Entrance music
Entrance music (also known as an entry theme or walk-on music) is a musical piece or song that is played for athletes or entertainers when they first appear in front of the spectators before beginning a performance. Popular music acts may have recorded intro and/or outro music played before and after a concert performance, which is often of a different genre from that of the act's own live music. Acts often retain a single signature tune throughout their career; music acts typically retain the same intro/outro at least for a whole concert tour.
Combat sports[]
- Ricky Hatton - Blue Moon[1]
- Wanderlei Silva - Darude - Sandstorm
- Anderson Silva - DMX - Ain't No Sunshine
- Roy Nelson - "Weird Al" Yankovic - Fat
- Brock Lesnar - Metallica - Enter Sandman
Professional snooker[]
As part of Barry Hearn's vision for the future of the professional game, walk-on music was introduced from the 2010 World Snooker Championship.[2] As of the 2012 World Snooker Championship, the last 32 players and their walk-on music was as follows:[3]
Professional darts[]
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Walk-on music for professional darts players is typically either related to their nickname or their nationality. Some examples are:
| Player | Nickname | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Adams | Wolfie | "Hungry Like the Wolf" | Duran Duran |
| Gary Anderson | The Flying Scotsman | "Jump Around" | House of Pain |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Barney | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor |
| Steve Beaton | The Bronzed Adonis | "Stayin' Alive" | The Bee Gees |
| Stephen Bunting | The Bullet | "Surfin' Bird" | The Trashmen |
| Michael van Gerwen | Mighty Mike | "Seven Nation Army" | The White Stripes |
| Adrian Lewis | Jackpot | "Reach Up" | Perfecto Allstarz |
| Michael Smith | Bully Boy | "Shut up and Dance" | Walk the Moon |
| Phil Taylor | The Power | "The Power" | Snap! |
| Simon Whitlock | The Wizard | "Down Under" | Men at Work |
| Peter Wright | Snakebite | "Don't Stop the Party" | Pitbull ft. TJR |
Roller derby[]
Walk-on music used in roller derby, also called skate-out music, has been a part of the sport since its very beginning.[citation needed]
| League | Team | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gotham Girls Roller Derby | All-Stars | "Turn Down for What" | DJ Snake ft. Lil Jon |
| Minnesota RollerGirls | All-Stars | "Boneless" | Steve Aoki |
| Minnesota RollerGirls | Minnesota Nice | "Roller Girls" | The Soviettes |
Major League Baseball[]
The practice of using a heavy metal theme song to signal the entrance of a relief pitcher began at Qualcomm Stadium in 1998, when the San Diego Padres started playing "Hells Bells" by AC/DC to accompany Trevor Hoffman's taking the mound.[4][5] San Jose Mercury News and ESPN.com wrote that the song should be honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.[6][7] The use of rock and roll for entrance music emerged from the comedy film Major League (1989), in which relief pitcher Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn entered the game to a cover of "Wild Thing" performed by X.[5] In addition, batters will often select a song to play as they come to the plate in home games.[8]
Wrestling[]
Wrestling companies often have an inhouse composer composing theme music for wrestlers. They also may use stock music.
Many wrestlers have used many themes over the course of their careers. Some wrestlers like Ric Flair and Macho Man Randy Savage are known for their one particular entrance theme song, Also Sprach Zarathustra and Pomp and Circumstance respectively.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Ricky Hatton vs Vyacheslav Senchenko REWIND: Relive the drama as The Hitman is stopped in nine rounds". The Mirror. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2012-05-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2744579,00.html
- ^ Tarantino, Anthony (April 19, 2004). "For whom the bell tolls: Who'd have thought 'Trevor Time' would start a majorswide trend?". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Engber, Daniel (April 14, 2006). "Hear My Song, Fear My Fastball". Slate. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ Peterson, Gary (March 20, 2011). "Baseball Hall of Fame should honor AC/DC". San Jose Mercury News. p. C-2. Archived from the original on March 20, 2011.
- ^ Daly, Kaitee (July 28, 2010). "John Fogerty's 'Centerfield' sparks a list". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Match the hitter with at-bat music". ESPN.com. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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