Line #69 AwesomeMusic/XMenFilmSeries


1	As a prototype of sorts to the great ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', one of the biggest franchises of all time, the ''X-Men Film Series'' has tons of great music.
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3	[[AC:''Film/XMen1'']]
4	* Following the Fox fanfare, [[https://youtu.be/eMG4NqrnU8E the very first title theme]] paves the way for a 20-year-old superhero universe.
5	* The first half [[https://youtu.be/BLmaJea4ZoU Logan and Rogue]], where Logan (willingly) nearly sacrifices himself just to revive Rogue, someone he's only known for a short while. Heartbreaking doesn't begin to describe it.
6	* The late Music/MichaelKamen's [[https://youtu.be/WktI7LVNz24 "Checkmate and End Titles"]] is spectacular.
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8	[[AC:''Film/X2XMenUnited'']]
9	* Music/JohnOttman's [[https://youtu.be/Gohly48snms title theme]] rules all before it.
10	* [[https://youtu.be/uLOMdddg11A The opening scene where Nightcrawler takes out the CIA to Mozart's "Dies Irae"]] is too awesome to put into words.
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12	[[AC:''Film/XMenTheLastStand'']]
13	* Music/JohnPowell's [[https://youtu.be/uyPB6cKZqAY "The Phoenix Rises"]] is magnificently bombastic.
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15	[[AC: ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'']]
16	* [[https://youtu.be/GF47W87CvWw "Logan Through Time"]] by Harry Gregson Williams, which plays during the opening credits sequence, shows Logan and Victor fighting through various wars over a century. The scene is considered by many to be the best and most interesting part of the movie.
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18	[[AC: ''Film/XMenFirstClass'']]
19	* The whole soundtrack is amazing (it was made by [[Film/KickAss Henry]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens Jackman]] [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph after]] [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots all]]).
20	** Special points go to the main theme [[https://youtu.be/o0kmeLN3Vys "First Class"]], [[https://youtu.be/YbyyG_mH3_o "Frankenstein's Monster"]], [[https://youtu.be/MFBdjVy3mE4 "Cold War"]], [[https://youtu.be/e6a4TFdlPAU "Sub Lift"]], and [[https://youtu.be/9-0TM3F2gpM "Magneto"]].
21	** [[https://youtu.be/L2DGBnMbaog "Rage and Serenity"]] counts as this and [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming Music]]. It's especially beautiful because it's a combination of both Charles Xavier's and Erik Lehnsherr's themes. This piece turned out to be so awesome that it was eventually reused in ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle''. [[http://exuberant-imperfection.tumblr.com/post/17331569999/so-i-wrote-an-essay-about-the-rage-and-serenity-scene This essay]] explains in more detail what makes the piece so poignant.
22	--->"...at 0:42, a small melodic motif is introduced, which seems to generally be used as Charles' theme in the film. This continues to play as Charles acts as a mentor and friend to Erik, showing him the memory, and telling him to try again.
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24	--->At 1:19 in the song, Erik's theme comes in. Now, Erik has two themes: a calmer, somewhat arpeggiated electric guitar riff, and a more intense "Magneto" theme, generally used when he is doing something violent. The one used here is the calmer one. However, instead of taking over the music entirely, the guitar actually plays the theme in counterpoint to Charles' theme, not sacrificing its unique timbre, but still blending in with the orchestra to create an amazing sound. The song builds to a climax as Erik finally moves the dish, and then fades away gently as Erik smiles and laughs, and Charles pats him on the back proudly.
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26	--->This, more than anything, really enforces the metaphor that Erik and Charles are Rage and Serenity. They have their individual strengths and advantages, but they are stronger when working together to reach a single goal. And working together doesn't erase either of their individual qualities--Erik is still Rage and Charles is still Serenity, just as the guitar is still a guitar and the orchestra is still an orchestra. Together, they create something new and better, something more than a sum of its parts, as the popular saying goes. That's why the relationship between Charles and Erik is so powerful, and why this scene is so emotionally charged--they were practically made for each other, each perfectly complementing the other."
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28	[[AC:''Film/TheWolverine'']]
29	* [[https://youtu.be/5t7SOyFGCaE The end credits theme]] which is a fairly subtle, but no less effective piece of music that captures the IWorkAlone vibe that the [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} man himself]] sports.
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31	[[AC:''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'']]
32	* Admit it, you got excited when you heard [[https://youtu.be/5l1cTVN8ht0 John Ottman's X2 theme]] again in this movie's opening for the first time in 11 years.
33	* The sublime [[https://youtu.be/MH4uuWITmgY "Hope (Xavier's Theme)"]] is the standout piece on the soundtrack, as it essentially captures all that is beautiful about Professor X's character.
