Background
For the film's score,Singer approached John Williams to compose music,but turned down the offer as his schedule conflicted with that of Star Wars:Episode II –Attack of the Clones (2002). [2] Singer then set on his usual composer,John Ottman. [3] However,once Fox pushed X-Men from December to July,Ottman's commitment to direct Urban Legends:Final Cut made him unable to work with Singer. [4] Later,Michael Kamen was eventually hired for the film. [5]
As Kamen was not familiar with the comics,he only tried to "represent Bryan Singer's filmic tone that he's made,for a comic book,a quite serious movie,which is about the capacity of humanity to categorize people by race,religion or type,and prejudice people against them based on their innate characteristics". Character-specific themes were written to "identify these characters,as you go through the film,because they're not always clear". For instance,Mystique's motif,focused on the cello as Kamen found it "a very erotic-sounding instrument",played in the soundtrack as she was disguised as Wolverine. [6] He initially planned to record the score first in London,but due to time restrictions,the recording was held in Los Angeles instead. [7]
Kamen's first draft of the score had been described as having an abundance of themes and rich orchestrations. During early recording sessions,producer Lauren Shuler Donner expressed her dissatisfaction with Kamen's music and forced him to rewrite the entire score by using fewer themes and more electronic elements. [8]
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