Superman Returns
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John Williams's theme for 1978's Superman remains one of the most famous of the '70s, so it's both obvious and a little weird that it would feature so prominently in the score for Superman Returns: Why would director Bryan Singer and composer John Ottman so willfully compare themselves to the earlier movie? Not only does a turbocharged version of Williams's theme ("Main Titles") open the album, but the "Behind the Scenes: Superman Returns Score" featurette that's part of the CD's bonus enhanced section is all about the orchestra performing the 1978 theme. Ottman's own work thus has to unfold in the shadow projected by Williams, which is a bit unfair since, while the new score isn't revolutionary, it delivers all the pomp, triumph, and vaguely atmospheric choirs that are now de rigueur in Hollywood action films. Ottman, of course, is used to dealing with superheroes (he wrote the scores for X2: X-Men United and Fantastic Four ), but this time around he's had to reflect the essentially noble nature of his main character, and so he's come up with themes that reveal even more pomp, pathos, and atmospheric choirs than before. It's not what you'd call subtle, but it does the job. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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Album information
| Release Date (USA): | 2006-06-27 |
| Release Date (UK): | |
| Artist/s: | John Ottman |
| Label: | Rhino / Wea |
Track Listing
| 1 | Main Titles | |
| 2 | Memories | |
| 3 | Rough Flight | |
| 4 | Little Secrets/Power Of The Sun | |
| 5 | Bank Job | |
| 6 | How Could YOU Leave Us? | |
| 7 | Tell Me Everything | |
| 8 | You’e Not One Of Them | |
| 9 | Not Like The Train Set | |
| 10 | So Long Superman | |
| 11 | The People You Care For | |
| 12 | I Wanted You To Know | |
| 13 | Saving The World | |
| 14 | IN THE HANDS OF MORTALS | |
| 15 | Reprise / Fly Away |
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