John Roome (born 26 August 1968, a.k.a. Witchman) is a hip hop/breakbeat artist who has worked with
The Orb
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and
The Jungle Brothers.
Having completed the score on five movies (''Messengers'', ''Dead End Road'', ''
Song of Songs
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'', ''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''.
Roome has contributed music to various other projects including popular television shows like ''
Cold Case
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'', ''
CSI: Miami'', ''
CSI: NY'', ''
Nip Tuck
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'' and ''
Las Vegas
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''. Most recently completed is the score for
Sega
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's ''
Full Auto'' 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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