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Snow Files of the Week: "House Organ/Irrational Fear/Piano on the Track/A Gift" from "The X-Files", episode "How the Ghosts stole Christmas" (1998).

This season six episode surely is a fan favourite. Set on Christmas Eve, Mulder and Scully check out a haunted house, in which the ghosts of an elderly couple live. The ghost are playing mind tricks on the agents, trying to get them to believe, that they shot each other.

Mark's score is pretty unusual for a Christmas episode. And even pretty unusual for X-Files standards. The music is dark and somber, but it an old-fashioned way. But have no fear, the Christmas spirit will break through eventually at the end of the episode, heard in the track "A Gift".

These tracks are taken from the second volume of X-Files music, released by La-La Land Records. The set is limited to 3.000 copies.

Enjoy!

 

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Yes, very unusual for Christmas music, but hey, it worked.  Mark is a genius.  Again, thank you Alex.  :280:

I'd like to add that this episode featured guest appearances by Edward Asner and Lily Tomlin, two awesome actors.

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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.

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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!

 

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Thank you, Darlene.

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!
 

 

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I have to admit, I'm one of those disappointed fans.  Mark's awesome music and excellent acting by David, Gillian and Lance, are the only good things about that horrible episode.  It's a shame they didn't do a better job with the story since it was a crossover.

Thanks again Alex for posting Mark's fantastic music.  :52:

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