Charles Xavier finally gets his own theme.” “On this film, with the story being focused on a young and broken Charles Xavier, I was given a musical opportunity to underscore his journey of rekindling the hope he’d lost. I tend to look back on it as an exciting time, so it was awesome to go back into it.” I have fond memories of it because, in retrospect, it was a film that seemed to go very smoothly and had very little interference from the studio. What’s it like to be back with Professor Charles Xavier, Magneto, Wolverine, and Mystique after being away for so long? “It was great to be back in that world especially since X-MEN 2 was my first big film that I got to do. He was very honest and forthcoming about the trials and tribulations that come from editing and composing for this type of motion picture. Ottman, we discussed his return to the world of the Mutants. In Variety’s review of the upcoming film, writer Justin Chang said, “Like many of Singer’s prior pics, the production benefits from the dual contributions of versatile editor-composer John Ottman - particularly evident in the story’s clean pacing and construction.” The beloved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, in order to change a major historical event and fight in an epic battle that could save our future. The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. It is a dual sequel to X-MEN: THE LAST STAND and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, and also follows up the story of THE WOLVERINE. The cast Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, and Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. It started in 2000 with the original X-Men movie, directed by Bryan Singer. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST is the seventh in the series and the third directed by Singer. With six films already released, X-Men is one of the most successful franchises in film history. Ottman’s range of composition takes in X-MEN 2, the dark comedy of THE CABLE GUY, the nightmares of GOTHIKA and ORPHAN, and the animated notes of ASTRO BOY. In 1996 he won a BAFTA award for editing THE USUAL SUSPECTS, and was later nominated for an Emmy Award for his score to the ABC series Fantasy Island. One of his early assignments was to provide original music for the computer game I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. John Ottman graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.
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