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Hi ! I have created this spreadsheet to list all the Vancouver filming locations used in Millennium. I have managed to find a number of locations that were still unheard of but lots of places remain to be found. It's a work in progress. Please tell me if you find new ones and I will add them to the list. Cheers from Belgium. https://sites.google.com/view/millennium-filming-locations

This licensing becomes complicated in the digital age. Too bad, really.

Great post! I tried goggling it years ago with no luck. I always wondered where Peter's house was too. Nice re-do but doesn't have the same character. Nice for the cloudy days though! Anyone know about Peter's house local?

Well, unfortunately there are certain factors that lead to the conclusion that there won't be more X-Files music releases in the near future. When this project was launched by La-La Land Records, they stated that they pre-selected music that would fill up to 18 CDs. They released four sets with four CDs each, which makes a total of 16 CDs. So there seems to be not much left they wanted to release in the first place. Secondly, the sales dropped from set to set. Which is the reason they limited the fourth set to only 2.000 copies, not 3.000 copies like the ones before. And even that didn't help that much either it seems. According to MV Gerhard from LLL, the sales for the fourth set kinda dropped off around 1.000 copies. And lastly, LLL fulfilled their contract with 20th Century Fox. The sets that were released were part of the deal LLL made with Fox. That's why they could still release the fourth set after Fox was sold to Disney. To release more music from The X-Files LLL would have to make a new deal with Disney. But that seems to be out of the question because on one hand Disney doesn't really licence its property to third parties anymore (if it's not a million dollar deal) and on the other hand, if they did, it would be too expensive for a small boutique label like LLL to pay the licensing fees. MV also had other plans of releasing more X-Files music. He once talked about releasing sets containing two CDs each that focused on certain episodes. And he also wanted to release the score from the second movie remastered and expanded, like they did with the score for the first movie. But all this came to a hold it seems. MV stated that they released everything they wanted from The X-Files and that this was it. Disney doesn't even bother to release the music on streaming platforms. That is also something people kept asking LLL, why their sets aren't available for streaming. The reason is that LLL only gained the licence to release the music in physical form. The digital rights are a completely different animal and need to be negotiated on its own. On top of that the studios normally keep the digital rights to themselves. Which means that only the studio can put the music on streaming platforms, not LLL. The first and second set are officially sold out on LLL's website. The third set is temporarily out of stock. The first set already did sell out once, but LLL brought it back. This was possible because normally the label negotiates an option to release more copies if the first run sells out. If I'm not mistaken 5.000 copies is the upper limit for a smaller amount of licensing fees. If you want to release more than 5.000 copies you have to pay a higher fee. That's why the label negotiates for 5.000 copies in the first place. They released the first set limited to 3.000 copies. Those 3.000 copies were sold and so they re-released it, now limited to 2.000 copies, matching the 5.000 copies limit. They did the same with the first MillenniuM set. The first release was limited to 3.000 copies, the second one to 2.000. So at one point they could re-release the second X-Files set also. This of course depends on the market. It took a decade after the release of the second set in 2013, before it sold out. So there doesn't seem to be a real demand for it anymore. The third set is not yet declared sold out, just temporarily out of stock. Logically the label doesn't produce all 3.000 copies at once. Because if they don't sell, you've got thousands of CDs laying around. So they produce a first run, depending on the title, let's say 1.000 or 1.500 copies. And if these units sold well they will produce the next run and so on, until the 3.000 copies are reached. Sometimes a title doesn't sell that well and it goes out of stock. That just means that all the copies, that the label produced, were sold, but they are not repressing it, because there is no demand for it. With the third set being temporarily out of stock, it means, that all the up to now produced copies are sold and that they are repressing the title at some point.

All these years later still no official HD release of the show, whether physical or digital. It seems that Fox/Disney really has forgotten about this show. Still The X-Files remain the only Chris Carter show that got the HD treatment on blu-ray and streaming. Harsh Realm and The Lone Gunmen also got kind of lost in the sands of time. Having said that there is indeed a blu-ray box set of MillenniuM, although nothing official. It is a chinese pirate bootleg. They made an upscale of the DVD masters. I haven't seen it myself but others who have stated that the result is ok, but not overwhelming. It is of course not a real HD resolution, just an upscale.

