John Ottman (born July 6, 1964) is an American composer and editor. He composed music and edited three films of the X-Men Film Series, directed by Bryan Singer. He also used the Superman theme song for Superman Returns and got a Best Editing Academy Award for Bohemian Rhapsody. He also won a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for The Usual Suspects.
Filmography
- The Usual Suspects (1995) - also the editor.
- The Cable Guy (1996)
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
- Apt Pupil (1998)
- Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998)
- Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) - also the director.
- Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
- Gothika (2003)
- X-Men Film Series (2003, 2014-2016)
- X2: X-Men United
- X-Men: Days of Future Past - also the editor.
- The Cable Guy (1996)
- X-Men: Apocalypse - also the editor.
- Cellular (2004)
- Fantastic Four (2005)
- House of Wax (2005)
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
- Superman Returns (2006) - also the editor.
- The Invasion (2007)
- Valkyrie (2008) - also the editor.
- Astro Boy (2009)
- Orphan (2009)
- The Losers (2010)
- The Resident (2011)
- Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) - also the editor.
- The Nice Guys (2016)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Television work
- Fantasy Island (the series theme and score for The Pilot of the 1998 version)
- The Gifted (2017) (with David Buckley)
His work provides examples of:
- Fanfare: The first five notes of his X-Men fanfare made for the films is used for the very end of the 20th Century Fox logo of both X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse.
- Leitmotif: He created signature leitmotifs for the X-Men franchise, particularly the opening titles of X2: X-Men United.