The revival series features a revamped version of the opening titles and theme music.
New to Disney Plus, X-Men ’97 is a revival of the classic animated series from the 1990s featuring Marvel’s mutants – and fans will be pleased to learn that the new show keeps the original’s iconic theme music and opening titles.
A new version of the original theme plays over an almost shot-for-shot recreation of the opening – albeit with a few tweaks, including incorporating new team members Morph and Bishop.
Speaking to RadioTimes.com, X-Men ’97 director/producer Jake Castorena said that there was never any discussion about diverging from the original opening and theme music.
“If we’re going to do something that [means] we’re in a sandbox, there’s automatically certain things that we should do, verbatim, that should just be in the DNA of our show from day one – and yes, the theme and the main titles was never in doubt.”
The aim, Castorena explained, was “to have that feeling of cohesion” between the new series and the original, “making it feel like it’s all part of the same show”.
“At the end of the day, we are a spiritual successor – we are a revival,” he said. “I can tout this until I’m blue in the face – we’re not a reboot, we’re not a retelling… the goal is to be able to watch the OG show and go right into ours… or start with our show and go right into the OG show.”
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