Dark Phoenix (soundtrack)

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Dark Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Film score by
Hans Zimmer
ReleasedJune 7, 2019 (2019-06-07)
Recorded2018–2019
Genre Film score
Length1:07:55
Label Fox Music
Director Hans Zimmer
X-Men soundtrack chronology
Deadpool 2
(2018)		Dark Phoenix
(2019)		 The New Mutants
(2020)
Dark Phoenix: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
No.TitleLength
1."Gap"8:07
2."Dark"4:27
3."Frameshift"8:15
4."Amity"5:52
5."Intimate"10:14
6."Negative"3:58
7."Deletion"4:51
8."Reckless"9:35
9."Insertion"7:56
10."Coda"4:40
Total length:67:55

Xperiments from Dark Phoenix

Xperiments from Dark Phoenix
Film score by
Hans Zimmer
ReleasedAugust 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)
Recorded2018–2019
Genre Film score
Length1:18:43
Label Remote Control Productions
Fox Music
Director Hans Zimmer

A second album, entitled Xperiments from Dark Phoenix, was announced on July 25. [6] This soundtrack featured previously unreleased suites and themes for the film, intended to be released as the second disk of a two-CD set, along with the soundtrack. When it appeared the material would not be released, a fan-led petition to Fox Music was made to release the album. Zimmer later revealed in an interview with Mark Kermode on Scala Radio, saying that over 16 hours of music was written for the film and that he was fighting to get a second disk released after the critical and financial failure of the film. [7] Later, Fox Music released the album digitally on August 5, 2019. Zanobard Reviews called it as "a welcome expansion on the themes and compositional style of his original Dark Phoenix score", [8] whereas Filmtracks.com wrote "even those most ardent Zimmer skeptics can assemble a viable suite of the composer's easy-listening anthemic mode from the two albums". [9]

No.TitleLength
1."X-HZT"17:27
2."X-X"5:59
3."X-LGDP"8:07
4."X-SI"6:25
5."X-HD"3:32
6."X-MP"3:21
7."X-MT"5:03
8."X-TX"8:48
9."X-MDP"9:06
10."X-F"3:56
11."X-CH"4:58
12."X-SS"2:01
Total length:78:43

Reception

The soundtrack met with mixed response from critics. [10] Zanobard Reviews wrote that "Hans Zimmer’s score to X-Men: Dark Phoenix is a rather bizarre one. For a start, it isn’t really a superhero score, at least not in a traditional sense; it’s very dark; being quite atmospheric and near haunting at points, and while I’d say that tone works very well for the Dark Phoenix theme (easily the standout composition of the score) it doesn’t work at all for the severely underused X-Men motif. It’s a bold and dramatic piece, but listening to it I get no real sense of heroism or even just hope, and that’s not good for a superhero theme [...] The album spends most of its runtime building up (both tonally and thematically) to something, but there’s basically no release for it. That build-up never amounts to anything; the album just kind of stops at the end, leaving you feeling kind of underwhelmed at the whole experience. The two main themes never really get the full thematic workout that one was hoping for." [11] James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "Dark Phoenix is a decent enough atmosphere piece, but nothing much more – unless you’re a really big fan of Zimmer’s modern, darker sound". [12] Soundtrack World called the score as Zimmer's weakest to date. [13]

Charts

Dark Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Chart (2019)Peak

position

UK Album Downloads (OCC) [14] 53
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [15] 19

Accolades

Zimmer was nominated for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film at the 10th Hollywood Music in Media Awards, but lost to Alan Silvestri for his score in Avengers: Endgame (2019). [16] [17]

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