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'''CFO$''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|iː|ɛ|f|ˈ|oʊ|s}}) was an American songwriting and production duo consisting of '''John Paul Alicastro''' and '''Michael Conrad Lauri'''. They were primarily known for creating entrance music and program themes for World Wrestling Entertainment ([[WWE]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Melok |first1=Bobby |title=Meet CFO$, the musical masterminds behind your favorite Superstar's entrance music |url=https://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/article/cfos-wwe-entrance-music |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=WWE |date=August 17, 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
'''CFO$''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|iː|ɛ|f|ˈ|oʊ|s}}) was an American songwriting and production duo consisting of '''John Paul Alicastro''' and '''Michael Conrad Lauri'''. They were primarily known for creating entrance music and program themes for World Wrestling Entertainment ([[WWE]]).


== Career ==
== Career ==
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CFO$ joined forces with the WWE through Arcade Songs, a record label owned by [[Gregg Wattenberg]], when it was named Wind-Up Records back in 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hyman |first1=Dan |title=When WWE Wrestlers Need Music, They Call This Industry Insider (And No. 1 Hitmaker) |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/television/7965820/wwe-wrestler-music-gregg-wattenberg-interview |access-date=December 26, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=September 15, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> They made their musical debut on the special 1,000th episode edition of [[WWE Monday Night Raw]], named [[WWE Raw 1000]], which aired on July 23, 2012, when their song "The Night" was selected as the show's official main theme.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Melok |first1=Bobby |title=Meet CFO$, the musical masterminds behind your favorite Superstar's entrance music |url=https://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/article/cfos-wwe-entrance-music |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=[[WWE]] |date=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818165009/https://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/article/cfos-wwe-entrance-music |archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref> Shortly after, they began contributing themes for main roster WWE talent.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pasbani |first1=Robert |title=WWE Music Composers CFO$ Talk Favorite Metal Bands, How They Created Some Of Your Favorite Entrance Themes |url=https://metalinjection.net/wrestlemetal/wwe-music-composers-cfo-talk-favorite-metal-bands-how-they-created-some-of-your-favorite-entrance-themes |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=[[Metal Injection]] |date=August 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820163638/https://metalinjection.net/wrestlemetal/wwe-music-composers-cfo-talk-favorite-metal-bands-how-they-created-some-of-your-favorite-entrance-themes |archive-date=August 20, 2017}}</ref>


The duo acted as [[WWE Music Group]]'s executive producers and were the driving creative force behind the WWE's music department until early 2020. During their tenure, they secured two number one singles in the [[iTunes]] [[Soundtrack]] category with "The Rising Sun" for [[Shinsuke Nakamura]]<ref>{{cite news |author1=WWE.com Staff |title=Nakamura's entrance theme is the No .1 iTunes soundtrack song |url=https://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/article/nakamuras-entrance-theme-hits-no-1-itunes |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=WWE |date=April 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410033930/https://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/article/nakamuras-entrance-theme-hits-no-1-itunes |archive-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> and "Glorious Domination" for [[Bobby Roode]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Peterborough Examiner |title=Bobby Roode's music No. 1 on iTunes chart |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/sports/bobby-roodes-music-no-1-on-itunes-chart/article_33e52a30-a85e-5c49-8c6b-389d619a99c2.html |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=[[Peterborough Examiner]] |url-access=limited |date=August 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819230554/https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/sports/bobby-roodes-music-no-1-on-itunes-chart/article_33e52a30-a85e-5c49-8c6b-389d619a99c2.html |archive-date=August 19, 2024}}</ref> They further contributed theme songs and original scores to shows and programming which aired on the [[WWE Network]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Jeremy |title=CFO$ Discuss Their Process In Creating Music For WWE |url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/cfo-discuss-their-process-creating-music-wwe |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=Fightful |url-access=limited |date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511155643/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/cfo-discuss-their-process-creating-music-wwe |archive-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref>
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CFO$ joined forces with the WWE through Arcade Songs, a record label owned by [[Gregg Wattenberg]], when it was named Wind-Up Records back in 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hyman |first1=Dan |title=When WWE Wrestlers Need Music, They Call This Industry Insider (And No. 1 Hitmaker) |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/television/7965820/wwe-wrestler-music-gregg-wattenberg-interview |access-date=December 26, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=September 15, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> They made their musical debut on the special 1,000th episode edition of [[WWE Monday Night Raw]], named [[WWE Raw 1000]], which aired on July 23, 2012, when their song "The Night" was selected as the show's official main theme.<ref>{{cite news |title=Behind The Music: WWE Composers – John Alicastro & Mike Lauri |url=http://arcadesongs.com/behind-the-music-wwe/ |access-date=December 26, 2020 |work=Arcade Songs}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Melok |first1=Bobby |title=Meet CFO$, the musical masterminds behind your favorite Superstar's entrance music |url=https://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/article/cfos-wwe-entrance-music |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=WWE |date=August 17, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> Shortly after, they began contributing themes for main roster WWE talent.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pasbani |first1=Robert |title=WWE Music Composers CFO$ Talk Favorite Metal Bands, How They Created Some Of Your Favorite Entrance Themes |url=https://metalinjection.net/wrestlemetal/wwe-music-composers-cfo-talk-favorite-metal-bands-how-they-created-some-of-your-favorite-entrance-themes |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=Metal Injection |date=August 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Melok |first1=Bobby |title=Meet CFO$, the musical masterminds behind your favorite Superstar's entrance music |url=https://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/article/cfos-wwe-entrance-music |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=WWE |date=August 17, 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=WWE Behind the Music: Music composers Mike Lauri and John Alicastro discuss the process of creating a wrestler's entrance theme |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2017/08/24/wwe-behind-music-music-composers-mike-lauri-john-alicastro-discuss-process-creating-wrestlers-entrance-theme/ |access-date=December 26, 2020 |work=Prowrestling.net |date=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Heisel |first1=Scott |title=Meet The Men Who Made The Themes For Enzo Amore, Finn Bálor And More |url=https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/wwe-theme-songs-explained/ |access-date=December 26, 2020 |work=Uproxx |date=August 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Heisel |first1=Scott |title=Meet The Men Who Made The WWE Theme Songs For Enzo Amore, Finn Bálor And More |url=https://news.yahoo.com/meet-men-made-wwe-theme-215548599.html?guccounter=1 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |work=Yahoo! News |date=August 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Morrow |first1=Brendan |title=Shinsuke Nakamura's Theme: What It Is & Why He Uses It |url=https://heavy.com/sports/2017/05/shinsuke-nakamuras-theme-song-title-artist-violin-why-use-interview-wwe/ |access-date=December 26, 2020 |work=Heavy.com |date=May 21, 2017}}</ref>


