"Witchman" redirects here. For the religious act, see Exorcist

Exorcist

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John Roome (aka Witchman) is a hip hop/breaks artist who has worked with The Orb

The Orb

Throughout 1989, the Orb, along with Martin Glover, developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings. The culmination of its musical work came toward the end of the year when the group recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1...

 and The Jungle Brothers.

Having completed the score on five movies (Messengers, Dead End Road, Song of Songs

Song of songs

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, Want

Want

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and Final Curtain

Final Curtain

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) he has provided material for John Leguizamo

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's Undefeated

Undefeated

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and Into the Sun, as well as John Carpenter

John Carpenter

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's Masters of Horror

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Roome has contributed music to various other projects including popular television shows like Cold Case, CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

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, CSI: NY

CSI: NY

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, Nip Tuck and Las Vegas

Las Vegas (TV series)

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. Most recently completed is the score for Sega

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's Full Auto

Full Auto

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video game for the Xbox 360

Xbox 360

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 (PS3 to follow) and music for the new Miami Vice

Miami Vice

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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.

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" Deviant Records, released 17/6/2002, Cat No. - 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.

External links

• The official witchman Web Site