X:3 The Last Stand soundtrack

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This motion picture soundtrack was composed by John Powell. X3: The Last Stand was the third film in the series, and Powell was the third composer used. He came on the heels of John Ottman and Michael Kamen, both of which were criticised for their work on the scores.

[edit] Style

Powell deviated from the first two in that he created less a set of individual cues and more of a cohesive sound throughout. Most of the 27 tracks are short, with the exception of a few extended battle sequence cues. The second track "Bathroom Titles" is an explosion of violent percussion in the form of Danny Elfman's Planet of the Apes Soundtrack. Actually, Powell's style is a noticeable mixture of Elfman and John Williams (especially their Spider-Man and Superman soundtracks, respectively).

[edit] Orchestration

Powell had a 141-piece version of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at his disposal, and did not waste it. Despite drawing similarities to other composers (like Danny Elfman and John Williams), Soundtrack reviewer and talk show host Clark Douglas stated that Powell diverted from "recent action scores which force the orchestra to play second string to the synthetic elements (such as Klaus Badelt's "Poseidon")... [and instead] fully utilizes the elements at his disposal." Douglas went on to say that the orchestra is best used during the "final third" of the score.

[edit] Track Listing

  1. 20 Years Ago (1'10)
  2. Bathroom Titles (1'09)
  3. The Church of Magneto/Raven Is My Slave Name (2'40)
  4. Meet Leech, Then Off To the Lake (2'37)
  5. Whirlpool of Love (2'04)
  6. Examining Jean (1'12)
  7. Dark Phoenix (1'28)
  8. Angel's Cure (2'34)
  9. Jean and Logan (1'39)
  10. Dark Phoenix Awakes (1'45)
  11. Rejection Is Never Easy (1'09)
  12. Magneto Plots (2'05)
  13. Entering the House (1'18)
  14. Dark Phoenix's Tragedy (3'18) audio clip
  15. Farewell to X (0'30)
  16. The Funeral (2'52)
  17. Skating On the Pond (1'12)
  18. Cure Wars (2'57)
  19. Fight in the Woods (3'06)
  20. St Lupus Day (3'03)
  21. Building Bridges (1'16)
  22. Shock and No Oars (1'15)
  23. Attack on Alcatraz (4'36)
  24. Massacre (0'31)
  25. The Battle of the Cure (4'20)
  26. Phoenix Rises (6'29)
  27. The Last Stand (5'29)

TOTAL: 71:27