Interview: John Ottman (X-Men: Days of Future's Past)

Interview: John Ottman (X-Men: Days of Future's Past) Composer John Ottman shares about returning to the X-Men franchise after a decade-long absence. He shares about his new theme for Professor X, composing the score for the opening action sequence twice, the apparent relationship between Magneto's theme in X-Men: First Class and his theme for Wolverine in X2: X-Men United. He also talks about how using source cue/song can be more effective in a scene than an original piece. Episode Highlights 00:00 - Introduction 01:50 - How does it feel to return to the X-Men franchise 08:15 - Where does this film fit? 11:20 - How did you approach this score? 14:13 - Bookending theme 15:18 - The Superman Returns effect 16:46 - "Little Secres/ Power of the Sun" 17:44 - Evolution of the X-Men score 19:07 - Synths are more work 21:53 - Magneto/Wolverine Theme 26:08 - The Quicksilver Scene 29:28 - X2 Expanded release from LaLaLand Records 30:25 - X-Men: Apocalypse? Music Selections 00:00 - "The Future - Main titles" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman 01:11 - "Welcome Back - End Titles" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman 07:24 - "The Story of the Giants" (Jack the Giant Slayer) by John Ottman 14:26 - "Do What You Were Made For" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman 16:46 - "Little Secres/ Power of the Sun" (Superman Returns) by John Ottman 17:55 - "Main Theme" (X-Men Animated Series) by Ron Wasserman 18:12 - "The X-Jet" (X2: X-Men United) by John Ottman 19:35 - "Paris Pandemonian" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman 21:53 - "Time's Up (Film Version)" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman 23:22 - "Death Strikes Deathstryke" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman 24:48 - "Time's Up (Original Version)" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman 26:30 - "Time in a Bottle" ((X-Men Days of Future's Past) by Jim Croce 31:35 - "Hope: Xavier's Theme" (X-Men Days of Future's Past) by John Ottman Notes: Follow John Ottman on Twitter - @johnottman1 Special Thanks to Asenath Nakayama at Costa Communications for helping to secure this interview. Support Tracksounds: Most of the soundtracks mentioned in this episode can be found at Amazon. Your purchases through these links help us to keep on keepin' on! Thank You! Buy Soundtracks at Amazon.com Get Marius Masalar's "Cue The Orchestra" at Trackounds.Bandcamp.com Download the Episode Subscribe and More Info