Expedientes Secretos X is the Spanish title used for The X-Files, the American science fiction series created by Chris Carter that premiered in 1993. Composed by Mark Snow, its whistling theme accompanied investigations by FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully into paranormal cases. The melody became so recognisable that it moved beyond television into trailers, parodies and online edits, where it now works as shorthand for aliens, government cover-ups and anything that seems too strange to explain.