Snow Files of the Week

[Earthnut]

I totally agree with the other fans, it was one of the worse episodes ever, of either show.  Thankfully Mark's genius music saved the day.

May 2019 be a blessed year for us all.

As always,  for your posts, love and huggers,        and God Bless.  

[SadEyes]

Snow Files of the Week: "Trying to connect/True Feelings" from the movie "Private Fears in Public Places" (2006).

A score, that fits into the cold winter landscapes. It was the first collaboration between Mark and legendary french director Alain Resnais. Three more would follow until Resnais' passing in 2014. The movie tells the story of different people in Paris, looking for love in one way or another. The somber tone of it, with constant snowfall, gave Mark the opportunity to compose one of his most beautiful scores. The movie was at first temp-tracked with music from "The X-Files" and "MillenniuM" and it's no wonder that you hear similarities in Mark's final score.

An album with the music from the movie was released by Buysoundtrax Records, limited to 1.000 copies.

Enjoy!

 

[Earthnut]

Yes, you can tell it's Mark.

As always, proud to say I have a copy.

Thanks again Alex.    

[SadEyes]

Snow Files of the Week: "Bloody Jacuzzi/Old Files/Blood/Blood In The Loaf/Just Ashes And Bones" from The X-Files, episode "3" (1994).

The father, the son and the unholy spirit. Three dark figures, maybe vampires, are on a killing spree. The episode begins with an elder businessman, who is seduced by a mysterious woman in his house in the Hollywood Hills, while there are fires burning in the canyon, illuminating the dark night. The track "Bloody Jacuzzi" again shows Mark as a master of beautiful piano themes. He also used this theme for the tv movie "Caroline at Midnight" from the same year.

Mulder is investigating this case alone, since Scully was abducted the episode before. She now has become an X-File herself, as Mulder puts her file into the X-Files drawer ("Old Files").

One remarkable thing concerning this episode's music is the fact, that Mark uses the beginning of the X-Files theme here and there throughout the score. The theme itself is not featured that heavily in Mark's music for the show, so it's a special thing every time it is.

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

Enjoy!

 

[Earthnut]

As always, thank you Alex.  

[SadEyes]

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!

 

[Earthnut]

It's limited to 500 copies, and I am proud to say I have a signed copy.  It's my only signed one.  Was listening to it in the car the past 2 days.  Love it.

Again, thanks for the post Alex.     

[SadEyes]

Snow Files of the Week: Music from the tv movie "Street War" (1992).

This tv movie was another entry in the "In the Line of Duty" series, a series, which took real police cases and made them into tv movies. It already has Mark's distinctive sound palette of atmospheric electronics and percussion. Mark also used the main theme of "Street War" again one year later in the episode "Gender Bender" from the first season of "The X-Files".

Intrada released an album back then with music from several "In the Line of Duty" movies, scored by Mark.

Enjoy!

 

 

[Earthnut]

Again, I thrills me to say I am a proud owner of this album.

Thanks Alex.    

[SadEyes]

Snow Files of the Week: "Good Morning L.A./Jason's Theme" from the motion picture "Skateboard" (1978).

This is a very early piece of music by Mark, back in the days, when he wasn't composing dark and moody electronic music yet. The music is very groovy and relaxed, perfect for a summer day on the beach.

An album was released with the movie, which contains some tracks by Mark and 70's style Skateboard songs. It is only available on vinyl and audio cassette, maybe someday we will see a CD release too. Enjoy!