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WWE: The Music, Vol. 2 | 
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| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Koch Records
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 74233
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 099923870920
EAN: 0099923870920
ASIN: B000001SNB
Release Date: November 18, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Darkside | | • | Hell Frozen Over | | • | Pearl River Rip | | • | Wildcat | | • | You Start the Fire | | • | Mastodon | | • | Ode to Freud | | • | Dude Love | | • | Nation of Domination | | • | Destiny - Johnston, Jim | | • | Snap | | • | Dangerous | | • | Can't Get Enough | | • | I Know You Want Me | | • | Sexy Boy - Hart, Jimmy |
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 Not Exactly The "WWF Music" June 13, 2008
R. A. McKenzie (New York)
You like listening to wrestling music? I know I do. Jim Johnston has put together some classic pieces that we diehard fans will never forget. Who can forget "Real American"? The opening notes for The Ultimate Warrior? The simple gong for The Undertaker? In hindsight, it's incredibly cheesy, but I think wrestling fans are rarely embarassed by the condescending masses.
WWF: THE MUSIC - VOLUME 2 is a most bizarre CD. Half the tracks aren't exactly entrance music. Some inexplicably have a a wrestler's vocals mixed in, one's missing the vocals, and a few aren't even the real music.
1) UNDERTAKER - Not even the real music. It's a weird orchestral variation of Taker's entrance, with his 1994 ROYAL RUMBLE speech periodically mixed in. It's quite good, but just not the real thing.
2) STONE COLD - The original 1996 theme (my favorite), but with some of Austin's vocal bits mixed in. Out of nowhere in the middle of the theme, Austin tells us to "start begging for some mercy". Um, okay.
3) AHMED JOHNSON - Music only, and remains a real energizing piece of music. This guy's music always got me pumped when I was a kid.
4) WILDMAN MARC MERO - His second theme (Sable used the original version during her 2003 stint). Similar to Sable's Vol. 3 track, but slower-paced.
5) BRET HART ("You Start The Fire") - I think this was Hart's 1996 retirement music video. Not a bad song, actually. Would've liked Hitman's entrance theme, but that was on Volume 1, so whatever.
6) VADER - Like Ahmed Johnson & Marc Mero, just the real theme with no variations. Good theme, in my opinion.
7) MANKIND - A very strange piece, but probably a treat for hardcore fans. Like Austin's, this is the original 1996 theme with the occasional vocal. However, the real bonus is that this track includes Mankind's original piano music that played when he won a match. To my knowledge, the only time the piano aftermath has been released.
8) DUDE LOVE - Exactly the same as the Volume 3 release, which is just the original 1997 song.
9) NATION OF DOMINATION - The entire 3-minute track, which doesn't change much throughout. However, the JC Ice and Wolfie D rap is nowhere to be found. It's just the bassline score with the background vocals.
10) ROCKY MAIVIA - The Rock's 2nd theme, first played during the 1997 Royal Rumble. A very good track. If you listen to the beat and musical composition, it sounds very much like the themes he had throughout his career.
11) SYCHO SID - Very similar to Undertaker's, where it has some random monologue bits from Sid and a variation of the original music. About a minute, the real theme plays. Entertaining, but a bit weird.
12) KEN SHAMROCK - His very 1st entrance theme, which is a slower-paced and less-powerful version of his Volume 3 music. Shamrock only used this entrance music for about a year, starting back in May 1997.
13) FLASH FUNK - Believe it or not, there were two versions of 2 Cold Scorpio's funky WWF music. Sadly, WWF picked the inferior original to put on this album. The problem is that there's too much rhythm and singing, but not a good score to complement the entrance.
14) SUNNY - You know the song, and you either like it, or you don't. Good old 90s corny family-friendly sexuality.
15) SHAWN MICHAELS - Pay attention: This Is Not The Theme You Hear On TV! This is some unbelievably bad version with bad music, horrible women background vocals, and some terrible male singer. I think this is HBK singing this song himself; do yourself a favor and don't listen to this!
I love WWF/WWE music as the next fan. But half of this CD isn't even the real music. It's mostly Jim Johnston's artistic re-interpretations of the real themes. While I enjoyed some of them, there's not enough to warrant a purchase. Just buy an old WWF videogame from around 1997, and listen to the music that way.
 Great album for late 90's WWF fans August 23, 2007
Bill White (Cleveland, OH)
I bought this on cassette when it first came out. Now, listening to the CD brings back good memories. Too bad they tagged some themes with vocals, such as Stone Cold's (there were no such taggings in Vols. 1, 3 and 4), and left out some classics from the time (Headbangers? Al Snow? Holly? Owen Hart? Please....the list of classic themes is too long). At first, years ago, I didn't like Bret's original song "You Start The Fire" but I have grown to enjoy it a great deal.
You are pathetic! July 17, 2007
Johnny Heering (Bethel, CT United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was the second volume of WWF Wrestlers' "theme songs". That is to say, the music that plays when they are walking to the ring and after they win a match. This is the entrance music circa 1997. If you were a wrestling fan ten years ago, you'll probably enjoy this CD. If you weren't, you probably won't.
my life..too much to lose June 19, 2005
Andrew JC (toronto, ONT, CAN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
guys...you mine as well sell your copies of The Wall, Pet Sounds, Revolver, Dark Side, Sgt. Peppers, etc.
This is the best music ever made.
Good album. April 10, 2005
Preston (nc)
Jim Johnston did some good opening theme music for this album. I still like the Nation of Domination theme song, with its simmering groove and the gang of guys screaming the chorus. It's very funky with its rumbling keyboards. Also, the Shawn Michaels theme music is among the best here as well as You Start The Fire. I didn't like the Dude Love song very much. There are some songs that haven't really held up strongly after 8 years. But the music does advertise and promote the wrestlers strongly.
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