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In February 2020, it was publicly reported that CFO$ had been in a dispute with their publisher over the previous month, due to money CFO$ states was owed to them per their publishing deal. CFO$ attempted to have WWE buy them out of their publishing deal and have them work in-house but the publisher rejected the proposal. In August 2020, CFO$ were released from their recording contract and disbanded shortly afterwards. All of the production input has since been replaced by [[Doug Davis (businessman)|def rebel]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sapp |first1=Sean Ross |title=Exclusive: Why CFO$ Isn't Working With WWE |url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/exclusives/exclusive-why-cfo-isn-t-working-wwe |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=Fightful |url-access=limited |date=February 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929212914/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/exclusives/exclusive-why-cfo-isn-t-working-wwe |archive-date=September 29, 2023}}</ref>
The duo acted as [[WWE Music Group]]'s executive producers and were the driving creative force behind the WWE's music department until early 2020. During their tenure, they secured two number one singles in the iTunes Soundtrack category with "The Rising Sun" for [[Shinsuke Nakamura]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Markazi |first1=Arash |title=Shinsuke Nakamura – Wrestling as an art form |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/wwe/story/_/id/19016401/wwe-nxt-shinsuke-nakamura-substance-style-takes-many-elements-makes-own |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=ESPN |date=March 27, 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Matheson |first1=Danielle |title=Shinsuke Nakamura's NXT Theme Is Already Spawning Some Great Covers |url=https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/shinsuke-nakamura-nxt-theme-covers/ |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=Uproxx |date=April 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=WWE.com |title=Get the No. 1 song on the iTunes soundtrack chart |url=https://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/article/nakamuras-entrance-theme-hits-no-1-itunes |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=WWE |date=April 7, 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnett |first1=Josh |title=Music and mystique help NXT's Shinsuke Nakamura thrive |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/03/shinsuke-nakamura-wwe-nxt-wrestlemania-takeover |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=USA Today |date=March 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CFO$ on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/CFOSofficial/status/718141785395036160 |website=Twitter |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> and "Glorious Domination" for [[Bobby Roode]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rose |first1=Ash |title=Why Bobby Roode's 'Glorious' is so glorious |url=https://talksport.com/sport/wrestling/121743/why-bobby-roodes-glorious-so-glorious-160826207767/ |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=TalkSPORT |date=August 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Atkin |first1=Nicolas |title=Pain and glory: Bobby Roode's journey to WWE |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/wwe/story/_/id/18056846/bobby-roode-had-18-year-journey-professional-wrestling-signing-wwe-contract |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=ESPN |date=November 16, 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Keller |first1=Wade |title=Bobby Roode talks about his entrance music taking off and reflections on time with TNA (w/Kellers Analysis) |url=https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/10/03/bobby-roode-talks-entrance-music-taking-off-reflections-time-tna-wkellers-analysis/ |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=Pro Wrestling Torch |date=October 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Examiner |first1=Peterborough |title=Bobby Roode's music No. 1 on iTunes chart |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/sports/2016/08/23/bobby-roode-s-music-no-1-on-itunes-chart.html |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=The Peterborough Examiner |date=August 23, 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CFO$ on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/CFOSofficial/status/767440177367224324 |website=Twitter |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> They further contributed theme songs and original scores to shows and programming which aired on the WWE's very own streaming service, the [[WWE Network]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Jeremy |title=CFO$ Discuss Their Process In Creating Music For WWE |url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/cfo-discuss-their-process-creating-music-wwe |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=Fightful |date=October 3, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the CFO$ {{!}} Toontrack artist profile |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpvn_4tXWyY |website=YouTube |access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Music of the WWE Network by CFO$ & Jim Johnston |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-music-of-the-wwe-network/861161345 |website=Apple Music |date=April 14, 2014 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref>

