Name That Tune

SEASON 1

Episode:  Beyond The Sea
Song Title:  Beyond The Sea
Used During:  The entire episode.
Recorded By:  Bobby Darin
Album:  The Ultimate Bobby Darin

Episode:  Beyond The Sea
Song Title:  All Along The Watchtower
Used During:  Mulder tells Scully that he asked Boggs to summon the
spirit of Jimi Hendrix and requested this song. "You know, the guy's
been dead for twenty years and he still hasn't lost his edge."
Recorded By:  Jimi Hendrix
Album:  Electric Ladyland

Episode:  Genderbender
Song Title:  In The Line Of Duty: Street War (Main Theme)
Used During:  Teaser - music at the club.
**Mark Snow wrote the music for the TV movie "In The Line Of Duty"
and used it again here. Apparently, he's always been in the habit of
recycling his work.

SEASON 2

Episode:  Little Green Men
Song Title:  Brandenburg Concerto Number Two
Composed By: Bach
Used During:  Mulder's meeting with Senator Matheson. "I live
for Bach."

Episode:  Little Green Men
Song Title:  Come Out and Play
Used During:  On a wiretap, Mulder listens to a man recount watching a
stripper dance to this song. "Well, anyway, she's onstage dancing to that
Offspring song, "Come Out and Play."
Recorded by: The Offspring
Album: Smash

Episode:  Ascension
Song Title:  Red Right Hand
Used During:  Duane Barry's trip to Skyland Mountain with Scully in
the trunk.
Recorded By:  Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Album:  Let Love In
        Songs In The Key Of X

Episode:  3
Song Title:  The Unheard Music
Used During:  The scene in Club Tepes when Kristen attempts to have Mulder
taste her blood.
Recorded By:  X
Album:  Los Angeles
Note:  This is not the club music that plays when he first enters the bar.

Episode:  Irresistable
Song Title:  Trois Gymnopedies
Used During: Opening teaser - at the funeral
Composed by: Erik Satie

Episode:  Die Hand Die Verletzt
Song Title:  The Night Chicago Died
Used During:  Mulder's version of Sheriff Oak's "devil music."
Recorded By:  Paper Lace
Album:  70's Party Killers

Episode:  Humbug
Song Title:  Frenzy
Used During:  First scene with Hepcat Helm and again as he is killed.
Recorded By:  Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Album:  Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie
        Songs In The Key Of X

Episode:  The Calusari
Song Title: Ten In A Bed
Used During:  Opening teaser. The mom sings this to her son before he gets
hit by the train.


SEASON 3

Episode:  D.P.O.
Song Title:  Ring The Bells
Used During:  Teaser - plays on the jukebox and the car radio.
Recorded By:  James
Album:  Alternative NRG: Greenpeace Compilation

Episode:  D.P.O.
Song Title:  Hey Man, Nice Shot
Used During:  Scene at Kiveat's Garage.
Recorded By:  Filter
Album:  Short Bus

Episode:  D.P.O.
Song Title:  Live Fast, Diarrhea
Used During:  Final scene as Darren watches TV.
Recorded By:  The Vandals
Album:  Live Fast, Diarrhea

Episode:  Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
Song Title:  That'll Be The Day
Used During:  Clyde Bruckman sings this to himself as he's leaving the store
after the Lollapalooza conversation.
Originally Recorded By:  Buddy Holly
Album:  That'll Be The Day

Episode:  Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
Song Title:  Chantilly Lace
Used During:  Clyde Bruckman's favorite song and from a memorable exchange between
Mulder and Scully. "You know what I like."
Originally Recorded By:  The Big Bopper
Album:  Hellooo Baby!: Best Of Big Bopper, 1954-59

Episode:  Oubliette
Song Title:  Kyrie Eleison 
Used During:  Heard briefly during the closing scene.

Episode:  Syzygy
Song Title:  Sabre Dance
Used During:  Entire ep. Plays with the Keystone Cops clips and at the end.

