"The X-Files" is a bit of a rarity. it is a genre series that ran for a long time (arguably longer than it should have), but was also firmly set in a reality like our own. There was no traveling through time like "Doctor Who" or space like the various "Star Trek" series, just these two FBI agents trying to solve the mysteries of monsters, ghosts, and aliens in our own world, and on network TV to boot (none of this syndication stuff that shows like "Friday the 13th: the Series" had to work with).
Easily as iconic as Mulder or Scully is the show's theme song. Just play the first few bars of it (or even just the whistle), and any fan of the show will know it as well as they would other iconic themes like "Star Trek", "Star Wars", or "The Twilight Zone". It's a calmer theme than some of the others on this list, but then "The X-Files" was frequently a pretty slow-moving show.
Calm or not, the theme still perfectly sets you up for whatever eerie experience the show was about to serve up to you.
Here is the theme as it appeared in the show's opening:
Of course if you want something you can dance to, there's this:
Or this:Or there is the official Dust Brothers remix from the "Fight The Future" soundtrack:
Want something a little prettier? How about the theme played on violin and piano:
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