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| The X-Files: The Album - Fight The Future | 
 enlarge | Artists: Filter, Tonic, Foo Fighters, Ween, Sarah Mclachlan, Better Than Ezra, Bjoerk, The Cardigans, The Cure, Noel Gallagher
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
Buy Used: $0.01
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Avg. Customer Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 39421
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 62200
UPC: 075596220026
EAN: 0075596220026
ASIN: B000006OAQ
Release Date: June 2, 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
 Um, Did anyone even notice... November 5, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
NONE OF THESE SONGS WERE IN THE MOVIE!
Good soundtrack but what was the point if none of these songs were in the movie. If they were, they must have been in the background, at a very low volume. I just don't get it.
 WALKING AFTER YOU ... February 16, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
... to me, is the best track on this CD, and one of the very few which actually featured in the movie. Being a devoted X-Phile, I bought this CD before I even saw the movie, and, to be honest, I felt it was a bit of a rip-off. Only 3 of the tracks made it into the movie - actually, not even 3, since the version of Crystal Ship used in the movie differs enormously to the one on this CD. In fact, I preferred the movie version, since it had the dreamy quality of the original. Don't get me wrong - it's a pretty good album, and I fell head over heels in love with Walking After You (Mulder could have skipped the dialogue at one point, and just played this song to Scully!) I was also pleasantly surprised by The Cure's More Than This. I just don't see the point in putting together an entire album of tracks which have absolutely nothing to do with the movie. I did notice, sometime after I bought my copy, that there were copies appearing with little labels saying "music from and inspired by ..." on them. If only I had known that beforehand! And to all those complaining about the missing theme - check out Threnody in X on the movie score by Mark Snow. It ROCKS!
Music to fight the future by April 9, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are some good songs on this X-Files movie soundtrack, but there are really only three tracks that seem to evoke the X-Files mania in my blood: One's Filter, Better Than Ezra's One More Murder, and, just barely thanks to the crazy remix done by The Dust Brothers, The X-Files Theme. The other tracks really just don't strike me as X-Files material. This is not to say I dislike the other tracks, though. I don't really care for the Foo Fighters, but Walking After You is more than satisfactory to my ears. Ween's Beacon Light, The Cardigans' Deuce, and Soul Coughing's 16 Horses are somewhat unusual yet positive introductions to bands I am unfamiliar with. I was happy to find a track from The Cure included on the soundtrack, although I prefer Robert Smith when he is more depressed and maudlin. Bjork's music is particularly hard to describe; Hunter, a song you can certainly find elsewhere as well, is quite good, but I'm not sure how much Bjork I could stand at one time. Of course, with the good come the bad. I know nothing about X except for the fact that someone should tell her/them that Jim Morrison does not need any help singing classic Doors songs. Sting is always annoying to me, and his collaboration with Aswad on Invisible Sun is par for the course. Noel Gallagher's Teotihuacan is nothing but music lasting an incredibly long seven minutes. If you let the last track keep playing, after several minutes of silence you will hear Chris Carter expound upon the X-Files mythology, which is a nice addition. Thus, this soundtrack is actually a pretty good one, offering a number of different types of music, but for the most part the album just isn't dark and mysterious enough to put me in mind of The X-Files when I play it.
 X-Files reigns supreme in every way! July 24, 2000
After viewing the wonderful movie, I decided to get the soundtrack...for no peticular reason of course, and I loved it!This collection of songs give off an interesting aura or feeling that is very pleasing to the ear, I must say! Bjork, though, scares me often..."Flower Man" is a short song that is absolutely fantastic, and all of the others are spectacular! The theme song has the same tune, but has an excellent new sound and beat to it...and if you listen on after the music ends...there is a 'hidden part' that is pretty cool! The X-Files rocks in every way, shape, and form! Awesome!
 A Contrary Opinion January 22, 2000
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I must admit to being amazed at the number of folks that liked this music. I downloaded the album and still found it awful (for free). I love the X-files but please this music does not make it on its own merits. In fact, if this is "alternative music" I'll take the alternative to it. Put another way, this music is poor by any standard and should be kept away from anyone on suicide watch or those driving and feeling drowsy.
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