List of music used in The X-Files, taken from outside sources.
The X-Files[]
- Season 1:
- "Conduit" - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major (Mvt. I: Allegro) by Johann Sebastian Bach
- "Beyond the Sea" - "Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin
- "Beyond the Sea" - "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix
- "Beyond the Sea" - "Hotel California" by The Eagles
- "Gender Bender" - "Radar Love" by Golden Earring
- "Gender Bender" - In the Line of Duty: Street War theme music by Mark Snow
- Season 2:
- "Little Green Men" - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major (Mvt. I: Allegro) by Johann Sebastian Bach
- "Little Green Men" - "Come Out and Play" by Offspring
- "Duane Barry" - "I Feel for You" by Chaka Khan
- "Ascension" - "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- "3" - "The Unheard Music" by X
- “Red Museum” - “Count the Time” by God’s Children
- "Irresistible" - Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie
- "Die Hand Die Verletzt" - "The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace
- "Humbug" - "Frenzy" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Season 3:
- "D.P.O." - "Ring the Bells" by James
- "D.P.O." - "Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter
- "D.P.O." - "Live Fast, Diarrhea" by The Vandals
- "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" - "Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper
- "The List" - Russian Easter Festival Overture (Op. 36) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- "Oubliette" - "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister
- "Syzygy" - "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian
- "Syzygy" - "Deep" by Danzig
- "Syzygy" - "All Over You" by Live
- "Apocrypha" - The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss
- "Apocrypha" - The Rite of Spring (Cortège du Sage) by Igor Stravinsky
- "Pusher" - "Misty" by Johnny Mathis
- "Teso Dos Bichos" - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 by Ludwig van Beethoven
- "Quagmire" - "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper
- Season 4:
- "Home" - "Wonderful! Wonderful!" by Johnny Mathis
- "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" - "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams
- "Kaddish" - "Little" Fugue in G minor by J.S. Bach
- "Never Again" - "Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted" by The Partridge Family
- "Never Again" - "Tattooed Love Boys" by The Pretenders
- "Leonard Betts" - Piano Concerto No. 4 (Mvt. II: Andante con moto) by Ludwig van Beethoven
- "Max" - "Unmarked Helicopters" by Soul Coughing
- "Small Potatoes" - "Funny How Time Slips Away" by Al Green and Lyle Lovett
- "Small Potatoes" - "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" by Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper
- "El Mundo Gira - Purple Rain by Prince
- Season 5:
- "Detour" - "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night (sung by Gillian Anderson)
- "The Post-Modern Prometheus" - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by Cher
- "The Post-Modern Prometheus" - "Half-Breed" by Cher
- "The Post-Modern Prometheus" - "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" by Cher
- "The Post-Modern Prometheus" - "Walking in Memphis" by Cher
- "Schizogeny" - "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" by Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper
- "Schizogeny" - "Deep" by Danzig
- "Chinga" - Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 89 by Hummel
- "Chinga" - "The Hokey Pokey" by Ray Anthony
- "Kill Switch" - "Twilight Time" by The Platters
- "Kill Switch" - "Destination" by Dave Crawford and David Ivy
- "Bad Blood" - "Theme from Shaft" by Isaac Hayes (sung by David Duchovny)
- "Bad Blood" - Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Sa'ns
- "Bad Blood" - Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner
- "Travelers" - "Lili Marlene" by Lale Andersen
- "All Souls" - Opening (oboe solo) of Symphony No. 4 (Mvt. II: Andantino in modo di canzona) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, quoted by strings at 10:50, and again, on piano, at 13:42
- The X-Files: Fight the Future:
- "One" by Filter
- "Crystal Ship" by X
- "Walking After You" by Foo Fighters
- "Teotihuacan" by Noel Gallagher
- Season 6:
- "The Beginning" - "Put on a Happy Face" by Bye Bye Birdie
- "Triangle" - "Sing, Sing, Sing In Swing" by Louis Prima (for Benny Goodman)
- "Triangle" - "Jeepers Creepers" by Sally Stevens
- "Triangle" - "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" by The Andrews Sisters
- "Triangle" - "Hot Liquorice" by Dick Walter
- "Dreamland" - "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
