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Bruce Prichard on Jim Johnston’s music in WWE: “After a while, everything sounds like Bam Bam Bigelow’s entrance”

Aaron Rift

In a video published to the Something to Wrestle YouTube channel, WWE executive director Bruce Prichard reflected on the career of former WWE music composer Jim Johnston…

“Jim had a huge contribution to the business in general. Jim wrote the soundtrack for a lot of people’s youths. The issue becomes with only having one person to do that, after a while, it all starts to sound the same. It’s not a knock on that person.”

“When you look at the body of work that Jim Johnston did, it’s incredible. However, Jim had a sound. And if you go back, and after a while, you start to listen to Jim’s work, everything sounds like Bam Bam Bigelow’s entrance. That’s why we also use Jimmy Hart. That’s why Rick Derringer was used. That’s why other people were used.”

“I thought his work was great, but when you have so much of it, it can sound the same. Instead of getting more help, you want to keep more control. Let go man, take the help.”

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