John Ottman

Orchestrated by John Ottman and Damon Intrabartolo

Conducted by Damon Intrabartolo

What the critics are saying!

"...editor and composer John Ottman...imparts cool tension in his cutting and surging romanticism to his music." - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

"...computer-generated images pop, wiggle and shimmy to the throb and roar of John Ottman's music." - A.O. Scott, New York Times

"The editing and suitably heavy-handed score by John Ottman are both top-notch." - Greg Weinkauf, Dallas Observer

"Things to remember? Most of the dramatic tension is caused by the score, a calamitous thing by John Ottman..." - Alastair Mckay, The Scotsman

"A big plus this outing is longtime Singer collaborator John Ottman, who performs the dual functions of editor and composer of a rousing, full-throttle score that really drives the movie." - Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

"John Ottman, a Singer regular who did not work on "X-Men," returns to the fold to reassert his uniquely ambidextrous skills as an editor and, especially, as a composer with his own good ideas of how to score a mainstream picture." - Todd McCarthy, Variety

"Ottman delivers a beautiful, moving, and powerful score for X2, complete with an entertaining and memorable piece of theme music for the X-Men (one which I can hum, and for that I am thankful!). His score adds a real sense of strength to Singer's visuals, and one can't help but wish that Ottman had been around for the first X-film." - David Server, CountingDown.com

"John Ottman replaces a virtual army of composers and editors from the previous picture. Handling two key post-production chores is nothing new for Ottman -- he's done double-duty on all three previous collaborations with Singer as well as Urban Legends: Final Cut -- but Ottman has also never worked on a film as large or demanding as X2. That he is able to deliver Oscar-caliber work as both a composer and an editor ... is certain to go down as one of the most staggering achievements by any film artist or craftsman this year. " - Wade Major, Box Office Online Reviews