John Roome (born 26 August 1968, a.k.a. Witchman) is a hip hop/breakbeat artist who has worked with
The Orb
The Orb are an English electronic music group founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty. Known for their psychedelic sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. Their influential 19 ...
and
The Jungle Brothers.
Having completed the score on five movies (''Messengers'', ''Dead End Road'', ''
Song of Songs'', ''Want'' and ''
Final Curtain'') he has provided material for
John Leguizamo
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's ''
Undefeated'' and ''Into the Sun'', as well as
John Carpenter
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's ''
Masters of Horror
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Origin
In 2002, director Mick Garris invited some director friends to an informal dinner at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, ...
''.
Roome has contributed music to various other projects including popular television shows like ''
Cold Case
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'', ''
CSI: Miami
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'', ''
CSI: NY
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'', ''
Nip Tuck
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'' and ''
Las Vegas
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''. Most recently completed is the score for
Sega's ''
Full Auto
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'' video game for the
Xbox 360
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(
PS3 to follow) and music for the ''
Miami Vice
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'' film trailer.
It has been confirmed that John will be the composer for two up and coming feature films, ''Death Walks the Streets'' and ''Lost Not Found''.
Discography
Albums
* Explorimenting beats Deviant Records, released 17/6/2002, Cat No. – DVNT19CD.
* Heavy Traffic Deviant Records, released 27/10/1997, Cat No. – DVNT27CD.
* Witchman Vs Jammin' Unit – Inferno Blue Planet Records, released 14/9/1998, Cat No. – PLAN17CD
* Goldwater – Dustbowl Invisible, released 1/10/1999Cat No. – INV7003CD
(NB. Goldwater is John Roome's atmospheric ambient project. This album was released in 1999 in the USA on Invisible Records.)
Singles
* "Heavy Mental EP" Deviant Records, released 1/8/1997, Cat No. – 12" maxi-single DVNT21X; DVNT21CDS.
* "Nightmare Alley" Deviant Records, released 1/1/1997 Cat No. – DVNT017CDS.
* "Main Vien EP" Blue Angel/ Rising High records, released 7/9/1995, Cat No. – BARH002.
* "States of Mind EP" Blue Angel/ Rising High records, released 7/7/1997, Cat No. – BARH005.
* "Shape of Rage EP" Leaf Records, released 7/7/1996, Cat No. – DOCK4.
* "Offbeat" Blue Angel, released 1/5/1996, Cat No. – ANGEL5.
References
External links
The official witchman Web Site*
English electronic musicians
The Orb members
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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