Do you like this song? #855
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Mark Snow - Materia Primoris: The X-Files Theme (Main Title) 1996 (main theme originally 1993)
The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993, to May 19, 2002, spanning nine seasons with 202 episodes. A tenth season of six episodes ran from January to February 2016. Following the ratings success of this revival, The X-Files returned for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which ran from January to March 2018. In addition to the television series, two feature films have been released: the 1998 film The X-Files and the stand-alone film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, released in 2008, six years after the original television run ended. The series revolves around FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who investigate the eponymous "X-Files": marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Both the series and lead actors received multiple awards and nominations, and by its conclusion the show was the longest-running science fiction series in American television history. The series spawned a franchise that includes spin-off the two series Millennium and The Lone Gunmen.
Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman; August 26, 1946 – July 4, 2025) was an American composer for film and television. In addition to The X-Files, Snow would serve as composer for shows including Smallville, Blue Bloods, La Femme Nikita, Ghost Whisperer, Hart to Hart, One Tree Hill, the 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone and Starsky & Hutch. He was nominated for a César Award for scoring the 2006 Alain Resnais film Private Fears in Public Places.
Snow landed the X-Files job in part because he lived in close proximity to Chris Carter, enabling easy communication between the two. The theme did not come easily to Snow, with Carter rejecting earlier motifs that were louder and bolder. The famous whistle effect was inspired by the track "How Soon Is Now?" from the US edition of The Smiths' 1985 album Meat Is Murder. After attempting to craft the theme with different sound effects, Snow used a Proteus 2 rackmount sound module with a preset sound called "Whistl'n Joe".
The Truth and the Light: Music from the X-Files is a 1996 album composed of excerpts of instrumental music scores from the first three seasons of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, on which Snow was the resident composer. These tracks are linked together with portions of dialogue from the series. It reached a peak position of number forty-two in the UK albums chart, and spent four weeks in France's album charts, peaking at number nine. On its parent album, the intro theme is titled "Materia Primoris". It is a remixed version of the original theme Snow composed in 1993. The composition was released as a single in 1996 and achieved chart success, particularly in France, where it reached number one on the SNEP Singles Chart. It debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for three weeks. The composition has since been covered by many artists, including DJ Dado and Triple X; DJ Dado's version was a major hit in Europe while Triple X's version reached number two in Australia.
"Materia Primoris: The X-Files Theme" received a total of 88% yes votes!
