| Dale Oliver | |
|---|---|
| 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 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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Since 2003, Oliver writes, records, and produces music under contract exclusively for TNA Wrestling. Like his counterparts Jim Johnston (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 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.
Oliver also recorded guitar on the Shinedown album The Sound Of Madness.
TNA has released five albums containing Oliver's work during his TNA tenure.