X-Men: Days of Future Past (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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Released | May 26, 2014 | |||
Genre | Film score | |||
Length | 1:16:28 | |||
Label | Sony Classical Fox Music | |||
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X-Men:Days of Future Past (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2014 film X-Men:Days of Future Past ,based on the X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics,and is the fifth mainline installment in the X-Men film series and the seventh installment overall. Directed and produced by Bryan Singer,the film score is composed by his regular collaborator,composer-editor John Ottman, [1] being the first to score more than one film in the X-Men film series,having previously scored X2 (2003).
The film score was released by Sony Classical and Fox Music on digital download on May 26,2014,on CD on June 30,2014,and on vinyl on August 4,2014. [2] [3] [4] The music received mixed response from critics. An expanded version of the soundtrack,including music exclusive to The Rogue Cut,was released on July 10,2015. [5]
John Ottman,returned to score for X-Men:Days of Future Past when Singer took over the project. Ottman re-used some of his themes from X2,notably the main title theme,which is the first instance where a theme from previous X-Men film has been retained. He retained the same style of "lyrical and build upon character themes that would weave in and out of the film and done in a straight orchestral sense",previously approached in X2. However,following Singer's request he tried to compose "something more 'modern'" that could be compared to other contemporary superhero scores,and not to follow Henry Jackman's score for First Class. The 1970s setting inspired the inclusion of "synthesized elements with some analog synths,electric piano,bass and some guitar". [6] [7]
Ottman initially use to edit the film without score and use temp tracks for studio release,while beginning work on the actual score after that. [8] On balancing both his duties as composer and editor,he said "As I’m cutting,and putting sequences together in my head,I’m subliminally hearing and thinking about the kind of music it’s going to be,but what it’s actually going to be,I’m not sure yet." For Days of Future Past,Ottman describing the balancing duties in an interview saying:"All I do is worry about it from the moment I go to wherever we’re shooting,I’m worried about the score and when I’m going to write it,and how I’m going to do it. The editorial process never ends –especially on a complicated film. Then when the studio comes in with notes and the film starts going around in circles,and I have to go write the score somehow,yet I’m still tending to the recutting,various special-effects problems,looping the actors and test screenings. It never ends. There’s never really I time where I can say,‘okay everybody,I’m going to go write the score now.’I can't put the film on hold." [8]
Gregory Heaney of Allmusic wrote "the tense score sets the backdrop for the X-Men's race against time with its ominous tones and heart-pounding pacing. Most impressive is the way Ottman is able to blend the classical with the futuristic,elegantly allowing the score to travel through time as the film while still maintains a cohesive theme. Like the film itself,the score for X-Men:Days of Future Past is a thrilling work that should help to revitalize and reinvent the previously waning franchise." [9] Mellisa Redman I'm her review for Renowned for Sound wrote "the musical score for the latest X-Men film is a great accompaniment to the movie,even though the transitions between melodies were a little disjointed in many of the tracks. But if you’re a fan of epic movie music scores,then these compositions by John Ottman should definitely be on your list to check out next." [10]
Filmtracks.com wrote "You have to wonder if Ottman and his crew mailed in this effort due to the composer's emphasis on editing the film. So much of it is underplayed or derivative that something definitely went wrong in the creative process. At least we finally have thematic continuity in the franchise." [11] Gabe Toro of Cinemablend praised Ottman's re-use of the signature main theme from X2,with electric guitars writing,"The new steroidal sound is actually pretty awesome,and diehards who have listened to the sound of that second film constantly had to be geeked out hearing a new version score the opening to Singer's latest",but felt that "the rest of the composition fails to distinguish itself beyond that,relying on apocalyptic motifs like downbeat crescendos and eerie soundscapes. The way Ottman employs that original theme interwoven with the new score suggests the older film is almost under attack,an interesting idea carried out with only a small dose of originality. Or sometimes none at all." [7]