- "Dreamland II" - "Staring at the Stars" by Glenn Jordan and Dan Marfisi (appears to have been recorded specifically for this episode)
- "Terms of Endearment" - "Only Happy When It Rains" by Garbage
- "The Rain King" - "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland
- "The Rain King" - "The Things We Do for Love" by 10cc
- "The Rain King" - Russian Easter Overture (Op. 36) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- "The Rain King" - "Rainy Days and Mondays" by The Carpenters
- "The Rain King" - "Rock the Boat" by The Hues Corporation
- "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" - "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Bing Crosby
- "The Unnatural" - "Come and Go With Me to That Land" by Bernice Johnson Reagon
- "Biogenesis" - Requiem (Dies Irae) by Giuseppe Verdi
- Season 7:
- "Hungry" - "Silence and the Mirror" by Unearthed
- "The Goldberg Variation" - Goldberg Variations (Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima) by J.S. Bach
- "Millennium" - "Auld Lang Syne"
- "Orison" - "Don't Look Any Further" by John Hiatt (recorded specifically for this episode)
- "Orison" - "Sheep Go to Heaven" by Cake (not played in episode, but quoted lyrics)
- "Sein Und Zeit" - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
- "Closure" - "My Weakness" by Moby
- "X-Cops" - "Bad Boys" by Inner Circle
- "X-Cops" - "If I Didn't Care" by The Ink Spots
- "all things" - "The Sky Is Broken" by Moby
- "Hollywood A.D." - "I Am the Walrus" by The Beatles
- "Hollywood A.D." - "Pueblo Nuevo" by Ry Cooder and the Buena Vista Social Club
- "Fight Club" - "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison
- "Je Souhaite" - "Jeannie", theme from I Dream of Jeannie
- "Je Souhaite" - "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins
- Season 8:
- "Invocation" - "All the Pretty Little Horses"
- "Salvage" - Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg
- "Vienen" - "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
- Season 9:
- "Lord of the Flies" - "It's No Good Trying" by Syd Barrett
- "Lord of the Flies" - "Terrapin" by Syd Barrett
- "Lord of the Flies" - "Opel" by Syd Barrett
- "John Doe" - "La Calentura" by Roberto Ruiz y su Maquina Tropical
- "John Doe" - "Juana La Cubana" by Fito Olivares
- "Trust No 1" - The Seasons: Barcarolle ("June"), Op. 37, No. 6 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arranged and performed by Richard Grayson
- "Improbable" - "Ça Va Ça Va" by Karl Zéro (remix by Le Tone)
- "Improbable" - "Ça Va Ça Va" by Karl Zéro
- "Improbable" - "Poinciana" by Karl Zéro
- "Improbable" - "La Panse" by Karl Zéro
- "Improbable" - "Inouïs" by Karl Zéro
- "Improbable" - "Torero" by Karl Zéro
- "Improbable" - "El Bodeguero" by Karl Zéro
- "Improbable" - "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons" by Karl Zéro
- "Improbable" - "Io Mammate E Tu" by Karl Zéro and Eric Laugerias
- "Jump the Shark" - "Cross the Line" by Cuba featuring Mau
- "Release" - "Hit Girl" by Deborah Poppink
- "William" - "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night (sung by Gillian Anderson, just like in "Detour")
- "William" - "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" (traditional)
- Season 10:
- "Home Again" - "Downtown" by Petula Clark
- "Babylon" - "Somethin' Bad" by Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood
- "Babylon" - "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus
- "Babylon" - "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" by Trace Adkins
- "Babylon" - "Misery Is the River of the World" by Tom Waits
- "Babylon" - "Secret Heart" by Ron Sexsmith
- "Babylon" - "Ho Hey" by The Lumineers
- "Babylon" - "Cowboy's Duty" by Aron Leigh (deleted scene, behind the scenes)
- Season 11:
- "This" - "California Sun" by The Ramones
- "Plus One" - "Unsaid Undone" by Sore Points (song written by David Duchovny)
- The X-Files: I Want to Believe:
- "Ooh La La" by Deborah Poppink
- "Broken" by UNKLE featuring Gavin Clark (played during end credits)
Millennium[]
- "The Mikado" - "The Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan
- "Pilot" - "More Human Than Human" by White Zombie
- "Pilot" - "Roads" by Portishead
Other[]
- "More Secrets of The X-Files":
- "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" by Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper
- "The X-Files Theme" by Mark Snow (remixed by P.M. Dawn)
- "My Dark Life" by Elvis Costello with Brian Eno
- Movie trailer for The X-Files: Fight the Future:
- Escape to Mantua (featuring Mundy) from Romeo and Juliet (Volume 2)
- O Verona from Romeo and Juliet
- O Verona (Reprise) from Romeo and Juliet
- The X-Files Game:
- "Flying" by Moon
- "UFO Soul Control" by Moon
- "Rain, Rain" by Moon