- Audio CD (Mar 17 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: Universal Music Group
- Run Time: 104 minutes
- ASIN: B00004U0Q3
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
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#64,774 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #34 in Music > Soundtracks > By Decade > 2000s
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Track Listings
| 1. Death Camp |
| 2. Ambush |
| 3. Mutant School |
| 4. Magneto's Lair |
| 5. Cerebro |
| 6. Train |
| 7. Magneto Stand Off |
| 8. The X-Jet |
| 9. Museum Fight |
| 10. The Statue Of Liberty |
| 11. Final Showdown |
| 12. Logan And Rogue |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
From Brazil (1985) and Highlander (1986) to Frequency (2000), composer Michael Kamen has proved no stranger to the darker side of fantasy. His X-Men score is, like the film itself, stylistically far removed from previous superhero adventures, the closest precedent being perhaps Danny Elfman's Batman Returns (1992). This is night-shadowed music, "Death Camp" opening with a clear pianistic echo of John Ottman's score for director Bryan Singer's debut feature, The Usual Suspects (1995), rising to a peak of coruscating fury and setting the scene for an implacable fusion of post-Wagnerian drama, hard-edged atonality and unsettling electronics. Early cues mix sombre suspense writing with romantic glitter, later titles such as "Museum Fight" add a tormented violin voice to the restless string orchestra rhythms and biting brass. All hell breaks loose in "The Statue of Liberty" before the more emotionally centred "Final Showdown" leads to the uncertain romance of "Logan and Rogue". Kamen has crafted an exceptionally bleak score for a film designed as a mainstream summer blockbuster and his music certainly won't appeal to every taste. However, those who appreciate either imaginatively constructed, melodic horror-film music or the scores for particularly dark thrillers will find much to accompany happy nightmares. --Gary S Dalkin
Chronique amazon.fr
Compositeur mondialement reconnu depuis sa partition gigantesque de Robin des Bois, prince des Voleurs, Michael Kamen n'en est pas à sa première tentative dans le domaine des B.O. dites à risques. Avec X-Men, le musicien américain nous replonge dans l'univers des comics d'une manière bien plus contemporaine que ne l'avaient fait ses prédécesseurs, Danny Elfman et sa composition pour Batman en tête. Il en résulte une partition riche d'atmosphères où le son prime sur le thème, les couleurs sur les mélodies. Dès l'ouverture, "Death Camp", Michael Kamen plante un décor surréaliste et une ambiance psychologique d'une complexité ahurissante. X-Men n'en devient que plus fourni et la palette harmonique prend peu à peu des allures d'arc- en-ciel. À l'image des personnages multiples du comics de Stan Lee - Mystique, Magneto, Rogue, Professeur X pour ne citer que les plus populaires -, la B.O.F de Michael Kamen se distingue par un grand nombre de morceaux très différents les uns des autres ("Magneto's Lair", "Mutant School") qui s'unissent pour donner la cohérence nécessaire au film. Finalement, X-Men surprend par ses formes modernes, mais ravit tout autant par sa cohésion et les couleurs qu'elle impose. --Didier Leprêtre
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Adequate if uninspired score,
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This review is from: X-Men Original Motion Picture (Audio CD)
First I love Michael Kamen's work. I think his Robin Hood score is one of the best ever written and I enjoyed most of his work. This cd is no exception. I do enjoy it, but there are better scores out there, especially in the super-hero department. Some of Kamen's tracks are excellent. The Death Camp beginning is great as is his theme for Logan and Rogue. HIs theme for the X-Men, while not as bombastic as Ottman's theme for X2 is still a fine if extremely underused piece of work. HIs villain themes and other filler music were not the best however. Unfortunately they are featured on almost every track of the cd. Also lacking is an end credits track to showcase the entire score. Overall the score to X-Men is not bad and in places is quite good, but in others it's simply unfullfilling.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most appropriate to the X-Men,
By Mike Hiscox (Dallas, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: X-Men Original Motion Picture (Audio CD)
Of all chances, with Ottman not being able to compose and conduct the first film and Kamen stepping in, how did it become the perfect way for X-Men to come out in an ironic way?Kamen came in when Ottman was to busy, yet Kamen came out with the best score to X-Men I could imagine. I just wish he was still alive. You'll always hear about the title "Logan and Rogue", as you should because it is so pleasing to the ears and the most appropriate to the scenes in the movie. Soundtracks always work the best in the movies, so you should really listen to the music in X-Men. You will then understand why Kamen took care of X-Men so well. Look at the scenes when Logan is fighting to save Rogue and his fights with Sabretooth, and Magneto confronting the X-Men and the police. And be sure to stick around for the end credits. I've heard from some of my peers that they liked the credits while they were conversing with each other. And every time I watch that movie or whenever I feel like it I listen to the end credits. I swear you won't be disappointed with it especially if you respect Michael Kamen as much as I do. I find that he has his music true to the feelings of the movie, and that's what makes him so great. Kamen died recently in November of 2003 due to multiple sclerosis at age 55.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Logan and Rogue,
By Patricia Huerta (Mexico City, Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: X-Men Original Motion Picture (Audio CD)
This CD is fantastic, but I lack of enough words to express how much I like the last track: "Logan and Rogue". It is just so beautiful, full of meaning, full of emotion that the CD is worthwhile just because of that song. If you haven't heard that song you should give it a try. After watching the movie I looked for the soundtrack just because heard that melody in one of the final scenes of the movie and i had to have it. =)
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