Superman Returns
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Composer: John OttmanConductor: Damon Intrabartolo
Orchestra: The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2006-06-27
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Main Titles
- Memories
- Rough Flight
- Little Secrets/Power Of The Sun
- Bank Job
- How Could YOU Leave Us?
- Tell Me Everything
- You?e Not One Of Them
- Not Like The Train Set
- So Long Superman
- The People You Care For
- I Wanted You To Know
- Saving The World
- IN THE HANDS OF MORTALS
- Reprise / Fly Away
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Free Music Review: Amazing...up to par with the original....
Hit: 5 Stars
With all honesty, I had never been a real fan of Ottman's works. His work always seemed to be centered around one major theme and then just a lot of noise. The only score I really liked by Ottman was Hide and Seek.
Needless to say, when I heard that Ottman was signed on to do Superman Returns I was freaked out. There was no way they were going to kill off Mr. Williams' theme (if they did, there went all hope for the score and the movie) and could he really adapt from it?
Quite simply..John Ottman blew me off my feet. Captured the heart and soul of the film and Superman himself. The choral work Ottman brought out was just simply incredible! The best thing about it, is Ottman didn't get nervous about pleasing the crowd by using the theme constantly, for tradition's sake or whatever, Ottman not only mustered up the guts to write for this film but also followed his musical instincts....and bravo! So many re-done films or sequels overdo the themes.
This is most definitely his finest film score and one of my absolute favorites. Full of excitement, sorrow, inspiration and heroism...all of the attributes a score needs to represent the Man of Steel.
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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 VincentelliStunning original score for the hotly anticipated Warner Bros. Pictures epic feature film Superman Returns.
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