Dale Oliver
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| Dale Oliver | |
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| Origin | United States |
| Genres | Country, Professional wrestling theme music |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar Dobro Mandolin |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Associated acts | BlackHawk |
Dale Byron Oliver (Born 1970) is an American music composer who works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.[1] Formerly a backing guitarist for the American country music group BlackHawk, Oliver serves mainly as a composer of theme music used in professional wrestling.
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Career [edit]
Oliver became a music composer in 1995 for the WWE then WWF for writing theme songs for gimmicks such as Gangrel and the New Age Outlaws. He left the company soon after The Attitude Era.
Music composer for TNA [edit]
Since 2003, Oliver has written, recorded, and produced music under contract exclusively for TNA Wrestling. His works are typically used as theme songs for their superstars. The majority of his theme songs in TNA are stylings of well known songs that a superstar has used independently (Frankie Kazarian's theme is similar to "Coming Undone" by Korn, Team 3D's theme is similar to "Bombshell" by Powerman 5000, etc.)
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 Me" 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 16, 2011. He has appeared playing the guitar in the 2012 music video Longnecks and Rednecks sung by Serg Salinas featuring country duo Montgomery Gentry.
Oliver also recorded guitar on the Shinedown album The Sound Of Madness.[citation needed]
Discography [edit]
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)
References [edit]
- ^ MacKinder, Matt (2 February 2007). "3rd Degree Burns a big hit for TNA". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
External links [edit]
- ImpactWrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Impact Wrestling)
- BritChick.com (Offers a photo and info on Dale Oliver)
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