34	* It's 1973, the appropriate year for Music/JimCroce's [[https://youtu.be/dO1rMeYnOmM "Time in a Bottle"]], which is beautifully used as Quicksilver uses his speed to save Xavier, Wolverine and Magneto in the Pentagon's kitchen.
35	* We also get a very era-appropriate French version of [[https://youtu.be/kBXZYx6EauU "Stop in the Name of Love"]] during a Paris nightclub scene.
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37	[[AC:''Film/Deadpool2016'']]
38	* "[[https://youtu.be/BqhvKF2qrms X Gon Give It to Ya]]" by Music/{{DMX}}, which plays during the main trio's TeamPowerWalk and fits the [[SirSwearsALot nature]] of Deadpool, in addition to sounding awesome.
39	* "[[https://youtu.be/4vaN01VLYSQ Shoop]]" by Music/SaltNPepa, which plays while Deadpool's crudely drawing himself shooting Francis and is singing along to it. It's insanely catchy as well.
40	* The "[[https://youtu.be/544WmUAvsYs Deadpool Rap]]" by Teamheadkick, which suits the scenes it plays in (Deadpool going after Francis' mooks to get his location) perfectly.
41	* Lastly, "[[https://youtu.be/HTzGMEfbnAw Angel of the Morning]]" by Juice Newton is sublime SoundtrackDissonance, as it plays over the opening montage (which features a moment in time of the highway shootout later in the film).
42	* The soundtrack by Music/JunkieXL is no slouch either. Especially the [[https://youtu.be/4wD5tamhwXo "Maximum Effort"]] {{leitmotif}}. Many have compared the synth parts of it to [[Music/MichaelJackson "Beat it"]].
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44	[[AC: ''Film/XMenApocalypse'']]
45	* The [[https://youtu.be/_dj-wJbabdM opening theme]] composed by John Ottman, again, now sounding like a fusion of its two previous renditions for maximum awesomeness.
46	* The film is set in 1983 and features Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. What could be fitting for Angel's empowering scene? Music/{{Metallica}}'s [[https://youtu.be/gghcQpv30kk "Four Horsemen"]], of course!
47	* Another great reminder that we're in 1983: Quicksilver saves all of Xavier's students and teachers from the exploding school... on Music/{{Eurythmics}}' [[https://youtu.be/gzmpl6783Hs "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"]]!
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49	[[AC: ''Film/{{Logan}}'']]
50	* The first trailer's usage of Music/JohnnyCash's cover of "[[https://youtu.be/vt1Pwfnh5pc Hurt]]", which is almost universally considered by fans to be a perfect match with the general atmosphere of the film and Logan himself.
51	* The second trailer delivers as well, with Kaleo's [[https://youtu.be/PdrDySM4Fyo Way Down We Go]].
52	* Cash's "[[https://youtu.be/k9IfHDi-2EA The Man Comes Around]]" as the closing title music is not too shabby, either.
53	* Moving on to the score, [[https://youtu.be/Be1HdTnSGZo "Main Titles"]] perfectly sets the neo-western tone of the film, and [[https://youtu.be/19HBjEdX7q0 "Forest Fight"]] captures the awesomeness of [[spoiler: the Wolverine being unleashed one last time.]]
54	* In the TearJerker department, there's [[https://youtu.be/jfsCK9tPCy8 "Don't Be What They Made You"]], a near-ambient track that serves as Logan's [[spoiler: funeral hymn.]]
55	* [[https://youtu.be/vgxCNaopL_M "X Marks The Plot"]], played [[spoiler:during Laura's eulogy and final farewells to Logan. It begins softly and somberly, before gradually swelling as she turns his cross on its side into an X, and walks away]].
56	* [[https://youtu.be/4vB0QXMlpPE "Las Mil y Una Noches"]] from the opening fight.
57	* The gas station scene has [[https://youtu.be/hHVBzLGAIbU "I Got A Name"]] by Music/JimCroce playing in the background.
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59	[[AC:''Film/Deadpool2'']]
60	* [[https://youtu.be/CX11yw6YL1w "Ashes"]], which David Leitch describes as an "emotional through-line" for the film's story and themes, sung by none other than ''[[Music/CelineDion Céline fucking Dion]]''. Even Deadpool himself thinks it's [[SelfDeprecation too good for the movie.]] From the extended cut, [[https://youtu.be/DGGcnHUTLrw this beautiful acoustic version]] sung by the writer of the song Jordan Smith replaces the acoustic version of "Take on Me".
