The X-Men animated series, which ran for five seasons from 1992 until 1997, had an iconic theme song. It’s an earworm, capable of being stuck in your head all day if you so much as think about it. But this extremely classy, wonderfully arranged cello version is so good, you’ll want to risk the headspace it’s going to take up.
Cellist Samara Ginsberg has recreated this theme on cello, but performing eight distinctive parts and then putting together an overlapping video. It’s extremely impressive, and more importantly, it sounds fantastic, emphasizing just how good the original piece was while also adding to it.
You can watch and listen in the video below.
The X-Men theme–which, by the way, I’ve always suspected inspired the Deus Ex menu music–was originally composed by Ron Wasserman, who also wrote Go Go Power Rangers, the main theme for Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.
Ginsberg has a Ko-fi account, if you loved the performance and want to thank her for it. The X-Men animated series is available on Disney Plus.
