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| Dale Oliver | |
|---|---|
| Origin | United States |
| Genre(s) | Country, Professional wrestling theme music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar Dobro Mandolin |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Associated acts | BlackHawk |
Dale 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.
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Career
Music composer for TNA
Like his World Wrestling Entertainment counterpart Jim Johnston, and his (original) Extreme Championship Wrestling counterpart Harry Slash, Oliver writes a huge percentage of TNA's entrance theme songs including themes for pay-per-view broadcasts. Oliver performs the instruments and provides the vocals for most of the theme songs himself.
Oliver has been subjected to some criticism in that some say a lot of the theme songs he has composed are closely modelled on popular songs. For example, Christian Cage's theme on "My Last Breath" by Evanescence, and Christopher Daniels' theme on "Disposable Teens" by Marilyn Manson. Sometimes, as in Daniels' case, these songs are already identified with the wrestlers from their use in independent promotions.
The shortest song that Oliver has composed was Chris Candido's 39-second theme, which was said to be a modification of one of Oliver's own songs called "Born and Raised" (similar to Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."). Another one of Oliver's shortest songs was Roderick Strong's theme at 42 seconds.
Thus far, TNA has released four albums. They are NWA: TNA The Music, Vol. 1, NWA: TNA The Music, Vol. 2, 3rd Degree Burns: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol. I, and Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol. 2.
Remakes
| Wrestler/Event | Title | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Against All Odds 2008 | "Your Stoning" | "Rosetta Stoned" by Tool |
| A1(*) | "Iron Clad" | "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath |
| Alex Shelley | "Paparazzi" | "The Fly" by U2 |
| America's Most Wanted | "Crue" | "Primal Scream" by Mötley Crüe |
| Andrew Martin(*) | "FU System" | "Toxicity" by System of a Down |
| Angelina Love(*) | "Angel On My Shoulder" | "Drag You Down" by Finger Eleven and "Face the Pain" by STEMM |
| Awesome Kong | "Empire March" | |
| Apolo(*) | "I'm Everything" | "Smooth" by Carlos Santana |
| Balls Mahoney | "Bigg Nuts" | "Big Balls" by AC/DC |
| Bound for Glory (2006) | "Live For Today" | "Alive" by P.O.D. |
| Bound for Glory (2007) | "Hotlanta" | "Welcome To Atlanta" by Jermaine Dupri |
| Chris Candido | "Born and Raised" | "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen |
| Chris Harris | "We Find The Defendants Guilty" | "More Human than Human" by White Zombie |
| Chris Sabin | "Hail Sabin" | "Offbeat Bare Ass" by 311 |
| Christian Cage | "Take Over" | "My Last Breath" by Evanescence |
| Christian Cage | "Take Over (Remix)" | "My Last Breath" by Evanescence and "Ice Queen" by Within Temptation |
| Christopher Daniels | "Manson" | "Disposable Teens" by Marilyn Manson |
| Christy Hemme | "Redheads Rock" | "What I Like About You" by The Romantics |
| Consequences Creed(*) | "Face the Consequences" | "Living in America" by James Brown |
| Curry Man | "Hot and Spicy" | "Guerrilla Radio" by Rage Against the Machine |
| Curt Hennig(*) | "Champion" | "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" by Queen |
| Daffney | "Beauty Person" | "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson |
| D'Lo Brown | "Down with the Brown" | "What's My Name" by DMX |
| Daisy Haze | "Peace" | "Should've Said No" by Taylor Swift |
| David Flair | "2003 Space Astrology" | "Also Sprach Zarathustra" |
| Diamond Dallas Page | "Spirit" | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana |
| Dustin Rhodes | "Black Reign" | "Feed the Gods" by White Zombie |
| Dusty Rhodes | "Dream for America" | "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen |
| Elix Skipper | "Y'alla Never Forget" | "Ya'll Must've Forgot" by Roy Jones Jr. |
| Erik Watts | "Wattage" | "We Will Rock You" by Queen |
| Fight for the Right Tournament | "Fight Fight Fight" | "(You've Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by The Beastie Boys |
| Flying Elvises | "Flying to Graceland" | "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down |
| Frank Trigg | "Frozen" | "Numb" by Linkin Park |
| Gail Kim | "Unstoppable" | "Pain Redefined" by Disturbed |
| James Storm | "Sorry About Your Damn Luck" | "Electric Rodeo" by Shooter Jennings |
| Jay Lethal | "Static" | "Push It" by Static-X |
| Jay Lethal | "Pomp and Circumstance/Black Machismo Remix" | "Pomp and Circumstance" |
| Jerry Lynn | "Fear" | "Scapegoat" by Fear Factory |
| Johnny B. Badd | "Go Johnny" | "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry |
| Johnny Devine | "I'm Hott" | "So Hott" by Kid Rock |
| Justin Credible(*) | "Snap This!" | "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" by Prong |
| Karen Angle | "On Her Own" | "Anything" by JoJo |
| Kaz | "Kaz" | "Coming Undone" by Korn |
| Ken Shamrock | "Lion's Den" | "Working Man" by Rush |
| Kevin Nash | "Dre" | "Still D.R.E." by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg |
| Kevin Nash(*) | "Saturn" | "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin |
| Kid Kash | "Misfit" | "Walk" by Pantera |
| Kurt Angle | "My Quest" | "Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider |
| Lance Hoyt | "Voltage" | "Touched" by VAST |
| Lance Hoyt | "Valor" | "Come On, Come In" by Velvet Revolver |
| LAX | "Dawgz" | "Gangsta Gangsta" by N.W.A |
| Lazz | "Oops" | "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears |
| The Main Event Mafia(*) | "Dirty Work" | The Godfather Theme |
| Mascarita Sagrada | "Latin Ryder" | "Low Rider" by War |
| Maverick Matt | "Machine" | "Caboose" by Sugar Ray |
| Matt Morgan | "Click" | "Click Click Boom" by Saliva |
| Matt Morgan | "Sleeping Giant" | "Waking The Demon" by Bullet For My Valentine |
| Mikey Batts(*) | "My Fist" | "Stinkfist" by Tool |
| Monty Brown | "Alpha Male" | "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed |
| Motor City Machine Guns | "1967" | "1977" by Bang Bang |
| Nigel McGuinness(*) | "God Save" | "God Save the Queen" |
| ODB(*) | "Park It" | "Ready Fuels" by Anberlin |
| Phi Delta Slam(*) | "Pledged" | "Basket Case" by Green Day |
| Psicosis(*) | "Psicosis" | "Dragula" by Rob Zombie |
| Raven | "Offspring" | "Come Out and Play" by The Offspring |
| Raven | "Scream" | "Come as You Are" by Nirvana, "Eighties" by Killing Joke |
| Rhaka Khan | "Freaks!" | |
| Robert Roode | "No More Fears" | "No More Tears" by Ozzy Osbourne |
| Roxxi Laveaux | "Voodoo Queen" | "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain |
| Roxxi | "Let's Shave It" | "Contagious" by Avril Lavigne |
| Sabu | "Carpet Ride" | "Huka Blues" by Harry Slash & The Slashtones |
| Scott Hall | "Marvelous Me" | "Those Shoes" by The Eagles |
| Shane Douglas | "Deep" | "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple |
| SoCal Val | "Magnify" | "Question" by System Of A Down |
| Sojournor Bolt(*) | "LightWings" | |
| Shocker | "Shocked" | "Whatever" by Godsmack |
| Sting | "Stingalicca" | "Seek & Destroy" by Metallica |
| Team 3D | "Watch Out, Watch Out" | "Bombshell" by Powerman 5000 |
| Tara | "Broken" | |
| Taylor Wilde | "Spirit"(remix) | |
| Team Canada | "Oh Canada" | "O Canada" |
| Team USA | "You Es Ay!" | "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| Team USA(*) | "Born and Raised" | "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen |
| The Diamonds in the Rough | "Drain U" | "Simon Says" by Drain STH |
| The Harris Brothers(*) | "War Neck" | "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath |
| The Naturals | "Natural" | "Bad Religion" by Godsmack |
| The TNA Front Line | "Force" | "Frontline" by Pillar |
| The Sandman | "Sandman" | "Enter Sandman" by Metallica |
| Tomko | "Screwed" | "Vicarious" by Tool |
| Triple X | "XXX Gonna Give It" | "X Gon' Give it to Ya" by DMX |
| Traci Brooks | "Sweet Lady" | "Rag Doll" by Aerosmith |
| Velvet Sky | "Don't Even Lie" | "Polyamorous" by Breaking Benjamin |
(*) Indicates that the theme has been used for at least one other wrestler/stable unrelated to the wrestler listed, but the wrestler listed is the most recent one to use it.
Mainstream songs that have been used in TNA
| Wrestler/Event | Song |
|---|---|
| AJ Styles | "Get Ready To Fly" by GRITS |
| Bound for Glory (2006) | "Enemy" by Fozzy |
| Bound for Glory IV | "Tarantula" by The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Christy Hemme | "Society Box" by Christy Hemme |
| Christy Hemme (Sacrifice 2006) | "Wasting Away" by Manic Drive |
| Hard Justice (2008) | "Ayayaya" by Filthee |
| Insane Clown Posse | "Down With the Clown" by Insane Clown Posse |
| Lockdown (2008) | "Nothing to Lose" by Operator |
| Lockdown (2009) | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Kazarian and Maverick Matt | "Bad Influence" by Less Than Zero |
| Shannon Moore (*) | "Chicken Huntin' (Slaughterhouse Mix)" by Insane Clown Posse |
| Slammiversary (2006)(*)(TNA history package) | "Fighter" By Candlefuse |
| Slammiversary (2007) | "Boom Boom" by The LoCash Cowboys |
| Slammiversary (2008) | "Release The Flood" by Dust For Life |
| No Surrender 2007 | "Low" by Bro-Kin |
| Turning Point 2007 | "Favorite Things" by Crash Anthem |
| Genesis 2007 | "Separate" by Bro-Kin |
| Final Resolution 2008 | "For The Vein" by Bro-Kin |
| Turning Point 2008 | "Indestructible" by Disturbed |
| Destination X (2009) | "My Turn" by Hoobastank |
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