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"The X-Files" typically used more instrumental music than most hour-long dramas. According to the "Behind the Truth" segment on the [[The X-Files (season 1)|Season 1]] DVD, Mark Snow created the [[Echo (phenomenon)|echo]] effect on his famous ''X-Files'' [[theme song]] by accident. Snow said that he had gone through several revisions, but Chris Carter felt that something was not quite right. Carter walked out of the room and Snow put his hand and forearm on his [[electronic keyboard|keyboard]] in frustration. Snow said, "this sound was in the keyboard. And that was it." |
''The X-Files'' typically used more instrumental music than most hour-long dramas. According to the "Behind the Truth" segment on the [[The X-Files (season 1)|Season 1]] DVD, Mark Snow created the [[Echo (phenomenon)|echo]] effect on his famous [[Theme song|theme]] by accident. Snow said that he had gone through several revisions, but Chris Carter felt that something was not quite right. Carter walked out of the room and Snow put his hand and forearm on his [[electronic keyboard|keyboard]] in frustration. Snow said that "this sound was in the keyboard. And that was it." |
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The whistle melody comes from an old sample from the Proteus line of synth products called "Whistling Joe" and the whistling of Snow's wife, Glynn.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greiving|first=Tim|date=January 22, 2016|title=As 'X-Files' Returns, Meet The Man Behind The Theme Song|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/01/22/463971641/as-x-files-returns-meet-the-man-behind-the-theme-song|access-date=July 9, 2020|website=[[All Things Considered]]|publisher=NPR|language=en}}</ref> |
The whistle melody comes from an old sample from the Proteus line of synth products called "Whistling Joe" and the whistling of Snow's wife, Glynn.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greiving|first=Tim|date=January 22, 2016|title=As 'X-Files' Returns, Meet The Man Behind The Theme Song|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/01/22/463971641/as-x-files-returns-meet-the-man-behind-the-theme-song|access-date=July 9, 2020|website=[[All Things Considered]]|publisher=NPR|language=en}}</ref> |
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