Not all reviews were positive. Jonathan Broxton wrote "Days of Future Past is such a missed opportunity;instead of having the bold,powerful,emotionally substantial music it deserves,and which the visual cinematic canvas on display would seem to demand,we have a whole load of apocalyptic but ultimately directionless action sequences,a few anonymous string textures,a Hans Zimmer temp-track clone,and a main theme which sounds as good today as it did the day Henry Mancini first wrote it." [12] James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "The best parts are clearly considerably better than anything in Ottman’s X2 but they are interspersed with some incredibly blatant temp-track lifts and a whole host of music which is frankly just terribly dull (the album is considerably overlong);add to that the bizarrely piecemeal nature of even the better material,which really does have so little continuity it sounds like it could have been written by different composers for different films,and it’s a curiosity indeed. Maybe the score was very rushed for some reason –if so,that’s a shame,because with more time perhaps the ideas could have been turned into a more compelling whole. There’s no denying that some of those ideas really are excellent but it would be a very generous stretch to say they can rescue Days of Future Past from being a disappointment." [13]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Future – Main Titles" | 2:44 |
2. | "Time's Up" | 4:18 |
3. | "Hope (Xavier's Theme)" | 4:48 |
4. | "I Found Them" | 2:52 |
5. | "Saigon/Logan Arrives" | 4:36 |
6. | "Pentagon Plan/Sneaky Mystique" | 3:25 |
7. | "He Lost Everything" | 1:51 |
8. | "Springing Erik" | 3:33 |
9. | "How Was She" | 1:47 |
10. | "All Those Voices" | 3:19 |
11. | "Paris Pandemonium" | 7:45 |
12. | "Contacting Raven" | 1:48 |
13. | "Rules of Time" | 3:07 |
14. | "Hat Rescue" | 1:30 |
15. | "Time's Up" (Film Version) | 3:34 |
16. | "The Attack Begins" | 5:04 |
17. | "Join Me" | 3:20 |
18. | "Do What You Were Made For" | 2:56 |
19. | "I Have Faith in You/Goodbyes" | 2:27 |
20. | "Welcome Back/End Titles" | 3:58 |
21. | "Time in a Bottle" (Performed by Jim Croce) | 2:27 |
22. | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Performed by Roberta Flack) | 5:20 |
Total length: | 76:28 |
X-Men: Days of Future Past: The Rogue Cut (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Extended Version) | |
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Released | July 10, 2015 |
Genre | Film score |
Length | 1:52:00 |
Label | Sony Classical |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Main Theme" | 0:56 |
2. | "Hope (Xavier’s Theme)" | 4:50 |
3. | "The Future" | 1:59 |
4. | "Time’s Up" | 4:19 |
5. | "I Found Them" | 2:52 |
6. | "Xavier’s Plan" | 3:35 |
7. | "Rules of Time" | 3:08 |
8. | "Trask Hearing – A New Era" | 2:34 |
9. | "Saigon – Logan Arrives" | 4:35 |
10. | "He Lost Everything" | 1:50 |
11. | "Pentagon Plan – Sneaky Mystique" | 3:25 |
12. | "Springing Erik" | 3:33 |
13. | "Clothes Off – Goodbye Peter" | 2:12 |
14. | "You Abandoned us All! – Yes, she Does" | 2:23 |
15. | "How Was She?" | 1:47 |
16. | "Paris Pandemonium" | 7:44 |
17. | "Whitehouse Meeting" | 2:41 |
18. | "Are you Mystique?" | 2:01 |
19. | "We Need You" | 2:14 |
20. | "All Those Voices" | 3:18 |
21. | "Charles n Charles" | 2:59 |
22. | "Off the Tracks" | 1:23 |
23. | "There’s Someone Else" | 1:59 |
24. | "Contacting Raven" | 1:48 |
25. | "Letting Raven In" | 3:34 |
Total length: | 1:13:54 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Finding Rogue" | 3:02 |
2. | "Costly Escape" | 2:21 |
3. | "Cutting Ties" | 2:47 |
4. | "Ripples in Time" | 1:19 |
5. | "Raising RFK – Here they Come" | 2:36 |
6. | "Raising RFK – Magneto Descends" | 1:23 |
7. | "The Attack Begins" | 2:26 |
8. | "Saving the Future" | 5:03 |
9. | "Join Me" | 2:55 |
10. | "They Found Us – Remember the Xmen" | 3:40 |
11. | "I Have Faith in You – Goodbyes" | 3:19 |
12. | "You’re Here!" | 2:26 |
13. | "Welcome Back – End Titles" | 3:56 |
14. | "En Sabah Nur" | 0:54 |
Total length: | 38:05 |
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [14] | 34 |
US Billboard 200 [15] | 176 |
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) [16] | 23 |
Credits adapted from CD liner notes [17]
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