Songs In The Key Of X: Music From And Inspired By The X-Files
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Brand: Warner BrosComposer: Mark Snow
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1996-03-22
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- X-Files Theme - Mark Snow
- Unmarked Helicopters - Soul Coughing
- On The Outside - Sheryl Crow
- Down In The Park - Foo Fighters
- Star Me Kitten - William S. Burroughs & REM
- Red Right Hand - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
- Thanks Bro - Filter
- Man Of Steel - Frank Black
- Unexplained - Meat Puppets
- Deep - Danzig
- Frenzy - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- My Dark Life - Elvis Costello With Brian Eno
- Hands Of Death (Burn Baby Burn) - Rob Zombie And Alice Cooper
- If You Never Say Goodbye - P.M. Dawn
- X-Files Theme (P.M. Dawn Remix) - P.M. Dawn
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I love this album because it is so very artistic and musically moody, where shades of paranoia, loneliness, misunderstood expression, dark prophecies, and sadness rage throughout. It was this album that got me into alternative music in the first place, and now I am a fan of most of the artists. After Mark Snow wonderfully covers the show's trademark creepy anthem, beat poetry band Soul Coughing starts talking of complex conspiracy while the mixture of off-beat music takes a hold of you. ("Unmarked Helicopters" is an in-reference to the 'Duane Barry' show, in which they are the U.F.O.s that abduct people.) Sheryl Crow gives a sense of loneliness and depression with "On The Outside", which can also relate to anyone who has ever been looked down upon or been referred to as an outcast. Foo Fighters cover "Down In The Park", a great rock song about dark men & alien world domination. William Burroughs recorded a shoddy remake of R.E.M.'s "Star Me Kitten" about a year before he died, and is a great place to get into the spoken-word absurdities that make his writing great. The always gothic Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds continue their walk of solemn decay portraits with the eerie lyrics and sound of "Red Right Hand". It is about Satan. Filter take a leave of absence from their hardcore sound with the largely acoustical "Thanks Bro", a great mellow song for the album. If you like their new hit "Take A Picture", you will like this one. Aw, now to Frank Black, one of my favorite artists. His words aren't as profound and mind-bending as usual here, but "Man Of Steel" is still one of his best because of its "lonely, on the road, looking for life in space" mood. Sounds like he's talking right through the eyes of Mulder and his guitar is great here. Meat Puppets philosophize about the paranormal with the hard-rocking "Unexplained", right before self-loathing devil worshipper Danzig haunts you with the disturbing "Deep", but not as disturbing as the dark duet of Alice Cooper & Rob Zombie on the hardcore "Hands Of Death(Burn Baby Burn)". Elvis Costello & ambient explorer Brian Eno drift off into artistically formed sadness with "My Dark Life", fantastic songwriter Costello telling a story of wicked mankind. P.M. Dawn tell a pop rock filled story of the apocalypse which was written by Chris Carter. Carter's words go right along with Dawn's semi-psychadelic rock, and the result is beautiful. A sense of hope or a loss of hope? Hmm. They also do a great reworking of the X-Files theme. So if you are a big fan of "The X Files", can relate to Mulder's sense of rejection, loneliness, paranoia, and misunderstood genius, and have wierd theories on life, than this is the album for you.
Songs In The Key Of X: Music From And Inspired By The X-Files Poster
1. Mark Snow - X-Files Theme 2. Soul Coughing - Unmarked Helicopters 3. Sheryl Crow - On The Outside 4. Foo Fighters - Down In The Park 5. William S. Burroughs & R.E.M. - Star Me Kitten 6. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand 7. Filter - ThAlternative Rock Music CDs
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