Which is the best X-Men Movie Soundtrack/Score?

[Electrix]

X-Men 3
X-Men 1
X-Men 2

 

[flavio_lebeau]

i cant choose...Logan and Rogue is absolutely brilliant, as is "The X-Jet" (biggest x-men theme imo, even above x2's beggining). X2 has a wonderful theme, that got chills on my spine since the very first milissecond of the movie. The jean/phoenix theme was also great, and Storm's perfect Storm.
But then in X3 you have the wonderful Whirlpool of love, Dark Phoenix tragedy and Phoenix rises, and also the main theme, present everywhere and strong, besides very X-menish...
i cant choose, i vote for the three of them...

 

[BMM]

Hmmm . . . this is a difficult decision. There are various aspects of each that I like better than the other. I agree with flavio--Logan and Rogue and The X-Jet are great songs. I still find The X-Jet to easily be one of the best songs capturing the essence of the X-Men coming together preparing to face a common enemy. Kamen does a good job of capturing the feel of the X-Men (via the inclusion of elements from the popular animated series, etc.) particularly for having little to go on. I still find Ottman's main theme to be the best though.

 

[AznBABYBANDIT]

Powell all the way!

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Yeah Phoenix got hers in X3. But the only time Storm got it while she was using her powers were only twice while in X1, and X2, she did it everytime... Boo X3!

What're you talking about? Storm did have a signature motif in X3. You can hear it when she first crosses her arms and starts hurtling down towards Jean Grey's home. And every time it's played the camera is focused on Storm. I can recall at least 3 different occasions this happened.

As far as the poll: X3's score by far is the best. All of the Phoenix-related scores were awesome.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

What're you talking about? Storm did have a signature motif in X3. You can hear it when she first crosses her arms and starts hurtling down towards Jean Grey's home. And every time it's played the camera is focused on Storm. I can recall at least 3 different occasions this happened.

As far as the poll: X3's score by far is the best. All of the Phoenix-related scores were awesome.

I agree. I was trying to explain Storm's 'motif' earlier... Sure, Phoenix's was a bit more noticeable... because, well, it was essentially a whole theme and it was amazing... Wolverine, Magneto, Mystique, Angel and Cyclops are some more that have motifs as well.

 

[obeastdyke]

Bleh they should give Storm the powerful song they would use in the X-men TAS cartoon everytime she used her powers! that was awesome!

 

[ntcrawler]

X1, by far. It sets up a nice, consistent tone not just for the action but for the overall feel of the movie. The main theme is sad, but coupled with determination. That they might not win, but they sure as hell are gonna try. And the gentle tones surrounding the vulverable Rogue add a nice touch of beauty and gentleness. It sends shivers through me but for all the right reasons. What's upsetting is that the music didn't stay consistent throughout the 2+1 films.

Other famous series known not only for their story but their music are Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Superman (ok, so John Williams did the music for all of these) that always retain the basic melodies at least when it involves the main story of the film, or the main chars and with each movie added other themes to specific characters or character pairings but in each case the basic melody was always recognizeable and remembered. Even though a different person scored the music for Superman Returns, he kept William's recognizeable melody and theme.

X3 had a great film score but didn't fall back on the basic "X-men" theme which I thought added a nice touch as the melody doesn't sound happy and exciting but in a way touches at sadness with a bit of determination. The Phoenix-related music had this aura of mystery, wonder and fear but for critical scenes like Alkali Lake, Whirlpool of Love is too loud and rushed. That scene and the music should have been tender, and touching. Gentle. With a hint towards the end that something MAY be wrong. Instead of this loud obnoxious symphonic crescendo and another crescendo at the final end that just blows up in your face and switches to Xavier screaming. And the melody itself doesn't have a consistent tune but instead seems to break up and change suddenly 1/2-way like 2 pages of different songs spliced together.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

X-Men: The Last Stand by far.

X2 is second.

X-Men was the "worst", if you wanna use that term, because all the scores are good.

 

[flavio_lebeau]

in my last post i said i couldnt choose, but i stopped to think a little, and, you know, the X3 score is actually the only one that was in mind after i saw the movie (aside from Logan and Rogue. I went out of the theater whistling that song). X2 theme got in mind after i watched it for the 4/5 time...X3, which i only watched twice, was already in mind right after the end. The main theme, the sad parts (still using the main theme, but in a sad way, great), the Phoenix theme...Whirlpool of Love and its magnificant ending...they are just wonderful.

 

[RagingTempest]

X3, it was just a very epic soundtrack!!!

 

[britrogue]

Personally I liked the score best for the first film

 

[thatoneguy234]

X-Men 3
X-Men 2
X-Men


i liked that X3 score was loud it had a cool feeling to it. X2 was good too because alot of characters had there own theme (mystique, nightcrawler,etc). i especially like the score during wloverine/deathstrike fight. its one of my favorite parts in the series. X-Men's score is doesnt have one main theme but its still good.

 

[Sunstar]

X2 and X3 were the best in their own ways! I liked the Phoenix theme from X2 more though as it gave me a sense of Jeans growing power plus it went well with the scenes of Jeans eyes glowing! And the music playing when Jean sacrificed herself was awesome! The Phoenix scenes and themes went very well together in X2! I didn't get much of the same feeling in X3 though!

X3 score in Jeans house was good though!

 

[ico]

I prefer the first movies score to be honest, it's always the music that is the most memorable for me, plus I find it had the best piece of music accompanying the opening credits and title by far.

X3 comes second simply for having Dark Phoenix Tragedy and Phoenix Rises as tracks.

 

[lordofthenerds]

X2's. I didn't really like X3's score it got really distracting at points in the movie,

 

[Drago]

Is there an extended fight scene with Cyclops vs the guards and lady strike?

I don't know if it's the case that we have a finished "extended fight scene", but it was edited to make it go by quicker... the punches are a bit off after the guard knocks Cyke's hand off of his visor (just bad editing I think), and when it cuts to the wider view of Cyke before Deathstrike attacks him, if you pay attention Cyke is dropping two plastic batons... which I guess we aren't supposed to see- I think he may have used them at one point in the fight (I remember too, that the X2 Cyclops figure was sold with 2 plastic baton weapons for him).

I doubt it's equivalent to the Storm vs. Toad fight that was cut from X1, but it still feels like it was edited down, if not just edited poorly.

 

[tonytr1687]

Except for the Phoenix/Tragedy theme in X3, which was incredible, I thought X3's score was ****. Too bombastic and obvious. When they were trying to build an emotional moment it came across very corny and overly sentimental. An example would be at the end when they show Logan looking out from the school's balcony with that smile on his face.

X1's score was okay but a little too subtle, the exact opposite of X3. X2's score was the best for me. I loved Pyro and Mystique's themes and thought there were some really good emotional moments that worked in the film mainly because of the music.

 

[Cyma]

X3 soundtrack is much more suited for listening to it individually while X2 is appropriate while watching the movie.

 

[x3xCyclopsx3x]

The score for X1 was terrible IMO. It just didn't fit. X2's score was great, but X3 nailed the drama. The only complaint towards X3's score is the music playing when Angel is air born

 

[CapBeerCino]

X2's. I didn't really like X3's score it got really distracting at points in the movie,

Lol @ your avvy!

 

[Boba_Fett_123]

The score for X1 was terrible IMO. It just didn't fit. X2's score was great, but X3 nailed the drama. The only complaint towards X3's score is the music playing when Angel is air born

Really? I loved that little fanfare--I wish Powell had had the opportunity to develop it more.