"...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