Episode:  Syzygy
Song Title:  All Over You
Used During:  Terri and Margi's birthday party.
Recorded By:  Live
Album:  Throwing Copper

Episode:  Syzygy
Song Title:  Deep
Used During:  Terri and Margi's birthday party.
Recorded By:  Danzig
Album:  Songs In The Key Of X

Episode:  Pusher
Song Title:  Misty
Used During:  Teaser - Modell shopping for CarboBoost.
Performed By:  Bob "Cerulean" Modell (aka Robert Wisden)
Originally Recorded By:  Johnny Mathis
Album:  Heavenly

Episode:  Teso dos Bichos
Song Title:  "Pathetique" Sonata
Used During:  Teaser
Composed By:  Beethoven

Episode:  Quagmire
Song Title:  True Colors
Used During:  Scene in which Ansel gets eaten.
Performed By:  Ansel the photographer
Originally Recorded By:  Cyndi Lauper
Album:  True Colors

SEASON 4

Episode:  Home
Song Title:  Wonderful, Wonderful
Used During:  The Taylor's deaths and the final scene.
Performed By:  Kenny James
Originally Recorded By:  Johnny Mathis
Album:  Wonderful

Episode:  Musings Of A Cigarette Smoking Man
Song Title:  It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Used During:  Scene at CSM's apartment during the "It's The Most
Wonderful Time Of The Year!" section.
Recorded By:  Andy Williams
Album:  The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Episode:  El Mundo Gira
Song Title:  Maria
Used During:  Not played, but Scully sings a line from the song to Mulder.
Album:  West Side Story: The Original Sound Track Recording

Episode:  El Mundo Gira
Song Album Title:  Purple Rain
Used During:  Mulder's explanation of a transient leads to mention
of purple rain. "Yeah. Great album. Deeply flawed movie, though."

Episode:  Kaddish
Song Title:  "Little" Fugue in G Minor
Composed By:  Bach
Used During:  One of the synagogue scenes.
**Mark Snow borrowed from this piece for the show. "The aim was to
wind up somewhere between a Klezmer band and Schindler's List."

Episode:  Never Again
Song Title:  Tatooed Love Boys
Used During:  Scene with Ed in the bar at the start of the episode.
Recorded By:  The Pretenders
Album:  The Pretenders

Episode:  Never Again
Song Title:  Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted
Used During:  Apparently, this is what drove Ed to kill his 
Downstairs neighbor.
Recorded By:  The Partridge Family
**The version used in the show was actually performed by a sound-
alike group.
Album:  Up To Date

Episode:  Leonard Betts
Song Title:  Second Movement from Piano Concerto No. 4
Composed By:  Beethoven
Used During:  Piped-in music at the hospital.

Episode:  Max
Song Title:  Unmarked Helicopters
Used During:  The first scene with Mulder and Scully at Max's 
trailer.  "Only Max Fenig and you would appreciate living like this."
Recorded By:  Soul Coughing
Album:  Songs In The Key Of X

Episode:  Small Potatoes
Song Title:  (Ain't It) Funny How Time Slips Away
Used During:  The seduction scene.
Recorded By:  Al Green
Album:  Call Me

THE GAME

Song Title: Flying
Used During: Plays on Agent Willmore's stereo.
Recorded by: Moon

Song Title: UFO Soul Control
Used During: Plays on Agent Willmore's stereo.
Recorded by: Moon

Song Title: Rain, Rain
Used During: Plays on Agent Willmore's stereo.
Recorded by: Moon

SEASON 5

Episode:  Detour
Song Title:  Joy to the World
Used During:  The conversation by the log.
Badly, yet endearingly performed by:  Scully
Originally recorded By:  Three Dog Night
Album:  Naturally

Episode:  Post-Modern Prometheus
Song Title:  The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
Used During:  Teaser - Mutato pays Shaineh a visit.
Recorded By:  Cher
Album:  It's a Man's World

Episode:  Post-Modern Prometheus
Song Title:  Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves
Used During:  Mutato's trip to the Pollidori house.
Recorded By:  Cher
Album:  Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves

Episode:  Post-Modern Prometheus
Song Title:  Walking in Memphis
Used During:  Final scene - Mulder and Scully get down.
Recorded By:  Cher
Album:  It's a Man's World
Originally recorded by:  Marc Cohn
Album:  Marc Cohn

Episode:  Christmas Carol
Song Album:  Hotel California
Used During:  One of the flashbacks - a teenage Scully grabs a Christmas
present and hopes it's this album.
Recorded By:  The Eagles

Episode:  Schizogeny
Song Title:  Deep
Used During:  Plays on Bobby's truck radio while he talks to Lisa.
Recorded By:  Danzig
Album: Songs In The Key Of X

Episode:  Chinga
Song Title:  The Hokey Pokey 
Used During:  The entire episode.
Recorded By:  Ray Anthony 

Episode:  Chinga
Song Title:  Hummel's Piano Concerto No. 3, Opus 89
Used During:  Scully's drive into town and also in the bubble bath 
scene.