Snow Files of the Week: "Plucked from the Jungle" from the movie "Born to be Wild" (1995). Listening to the music you wouldn't necessarily guess that this is Mark Snow. In fact, Mark composed a very light-hearted score for this family comedy. The music combines touching themes with african rhythms and solo voices, reminiscent of the Disney movie "The Lion King" just one year prior. The african group Lebo M, which made their impact also on "The Lion King", lend their musical talent to Mark and his score. The score was released on CD by Milan Records. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "Ice Cubes/Dan to the Rescue/Hit and Run/No One Ever Leaves Me/Victoria's Madness" from the tv movie "Seduced and Betrayed" (1995). In the early 90's BASIC INSTINCT hit the theatres and became almost immediately a modern classic. It was a huge comeback for erotic thrillers and in the years that followed many movies wanted to be like it. This is also true for the music, composed by the great Jerry Goldsmith, that influenced the thriller genre for years to come. When SEDUCED AND BETRAYED came around in 1995, it more or less tried to imitate the sexual undertones. And it is pretty obvious that Jerry Goldsmith's score was used as a temp track, before Mark began working on the movie. His main theme is pretty much a slightly different arrangement of Goldsmith's theme. But for the rest of the movie Mark came up with his more mellow and harmonic style. The main theme was featured on the sampler "The Snow Files". The score was released, paired with CAROLINE AT MIDNIGHT, on "The Mark Snow Collection Vol.2" by Dragon's Domain Records. The CD is limited to 500 copies. Enjoy!

Glad to have the double CD sets. The Mark Snow music is on Spotify too, at least one 2CD is. There’s also a playlist of all the artist tracks used in the episodes. I’m going to check if the prelude to Wagner’s Parsifal is on it. Essential, and one of my favourites. And it is!

Snow Files of the Week: "Prologue and Main Title/I’m Pregnant/End Credits" from the tv movie "In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers" (1996). An elite group of firefighters jumps from helicopters to extinguish fires. One firefighter must choose between his love for his family and his addiction to life-risking danger. Mark composed a heroic score for orchestra, which unfortunately suffers a little bit from the typical small orchestras in 90's tv movies. Nevertheless there is a noble main theme and lyrical sequences for the family scenes. One track from the score was already released in 1997 on the sampler "The Snow Files". Dragon's Domain released the score, paired with Mark's score to the tv movie "The Little Kidnappers". The CD is limited to 500 copies. Enjoy!

Hi, folks. I just joined up. I've been a huge fan of the show forever. Kind of disappointing that no one has ever picked it up for syndication on, well, seems like any network at all. I went and set up the Millennium Group page as my homepage. Anybody else have trouble with no display of name and the count down?

