Amazon.com: According to the liner notes, 20 million people gather 'round the tube to watch The X-Files each week, so it's not a stretch to believe that the movie will be huge beyond belief. With that kind of hype, the producers were under a lot of pressure to put together an incredible soundtrack to back it up. At first glance, the disc looks aptly huge, featuring artists like Foo Fighters, The Cure, Bjork, and Sting. How does it stand up? Surprisingly, the smaller groups are the ones providing the best music within. Filter's reworking of Three Dog Night's "One" kicks the disc into high gear but the excitement plummets from there. The Foo Fighter's new track, "Walking After You," is a softly-sung mediocre pop song; Sting should be ashamed to be regurgitating yet another number ("Invisible Sun" with World Beat artist Aswad). It's also disappointing to see the inclusion of already-released cuts, like Bjork's "Hunter" and a forcibly altered version of Sarah Mclachlan's "Black." --Denise Sheppard
x-files album The x-files album was pretty dumb. It didn't have any actual x-files music, just some bands trying to sound mysterious. None of it was by Mark Snow, so that was dissapointing. The music is weird and has nothing to do with the movie at all.
Um, Did anyone even notice... NONE OF THESE SONGS WERE IN THE MOVIE! Good soundtrack but what was the point if none of these songs were in the movie. If they were, they must have been in the background, at a very low volume. I just don't get it.
Better than the movie... But is that hard to believe? The soundtrack is actually very well put together and features a ton a great music. Supposedly none of the bands had seen the movie or the script when they recorded their songs for the album...which in itself seems a little far fetched since the first track, Filters remake of 'One', is referenced in the film (in the bar when David says "one is the lonliest number"...coincidence? I think not!). Regardless, this album is still top notch. The opening track by Filter is brilliant and serves as an introduction of sorts of what to expect...and that is that the little guy far superseeds the big acts. Groups like Soul Coughing and Ween serve up delightful tracks, dark and just perfect. The Cure does what they do best, but the bigger acts like Foo Fighters and The Cardigans don't really impress me. Tonic does well with 'Flower Man' which I really liked (beings that I was never really a Tonic fan) as does Sarah who is always on my favorite list....but what really shocked me was the way Bjork grew on me so fast. I've always been a sceptic on the Islandic wonder, but after listening to 'Hunter' with the lights turned down I'm a new believer. Unheard of bands like x make their mark, while Sting suffers misserably (and I generally love him) so pick it up and be prepared to be shocked for this rises above the sludge of a failed film and shines as a diamond in the rough.
A plaid-clad joke Bad, bad, bad. And I don't mean that in a good way. Bjork yodels her way (Iceland-style) through "Hunter". You have pomposity personified as Noel Gallagher sings "Teotihuacan". You have pure lethargy with Filter, Soul Coughing, X, and Tonic (not surprising, because these bands don't know what the words "mid-tempo" or "melody" mean). I don't even know who the f*ck Aswad is. Basically, all of the bands on this disc are a plaid-clad joke (except for The Cure). Really, they have to be. Any studio that wants to promote their movie would not include Wean on any soundtrack. I never liked Wean when people knew of them (noticed how I didn't say "when they were popular"), and I hate them more even now. If you don't know, The Inebriated Duo Formerly Known As Wean had a singer who sounded like a castrated munchkin member from the Lollipop Guild. I'm serious about that.
Bottom Line: This X-Files soundtrack is THE soundtrack to get if you aren't old enough to remember the piss-poor acts of the 90's and want to get a distorted view of what was Alternative at the time.
Here are some songs I recommend instead from bands that were Alternative (and GOOD) at the time...
Stabbing Westward "What Do I Have to Do?" The Offspring "Demons" Local H "Bound for the Floor" REM "Bang the Blame" The Cure "Charlotte Sometimes" Smashing Pumpkins "Today"
X-files OK first off I have to say... I was a big fan of the show back when it first started, and watched it almost religiously until the wrote David Duchnovy out of the script. The movie on the other hand... well, it was ok, not great but still pretty good. HOWEVER, the soundtrack was excellent. I'm one of those people that don't really care much for the boy bands and teeny-bopper music that you hear all the time on the radio. I like the more obscure songs that really speak to me, and this album is chock full of them. This is one of those "desert island" cd's that I just love. If nothing else, buy it used on here for a penny. It's a better way to spend your money than on one of those icky butterscotch or peppermint candies the next time you're standing in line at the supermarket.
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