Episode:  Killswitch
Song Title:  Twilight Time
Used During:  The entire episode.
Recorded By:  The Platters
Album:  Magic Touch - An Anthology

Episode:  Bad Blood
Song Title:  Theme From Shaft
Used During:  Scully's version of events as Mulder comes to. "I did 
not!"
Mulder-ized version used in the show
Originally Recorded By:  Isaac Hayes
Album:  Shaft

Episode:  Bad Blood
Song Title:  Ride Of The Valkyries
From Wagner's Opera die Walküre
Used During:  Referenced throughout Mark Snow's score for the episode.

Episode:  Bad Blood
Song Title:  Rondo Capriccio
Composed By:  Camille Saint-Saëns
Used During:  Same as Ride of the Valkryies - used in the episodes
main theme.
**Mark Snow also borrowed from Mozart, Brahms, Stravinsky and 
Prokofiev for this show. 

Episode:  Travelers
Song Title:  Lili Marlene
Used During:  The scene at the German doctor's house.
The name on the album label is "Paula Rabwini"
Best-known version by:  Marlene Dietrich
Album:  Lili Marlene  

FIGHT THE FUTURE

Song Title: Escape From Mantua
Used During: This was the music used during the movie's trailers.
Album: Romeo + Juliet: Music From The Motion Picture, Volume 2

Song Title: One
Used During: Mulder quotes it after his speech to the bartender.
Recorded by: Filter
Originally recorded by: Three Dog Night
Album: The X-Files: The Album

Song Title: The Crystal Ship
Used During: Plays in the background as Mulder searches for a
bathroom at the bar.
Recorded by: X
Originally recorded by: The Doors
Album: The X-Files: The Album

Song Title: Teotihuacan
Used During: Plays during the closing credits.
Recorded by: Noel Gallagher
Album: The X-Files: The Album

Song Title: Walking After You
Used During: Plays during the closing credits.
Recorded by: The Foo Fighters
Album: The X-Files: The Album

SEASON 6

Episode:  The Beginning
Song Title:  Put On A Happy Face
Used During:  The scene at the nuclear power plant as Homer gets 
eaten.
From:  Bye Bye Birdie
Album:  Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack

Episode:  Triangle
Song Title:  Bei Mir Bist du Schon
Used During:  Mulder and Spender's fight. Plays on the radio.
Recorded By:  The Andrews Sisters
Album:  All Time Favorites

Episode:  Triangle
Song Title:  Jeepers Creepers
Used During:  Ballroom scene.
Performed By:  Kersh's assistant (whatever her name was)

Episode:  Triangle
Used During:  The swing music at the end!
Album:  1941 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
**From the Season 6 Guidebook: Mark Snow "concedes that the episode's
most memorable composition - the bouncy instrumental played during the
split-screen chase scene - was kickstarted by John William's earlier retro
swing tune composed for the fight scene in the movie "1941."
**A note about this music - it is not "Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)."
I'll break it down like this: Mark Snow borrowed from John Williams, John
Williams borrowed from Benny Goodman. Similar styles, similar song, but
not the same. 

Episode:  Dreamland II
Song Title:  Let's Get It On
Used During:  Morris Fletcher (as Mulder) sings this before attempting to
seduce Scully.
Originally Recorded By:  Marvin Gaye
Album:  Let's Get It on

Episode:  How The Ghosts Stole Christmas
Song Title:  Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Used During:  Entire episode.
Recorded By:  Bing Crosby
Album:  Bing Crosby's Christmas Classics

Episode:  Terms Of Endearment
Song Title:  I'm Only Happy When It Rains
Used During:  Wayne's attempt to drive to his other home and the
final scene as Betsy drives away with the demon baby.
Recorded By:  Garbage
Album:  Garbage 

Episode:  Rain King
Song Title:  Rainy Days And Mondays
Used During:  Teaser - Daryl wrecks his car.
Recorded By:  The Carpenters
Album:  Best Of Carpenters

Episode:  Rain King
Song Title:  Rock The Boat
Used During:  Class Reunion scene.
Recorded By:  Hues Corporation
Album:  Rock The Boat

Episode:  Rain King
Song Title:  Things We Do For Love
Used During:  Class Reunion scene.
Recorded By:  10cc
Album:  Deceptive Bends 