Snow Files of the Week: "Memories of Youth/Motiv-8/Rectal Palpitation" from the tv show "The Lone Gunmen" (2001). The short-lived X-Files spin-off had a much brighter mood and was more into humour. David Duchovny did a special guest apperance on the show and after it was canceled it got its conclusion in the ninth season episode "Jump the shark" of the X-Files. Mark's music was also more light-hearted, combining wacky comedy with dark suspense and spy music. Musical highlights from the show were released by La-La Land Records, together with music from the fourth Chris-Carter-Show "Harsh Realm". The CD was limited to 2.000 copies and is sold out. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "Choices/Finis" from "Private Fears in Public Places (aka Coeurs)" (2006). This movie marked the first collaboration between Mark and french director Alain Resnais. Resnais had the rough cut of the movie temp tracked with Mark's music from "The X-Files" and "MillenniuM". It's therefore no surprise, that the final score sometimes reminds the listener of these shows. Mark's score is very melancholic and soft overall, matching the movie's tone, where it's constantly snowing. The movie follows a group of people, that are essentially looking for love, in one way or another, but after all, it's really a movie about loneliness. Mark's score was pretty much butchered in the final movie. Resnais only used 10 to 20 second bits of the music between certain scenes, leaving the main part of the score out of the movie. The score can therefore only be heard entirely on the album, which was released by Buysoundtrax Records, limited to 1.000 copies. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "Randi loves Jason/Theme From Skateboard" from the movie "Skateboard" (1978). This is the oldest release of a score by Mark so far. Only available on Vinyl and audio tape, the album "Skateboard" features late-70's rock music and Mark's grooving score. Let's travel back to the 70's! Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "Spirit Wedding" from "The X-Files", episode "Kaddish" (1997). This season four episode deals with the murder of a member of the Jewish community in Brooklyn. When he comes back to life as the mythological Golem, he hunts down and kills the group of racists, that murdered him. The track "Spirit Wedding" plays during the showdown of the episode. The two agents follow the Golem to the synagogue to find his widow and the creature exchanging wedding vows. After a fight, the widow declares her love for her murdered husband and returns the creature to dust. Mark composed a love theme, that is heard several times during the episode. He also used a kind of strange flute sound to accompany the appearances of the Golem. The track was released on the first volume of X-Files music from La-La Land Records, limited to 2.000 copies. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "People & UFO's/ Life Among The Sun's Family" from the score to the IMAX feature "UFO - The Truth Is Here" (2001). This is a very rare piece of music by Mark, since the album was only available at IMAX theatres in Sweden. The music assembles the best parts of Mark's ambient music for the early X-FILES-Seasons (no surprise considering the subject matter). The CD is a very rare collector's item, since it was never available for sale online and is now very hard to find. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "UFO Technology/Transfer And Release" from The X-Files, episode "Deep Throat" (1993). In the first season of The X-Files the musical direction wasn't that clear already. Mark tried things out, improvised and created soundscapes never heard before. With "Deep Throat", Mark established not only the theme for the character Deep Throat, but continued his path deeper into the realms of ambient soundscapes. These two tracks are taken from the third volume of X-Files music by La-La Land Records. The set is limited to 3.000 copies. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "Fries and Faith/Discreet Distance" from "The X-Files", episode "Talitha Cumi" (1996). Another season finale, this time season 3. Jeremiah Smith makes his first appearance in this episode and more details about the relationship between Mulder's mother and the Cigarette Smoking Man surface. The episode's cliffhanger is a meeting between Mulder, Scully and Smith, when suddenly the alien bounty hunter shows up. Mark always put even more effort into creating outstanding music for the final episodes of each season. His dark, brooding ambient soundscapes mix with his haunting piano themes and etheral choir passages. These two tracks are taken from the second volume of X-Files music by La-La Land Records. The set is limited to 3.000 copies and is sold out. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "Lifeboat / Wolf At The Door" from "The X-Files", episode "Død Kalm" (1995). This episode is another classic episode in the series. A mutiny apparently occurs aboard the USS "Ardent". Parts of the crew leave the ship in a lifeboat. When they are found a few hours later, they have aged rapidly, some of them have already died. Mulder and Scully investigate what was happening on the ship and soon become victims of a rapid aging process themselves. Snow's score is truly freezing. To do this, he uses a dull, echoing percussion, which significantly increases the feeling of being trapped underwater in the vast ocean. The tracks are from the fourth set by La-La Land Records. The set is limited to 2,000 copies. Enjoy listening!

Snow Files of the Week: Suite from "Shadows Of Desire" (1994). Another tv movie that Mark scored while he was already working on the X-Files. Although his trademark sounds can also be heard here, the score has a rather folky feel. This is ensured by the solo violin, which sounds different here than the violin sampled two years later by Snow for "MillenniuM". In addition, there is an acoustic guitar and harmonica samples, which round off the whole thing. Nevertheless, the main theme is reminiscent of that of the "Millennium" episode "Luminary" from the second season. The music comes from Volume 3 of the "Mark Snow Collection" from Dragon's Domain Records. The CD is limited to 500 copies. Enjoy listening!

