Shinsuke Nakamura's theme, The Rising Sun. One of wrestling's most iconic modern themes in WWE. In 2016, I recorded a cover of The Rising Sun on guitar (before I ever got into writing entrance themes) and it connected me with wrestling fans and other composers and musicians in the industry like It Lives, It Breathes and many more. The Rising Sun means a lot to me for what it meant to me as a fan of Shinsuke, as a musician working on covers, and as hearing longtime WWE composers CFO$ crush another entrance theme.

Today's guest is none other than the violinist who recorded The Rising Sun, Earl Maneein of Seven Suns, frequent of Vitamin String Quartet to talk about what went into being hired in to working on Shinsuke Nakamura's theme, how long it took, and he actually PLAYS The Rising Sun parts on violin during our interview on the ACTUAL instruments that recorded it! We also talk about how much he got paid for recording The Rising Sun (the answer might shock you!), his background on his own music career, and heavy/post-hardcore music.

We also play our favorite game on the show, Music City Rumble, where Earl Maneein names the musicians he'd book in a wrestling match: one men's match, one women's match, and one tag team match!

Enjoy!

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Do you like wrestling? Do you like music and stories from the road? Join John Kiernan, wrestling entrance theme song composer, and professional musician of over 10 years for stories and interviews with your favorite wrestlers, rock stars, and personalities!

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John Kiernan is a wrestling entrance theme song composer with over 150 themes written for wrestlers in various promotions such as NJPW, WWE, ROH, MLW, and many more. As a professional musician, a veteran in the podcasting space, an avid pro wrestling fan and wrestling personality by way of creating the soundtracks for your favorite wrestlers, John Kiernan forges his latest podcasting venture into diving into stories of music, stories from the road, and wrestling from all walks of life from your (and his) favorites of all time.

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