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In February 2020, it was publicly reported that CFO$ had been in a dispute with their publisher over the previous month, due to money CFO$ states was owed to them per their publishing deal. CFO$ attempted to have WWE buy them out of their publishing deal and have them work in-house but the publisher rejected the proposal. As a result, WWE has used no new CFO$ music since. In August 2020, CFO$ were released from their recording contract and disbanded shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henry |first1=Justin |title=Update On Why Theme Music Creators CFO$ No Longer Work For WWE |url=https://cultaholic.com/posts/update-on-why-theme-music-creators-cfo-no-longer-work-for-wwe |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=Cultaholic |date=February 20, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sapp |first1=Sean Ross |title=Exclusive: Why CFO$ Isn't Working With WWE |url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/exclusives/exclusive-why-cfo-isn-t-working-wwe |access-date=December 25, 2020 |work=Fightful Wrestling |date=February 20, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


== Television appearances ==
== Television appearances ==
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CFO$
Also known asArcadia
Kromestatik
OriginLong Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Producers, songwriters, composers, mix engineers
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, drums, piano, production
Years active2012–2020
LabelsWWE Music Group, Arcade Songs

CFO$ (/ˌsiːɛfˈoʊs/) was an American songwriting and production duo consisting of John Paul Alicastro and Michael Conrad Lauri. They were primarily known for creating entrance music and program themes for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

Career

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CFO$ joined forces with the WWE through Arcade Songs, a record label owned by Gregg Wattenberg, when it was named Wind-Up Records back in 2012.[1] They made their musical debut on the special 1,000th episode edition of WWE Monday Night Raw, named WWE Raw 1000, which aired on July 23, 2012, when their song "The Night" was selected as the show's official main theme.[2] Shortly after, they began contributing themes for main roster WWE talent.[3]

The duo acted as WWE Music Group's executive producers and were the driving creative force behind the WWE's music department until early 2020. During their tenure, they secured two number one singles in the iTunes Soundtrack category with "The Rising Sun" for Shinsuke Nakamura[4] and "Glorious Domination" for Bobby Roode.[5] They further contributed theme songs and original scores to shows and programming which aired on the WWE Network.[6]

In February 2020, it was publicly reported that CFO$ had been in a dispute with their publisher over the previous month, due to money CFO$ states was owed to them per their publishing deal. CFO$ attempted to have WWE buy them out of their publishing deal and have them work in-house but the publisher rejected the proposal. In August 2020, CFO$ were released from their recording contract and disbanded shortly afterwards. All of the production input has since been replaced by def rebel.[7]

Television appearances

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Total Divas Themselves; Alicastro and Lauri Episode: "It's a Beautiful Life?"

Web

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 WWE Ride Along Themselves; Alicastro and Lauri Episode: "Ballad of Elias and Balor Club"
2018 Walk with Elias: The Documentary Themselves; Alicastro and Lauri WWE Network mockumentary

WWE discography

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Main article: WWE Music Group discography § Themes by CFO$

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hyman, Dan (September 15, 2017). "When WWE Wrestlers Need Music, They Call This Industry Insider (And No. 1 Hitmaker)". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Melok, Bobby (August 17, 2016). "Meet CFO$, the musical masterminds behind your favorite Superstar's entrance music". WWE. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  3. ^ Pasbani, Robert (August 18, 2017). "WWE Music Composers CFO$ Talk Favorite Metal Bands, How They Created Some Of Your Favorite Entrance Themes". Metal Injection. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  4. ^ WWE.com Staff (April 7, 2016). "Nakamura's entrance theme is the No .1 iTunes soundtrack song". WWE. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Peterborough Examiner (August 23, 2016). "Bobby Roode's music No. 1 on iTunes chart". Peterborough Examiner. Archived from the original on August 19, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (October 3, 2018). "CFO$ Discuss Their Process In Creating Music For WWE". Fightful. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  7. ^ Sapp, Sean Ross (February 20, 2020). "Exclusive: Why CFO$ Isn't Working With WWE". Fightful. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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