61	* "Mama Said Knock You Out" by Music/LLCoolJ has been used as the unofficial theme song of the movie during the trailers, and it lines up perfectly. Even better, it uses the [[https://youtu.be/UnFRkEYC2JY Undefeated Remix]] with a powerful beat that gives it an extra punch.
62	* A combat montage, early in the film, is set to Music/DollyParton's "[[https://youtu.be/27h96yiwjJM 9 to 5]]".
63	-->'''Deadpool:''' Hit it, Dolly.
64	* Teamheadkick returns with [[https://youtu.be/DcTa4efeirA an X-Force themed remix of their Deadpool rap from the last film]].
65	* Music/{{ACDC}}'s rock anthem "Thunderstruck" plays as the X-Force makes their big entrance. [[SoundtrackDissonance It continues to play as all of them die horribly one after another]].
66	-->'''Deadpool:''' Leonard, hit it!
67	* At the start of the FinalBattle, we see Wade and his friends rush off to the orphanage to [[https://youtu.be/QgOXIEhHU1Y "Welcome to the Party"]], which wouldn't feel out of place in a ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast & Furious]]'' movie.
68	* The only way to truly herald Juggernaut as he beats the crap out of his opposition, is with copious amounts of [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous English Chanting]][[note]]which is actually in ''English'', and mostly consists of "Holy shitballs!"[[/note]], with [[https://youtu.be/u0pt-hONuSA "You Can't Stop this Motherf***"]].
69	* We get the legendary '80s number "[[Music/{{aha}} Take On Me]]" when Deadpool and Vanessa meet for their anniversary date. The song later returns in [[https://youtu.be/Xohx2jFLF8Y acoustic form]] when Wade and Vanessa reunite in death.
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71	[[AC:''Film/DarkPhoenix'']]
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73	For his return to superhero movies following a hiatus after ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', Music/HansZimmer produced a suitably epic soundtrack for the GrandFinale of the ''X-Men'' film series.
74	* [[https://youtu.be/iD3uGMy3KTg "Gap"]] is majestic when the X-Men are launched into space, then turns frightening and frantic when they're confronted by the "solar flare" in the void of space.
75	* [[https://youtu.be/werMrMJ5bNc "Frameshift"]] has a massive slow-down when it turns out Jean Grey can spot Quicksilver no matter how fast he is. It's essentially Jean's {{leitmotif}}, and it's suitably powerful.
76	* For the third trailer, [[https://youtu.be/mzBfq8ysNfw Ninurta]] by Audiomachine is an immensely epic, heart-pounding track that gives a sense of both wonderment and dread as the stakes rise ever higher.
77	* The first trailer makes excellent use of Think Up Anger and The Filthy Souls' cover of "[[https://youtu.be/HmvgAS4HKQE The End]]" from Music/TheDoors, hammering home that this movie represents the EndOfAnAge for the franchise. In a sizzle reel that leaked out beforehand, it was the original song, edited in a way that was even more haunting in its presentation.
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79	[[AC:''Film/TheNewMutants'']]
80	* An eerie cover of [[Music/PinkFloyd "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.2"]] accompanies all of the trailers except for the final trailer, which has...
81	* [[https://youtu.be/cgrcIIfZ3EQ "The Hills"]] by Martin Wave accompanies the final trailer that fits the SuperheroHorror tone of the movie.
82	* Music/MarilynManson's cover of "[[https://youtu.be/BG5sFUROGX0 Cry Little Sister]]" from ''Film/TheLostBoys'' might be even better then the orignal. It was so awesome it even was used in the trailer for ''Series/Titans2018'', although it was [[CutSong cut from the movie itself.]]
83	* [[https://youtu.be/a0o9a4B4Iw4 "I Go Numb"]], the catchy 2000s-esque pop song that was used in some promos. Unfortunately it appears nowhere in the movie itself.
84	* Mark Snow's dark and haunting soundtrack is worth a listen: [[https://youtu.be/ZgIIztt8AsM "The Bear Advances"]], the beautiful [[https://youtu.be/Ji3Bayj1rto "Rahne Dome"]] and [[https://youtu.be/3aqWnNexEpo "Obedience"]].
85	* [[https://youtu.be/bXPyl537n8g "Bastards of Young"]] by The Replacements is a high energy punk rock anthem played during the teenage rebellion party scene.
86	* [[https://youtu.be/HO4VUqUSljk "The New Mutants"]] is a beautiful, haunting theme that concludes the X-Men saga.
87	* And if all this wasn't enough for you, [[https://open.spotify.com/playlist/138qGbMzKORhzoLhE4HPQI the promotional playlist]] hand picked by the cast members certainly will capture the feeling of youth.

Context AwesomeMusic / XMenFilmSeries