Her interaction with fans in 2015 helped to give her an insight into that demographic: “I only discovered Tumblr during post-production of Season 10. One thing I’ve recently come to appreciate is what a high percentage of X-Philes are actually women. I honestly don’t know where the dudes hang out – on Reddit? But it certainly feels like the most active online are young, smart females. I also got to meet and know some fans after my involvement with the show, which is new to me since high school days — I’m years away from the olden days of my online XF friends on IRC and alt.tv.x-files, so that’s been cool too.”

Another company that ventured into offering X-Files product was the record label La La Land Records, which released a two-disc CD of Mark Snow’s music from Chris Carter’s Millennium in a limited edition, and this was followed by a duel issue of music from The Lone Gunman spinoff and Harsh Realm with a limited edition set of printings, these reissues started in 2008. The label then took on a greater project by releasing a box set of highlights from The X-Files, Volume One which featured music high points from various episode in 2011, this limited edition did so well, that another box set was produced, the Volume two box set, which rounded out more favorites from various episodes in 2012. Volume three and four are the most recent editions.

The two most recent issues have been an extended release from Mark Snow’s score for The X-Files: Fight The Future feature from 1998, and a just released Volume two of music from Millennium. Mike Joffe, the project executive producer of several of these titles, characterized the labels concern about taking the gamble: “Millennium was the first Mark Snow project we did. We were not sure how it would be received because, let’s be honest, we’re talking about a show that had been off the air for almost a decade. As it happened, we had very strong sales on the first volume of Millennium, which encouraged us to begin developing the other projects. We tested the waters with Millennium and we were hoping it would be well received so we could try something more ambitious with The X-Files. We were happily surprised to discover as time passed that there was still a demand for more Millennium music. In the seven years between Volume 1 and Volume 2, we frequently got requests from fans who were eager for a second volume.”

In 2018, a third CD box set had been released and a fourth CD box set is in the works.

“I think there was also a growing section of the fans that became invested in the characters on the show, especially Mulder and Scully and whether they would get together and if so, would they be able to find some peace in the middle of the developing mythology of the show,” Mike says. “I’d like to think the fandom has grown and evolved over time as we’re talking about a show that ran for nine seasons. That’s nine years of television and nine years of new content, where each season offered opportunities for new fans to discover the show and get involved with the fandom. And when the show was off the air, The X-Files was one of the first shows to appear on DVD with each season in its entirety, allowing more new fans to binge watch each season without having to suffer through the commercials and the other torments older fans remember, such as the long stretch between seasons after the show would leave us with a great cliffhanger to chew on.”

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