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X-Files [Original Soundtrack] (CD, Jun-1998, Elektra

Track Listing
1. One
2. Flower Man
3. Walking After You
4. Beacon Light
5. Invisible Sun
6. Deuce
7. One More Murder
8. More Than This
9. Hunter
10. 16 Horses
11. Crystal Ship
12. Black
13. Teotihuacan
14. X-Files Theme, The

Album Notes
Producers include: Tonic, Jerry Harrison, Robert Smith, Bjork, Ray Manzarek, The Dust Brothers."The X-Files Theme" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.Personnel: Jeff Russo (guitar, background vocals); Jerry Harrison (piano); Jack Knoebber (hand claps); Sean Spuehler (programming); Dan Lavery (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Robert Smith ; Dave Way; Malcolm Burn; Mark "Spike" Stent; Noel Gallagher; Paul Corkett; Steve Orchard; Tchad Blake; The Dust Brothers; Tom Lord-Alge; Tonic; Ben Grosse; Mark Coyle.Audio Remixer: William Orbit.Recording information: Air Studios, London, England; Dreamland Recording Studios, New York, NY; Filter Studios, Chicago, IL; Fudge Studios, New Orleans, LA; Graphic Sound Studios, Ringoes, NJ; Guerilla, Beach Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA; Stagg Street Studios, Van Nuys, CA; Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA; Tamberine Studio, Malmo, Sweden; Water Music Recorders, Hoboken, NJ.For the inevitable film debut of Scully and Mulder, the big guns were called out from all corners of the pop world. From the alt-rock sounds of Filter (whose version of of "One" is about as far from Three Dog Night's original as that band's "Mama Told Me Not To Come" was from its writer Randy Newman's interpretation), Foo Fighters and Tonic to the hi-tech mysterioso shadings of The Dust Brothers' "X-Files Theme," this soundtrack is a stylistic grab bag. Teaming with Aswad, Sting recasts his Police chestnut "Invisible Sun" as a reggae tune, the loopy Ween brothers chime in with "Beacon Light," and X pay tribute to their former producer Ray Manzarek with a punked-up version of the Doors classic "Crystal Ship." Oasis' Noel Gallagher, The Cure, Bjork and others round out this eclectic, slightly unsettling batch of tunes.

Editorial Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (19980619)