron Oliver is an American music composer who works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
. Formerly a guitarist in BackHawk (the backing band of the American country music
group BlackHawk
), Oliver serves mainly as a composer of theme music used in professional wrestling.
(WWE
), Harry Slash (ECW
), and Jimmy Hart
(WWF
& WCW
) before him, Oliver writes the majority of TNA's event and wrestler theme songs
and has done so since the company's inception. Oliver plays the instruments and provides the vocals for most of the theme songs himself.
In 2010, Oliver collaborated with TNA superstar Jeff Hardy
and his band, Peroxwhy?gen on two songs. The first was a remix of the song "Modest" by Hardy. The other was a remix of the Peroxwhy?gen song "Another" which Hardy uses as his entrance theme. In 2011, Oliver again teamed with Hardy to work on the track "Resurrected", which Hardy announced on his official twitter page. He then began using the theme at TNA's pay per view event "Bound For Glory" on October 16th, 2011.
Oliver also recorded guitar on the Shinedown album The Sound Of Madness.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
. Formerly a guitarist in BackHawk (the backing band of the American country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
group BlackHawk
Blackhawk (band)
Blackhawk is an American country music group founded in 1992 by Henry Paul , Van Stephenson , and Dave Robbins...
), Oliver serves mainly as a composer of theme music used in professional wrestling.
Music composer for TNA
Since 2003, Oliver writes, records, and produces music under contract exclusively for TNA Wrestling. Like his counterparts Jim JohnstonJim Johnston (composer)
James Alan "Jim" Johnston is an American music composer who has been working for WWE since 1985. His work is often accredited to the names Jim Johnston, James A...
(WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
), Harry Slash (ECW
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
), and Jimmy Hart
Jimmy Hart
James "Jimmy" Ray Hart is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling under his nickname "The Mouth of the South." He has managed many professional...
(WWF
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
& WCW
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
) before him, Oliver writes the majority of TNA's event and wrestler theme songs
Music in professional wrestling
Music in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
and has done so since the company's inception. Oliver plays the instruments and provides the vocals for most of the theme songs himself.
In 2010, Oliver collaborated with TNA superstar Jeff Hardy
Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy is an American professional wrestler, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is a former two–time TNA World Heavyweight Champion...
and his band, Peroxwhy?gen on two songs. The first was a remix of the song "Modest" by Hardy. The other was a remix of the Peroxwhy?gen song "Another" which Hardy uses as his entrance theme. In 2011, Oliver again teamed with Hardy to work on the track "Resurrected", which Hardy announced on his official twitter page. He then began using the theme at TNA's pay per view event "Bound For Glory" on October 16th, 2011.
Oliver also recorded guitar on the Shinedown album The Sound Of Madness.
Discography
TNA has released five albums containing Oliver's work during his TNA tenure.- NWA: TNA The Music, Vol. 1 (2003)
- NWA: TNA The Music, Vol. 2 (2003)
- 3rd Degree Burns: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol. I (November 21, 2006)
- Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol. 2 (November 20, 2007)
- Emergence: The Music of TNA Wrestling (November 12, 2009)