Episode:  Rain King
Song Title:  Over The Rainbow
Used During:  Final scene - starts at the reunion and ends with 
Sheila and her baby.
Recorded By:  Judy Garland
Album:  The Wizard of Oz Soundtrack

Episode:  The Unnatural
Song Title:  Come And Go With Me To That Land
Used During:  One scene on the team bus and, of course, at the end 
With Mulder and Scully hitting a few.
**Pretty sure this was a special arrangement for the episode.
The best known version is by:  Bernice Johnson Reagon
Album:  River Of Life/Harmony One

Episode:  Biogenesis
Song Title:  Dies Irae
Used During: Quoted by Mark Snow during the final scene as Scully 
sees the ship.

SEASON 7

Episode:  Millennium
Song Title:  Auld Lang Syne
Used During:  Plays on TV in background as Mulder and Scully kiss.

Episode:  The Goldberg Variation
Song Title:  Variation 21 - Canone Alla Settima
Used During:  Opening teaser - the elevator music.
Composed By:  Bach
Album:  Goldberg Variations/ NES Chamber Orchestra

Episode:  Orison
Song Title:  Don't Look Any Further
Used During:  Entire episode.
Recorded By: John Hiatt recorded a cover of the song specifically
for this ep.
Originally Recorded By: Dennis Edwards
Album: Don't Look Any Further

Episode:  Orison
Song Title:  Sheep Go To Heaven
Used During:  It's never played, but "Sheep go to Heven, Goats go
to Hell" (their spelling, not mine) is written on the wall in the
prison chapel. Cake happens to be one of Gillian Anderson's favorite
bands.
Recorded By:  Cake
Album:  Prolonging The Magic

Episode:  Sein Und Zeit
Song Title:  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Used During:  Scene at Santa's North Pole Village with Ed Truelove
changing into his Santa outfit.

Episode:  Closure
Song Title:  My Weakness
Used During:  Teaser and closing scene with the children.
Recorded By:  Moby
Album:  Play

Episode:  X-Cops
Song Title:  Bad Boys
Used During:  The opening credits for "Cops."
Recorded By:  Inner Circle
Album:  Bad Boys

Episode:  X-Cops
Song Title:  If I Didn't Care
Used During:  Edy serenades the cameras with a bit of the song.
Originally Recorded By:  The Ink Spots
Album:  We Four - Best Of The Ink Spots

Episode:  all things
Song Title:  The Sky Is Broken
Used During:  The entire episode.
Recorded By:  Moby
Album:  Play

Episode:  Hollywood AD
Song Title:  I Am The Walrus
Used During:  Not played, but part of the song pops up on the
Lazarus bowl.
Recorded By:  The Beatles
Album:  Magical Mystery Tour

Episode:  Hollywood AD
Song Title:  Pueblo Nuevo
Used During:  The final scene - with the dancing zombies.
Recorded By:  Ry Cooder and the Buena Vista Social Club
Album:  Buena Vista Social Club

Episode:  Fight Club
Song Title:  Kansas City
Used During:  Plays first at Froggy's Bar and then pops up off and on
for the remainder of the episode.
Recorded By: Wilbert Harrison
Album: Kansas City (Collectables)

Episode:  Je Souhaite
Song Title:  I Dream Of Jeannie Theme Song
Used During:  Mulder's attempt to explain to Leslie what exactly a jinni is.

Episode:  Je Souhaite
Song Title:  I'm Alright
Used During:  Scene with Mulder and Scully watching Caddyshack.
Recorded By:  Kenny Loggins
Album:  Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...

SEASON 8

Episode:  Within/Without
Song Title:  Scully's Theme
Used During:  Both episodes - seems to pop up whenever Scully's alone and
thinking of Mulder.
Composed By:  Mark Snow
Also showed up during Per Manum, This Is Not Happening, and Existence.

Episode:  Invocation
Song Title:  All The Pretty Horses
Used During:  This is the song that Ronnie sang to Billy. Also plays on the
cassette tape as Scully sings along.

Episode:  Salvage
Song Title:  Piano Concerto In A Minor
Used During:  Mark Snow used this for his score. Showed up whenever the metal
guy was around.
Composed By:  Edvard Grieg

Episode:  Vienen
Song Title:  The Ride Of The Valkyries
Use During:  Comes on over the radio as Doggett is trying to fix it.
Composed By:  Richard Wagner
Album: Wagner:  Favourite Overtures / Sir Georg Solti