Snow Files of the Week: "Prologue/Main Title/The Boys Find The Cave/The Kiss/Happy Ending" from the tv movie THE LITTLE KIDNAPPERS (1990). For this Disney Channel production Mark again could get his hands on an orchestra. The "Main Title" begins with a solo flute and transforms into a wonderful, soaring piece of music. The theme presented here also makes its way into the rest of the score, with happy child adventures music like "The Boys Find The Cave". The score again shows Mark's abilities to create memorable music outside of the X-Files universe. The score was released, together with Mark's music for IN THE LINE OF DUTY: SMOKE JUMPERS, on the "Mark Snow Collection Volume 1" by Dragon's Domain Records. The CD is limited to 500 copies. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "The Smell of Zombies/The End of the Crusade" from the X-Files episode "Millennium" (1999). Chris Carter's second show "MillenniuM" ended before the year 2000 came along. So Carter and his team were looking for a way to bring the story of Frank Black and the MillenniuM Group to a closure. This happened with an X-Files/MillenniuM crossover in the seventh season of "The X-Files". As disappointing this crossover for many fans was (after three seasons of "MillenniuM" it ends with Mulder and Frank Black shooting zombies in a cellar), as outstanding was Mark's score for the episode. It gave him the opportunity to combine the mourning violin from "MillenniuM" with the soundscapes of "The X-Files". And as Mulder and Scully finally kiss while watching the celebration of the new year 2000 on TV, Mark introduces the traditional "Auld Lang Syne" into his score and a rare statement of the X-Files theme at the end of the scene. The music was released on the first limited 4-CD-Set of X-Files music from La-La Land Records, limited to 2.000 copies. Happy New Year!

Snow Files of the Week: "Delete/Branches-Angels" from "MillenniuM", episode "Midnight of the Century" (1997). "Midnight of the Century" is the Christmas episode from the second season of "MillenniuM". It's been a fan favourite ever since, that fans keep rewatching over the holidays. The episode deals with the death of Frank Black's mother when he was a child and the broken relationship with his father. A very touching and moving episode, even for viewers who didn't watch every MillenniuM episode. Mark's music adds to the overall melancholic and magical feeling of the episode. He uses a soft theme for strings, combined with etheral choir sounds, to accompany Frank's quest into his past. The track "Delete" was already used in the X-Files episode "Emily". It got a slightly different arrangement for "MillenniuM" by Mark's music editor Jeff Charbonneau. The tracks are featured on the first volume of MillenniuM music by La-La Land Records, which is limited to 1.000 copies. Merry Christmas!

Snow Files of the Week: "Joyride" from "Windham Hill's Winter Solstice On Ice" (1999). And now for something completely different. This piece of music was composed by Mark for an ice skating special, featuring professional skaters like Brian Boitano, Yuka Sato, and Rahkamo & Kokko. It was released on the compilation album "Winter Solstice On Ice", together with the other compositions for the special. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "Search your heart/Passing the Torch" from "Ernest Saves Christmas" (1988). And we continue the celebration of the Christmas spirit with two more tracks from Mark's Christmas score. Mark gets in the mood for Christmas with warm and lush strings and combines that with some big brass moments. While we're waiting for an offical release of this score, let's be happy that there is a promotional release with this wonderful music. Enjoy!

Snow Files of the Week: "Santos Elves/The Way it was" from "MillenniuM", episode "Omerta" (1998). "Omerta" is the Christmas episode from the third season of "MillenniuM". The story evolves around two young women living in the woods, away from civilization. Their names are Lassa and Rose, Lassa has healing powers. For his score Mark used operatic vocal samples, providing a magical touch to the music. Mark mixes his brooding ambient music with the wonderful theme for Lassa and Rose, making "Omerta" one of the most outstanding scores in the three years run of "MillenniuM". The tracks can be found on the fist volume of music from "MillenniuM", released by La-La Land Records. The volume is limited to 1.000 copies. Enjoy!