The X-Files: I Want to Believe: Original Motion Picture Score is an original score soundtrack composed and performed by Mark Snow

Mark Snow

Mark Snow is an American composer for film and television.Born in New York, he grew up in Brooklyn, graduating from the High School of Music and Art and, afterwards, the Juilliard School of Music...

 for the motion picture The X-Files: I Want to Believe

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a 2008 science fiction-thriller directed by Chris Carter and written by both Carter and Frank Spotnitz. It is the second feature film based on The X-Files franchise created by Carter, following the 1998 film...

. It contains a remixed version of the theme tune by Unkle

UNKLE

Unkle are a British musical outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Originally categorized as trip-hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...

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Track listing

1. "Moonrise"
2. "No Cures / Looking for Fox"
3. "The Trip to DC"
4. "Father Joe"
5. "What If You're Wrong / Sister"
6. "Ybara the Strange / Waterboard"
7. "Can't Sleep / Ice Field"
8. "March and Dig / Girl in the Box"
9. "A Higher Conscious"
10. "The Surgery"
11. "Good Luck"
12. "Seizure / Attempted Escape"
13. "Foot Chase"
14. "Mountain Montage / The Plow"
15. "Photo Evidence"
16. "The Preparation"
17. "Tranquilized"
18. "The Axe Post"
19. "Box Them"
20. "Home Again"
21. "The X-Files Theme (UNKLE Variation on a Theme Surrender Sounds Session #10)" - UNKLE
    UNKLE
    Unkle are a British musical outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Originally categorized as trip-hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
    
    
22. "Broken (Featuring Gavin Clark)" - UNKLE
23. "Dying 2 Live" - Xzibit
    Xzibit
    Alvin Nathaniel Joiner , better known by his stage name Xzibit , is an American rapper, actor, and television host. He is known as the host of the MTV show Pimp My Ride, which brought him mainstream success...
    
    

Trust No One Documentary

In the documentary included in the 'Ultimate X-Phile Edition" of The X-Files: I Want To Believe DVD, it shows that some of the unusual sounds were created by a variation of silly putty

Silly Putty

Silly Putty , is the Crayola-owned trademark name for a class of silicone polymers. It is marketed today as a toy for children, but was originally created by accident during research into potential rubber substitutes for use by the United States in World War II...

 and dimes

DIMES

is a subproject of the in the , .It is studying the structure and topology of the Internet to obtain a very accurate map and annotate it with:* delay loss* in the future available bandwidth* link capacity.- Concept and objective:...

 tucked in between and over the strings of the piano.

Mark Snow also comments that the fast percussion featured in some tracks was inspired by the track 'Prospectors Quartet' from the There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood is a 2007 drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!. It tells the story of a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and...

soundtrack.

External links

• Soundtrack listing on Amazon.com