X2 (soundtrack)

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X2: Original Motion Picture Score
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Film score by
ReleasedApril 29, 2003
Recorded2002–2003
Genre Film score
Length60:09
Label Trauma
Producer Casey Stone
John Ottman chronology
Trapped
(2002)
X2
(2003)
Gothika
(2003)
2003 album track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Suite from X2"7:11
2."Storm's Perfect Storm"2:18
3."Finding Faith"1:31
4."Sneaky Mystique"3:30
5."Cerebro"1:27
6."Mansion Attack"7:34
7."Rogue Earns Her Wings"1:35
8."It's Time"3:40
9."Magneto's Old Tricks"4:59
10."I'm In"4:11
11."If You Really Knew"3:21
12."Playing With Fire"2:45
13."Death Strikes Deathstryke"4:52
14."Getting Out Alive"3:59
15."Goodbye"5:28
16."We're Here to Stay"1:48
Total length:60:09

Expanded edition

X2: Expanded Score from the Motion Picture
Film score by
ReleasedJuly 19, 2012
Genre Soundtrack
Length112:25
Label La-La Land Records
Fox Music
Producer Casey Stone

La-La Land Records and Fox Music issued an expanded version of Ottman's score in double-discs on July 19, 2012, that contains previously unreleased material. The score also included the specially recorded version of Alfred Newman's 20th Century Fox fanfare incorporating Ottman's film theme. [10]

2012 album track listing – Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."20th Century Fox Fanfare" (†)0:22
2."Opening Titles" (†)1:07
3."Nightcrawler Attack" (†)3:15
4."Alkali Lake" (†)2:03
5."Jean's Hallucination / Something Terrible" (†)1:03
6."Newscast/Permission/Reunion" (†)3:44
7."Cerebro"1:28
8."Sneaky Mystique" (†)4:04
9."Meeting Nightcrawler" (†)2:20
10."You Remember Him" (†)2:32
11."Mansion Attack / Don't You Remember / Escape" (†)7:53
12."Opening Cerebro / Bottom's Up" (†)1:55
13."Jason's Story / Harmless Kiss" (†)3:29
14."Magneto's Escape" (†)1:25
15."What Bobby Can Do / Finding Faith" (†)2:51
16."Pyro Attack" (†)3:13
17."Xavier Escapes"1:26
18."Storm's Perfect Storm / Missiles"2:07
19."Fireside Chat / Flashback / Jean and Logan / You Know What I Want" (†)5:02
20."God Among Insects / Where Is Everyone?" (†)2:08
21."I'm In" (†)4:17
22."It's Time" (†)3:51
Total length:60:09
2012 album track listing – Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."The Children / Something's Wrong" (†)2:36
2."Augmentation Room (Death Strikes Deathstrike)" (†)4:45
3."Deathstrike Dies / Magneto's Old Tricks" (†)5:52
4."Wolverine to the Rescue" (†)8:10
5."Rogue Earns Wings" (†)2:20
6."Goodbye / We're Here to Stay" (†)7:08
7."Evolution Leaps Forward" (†)3:09
8."Suite from X-Men 2 (End Credits original version)"7:11
9."Evolution Leaps Forward (original version)" (†)0:48
10."Suite from X-Men 2 (End Credits film version)" (†)9:07
Total length:52:16

References

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