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The various film and theatre appearances of the Superman character have been accompanied by musical scores.

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Superman

The score for Superman, composed and conducted by John Williams, was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, with John Georgiadis as concertmaster. Recording took place on July 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14; September 9–11; October 6 (Irvine Arditti, concertmaster), 15, 24, 31 (Richard Studt, concertmaster), and November 4, 1978, at the Anvil Studios in Denham, Bucks, England. Source music was recorded on July 17. The recording engineer was Eric Tomlinson, assisted by Alan Snelling. Orchestrations were conducted by Herbert Spencer, Arthur Morton, Angela Morley and John Williams. The music editor was Bob Hathaway, assisted by Ken Ross.[ citation needed ]

Williams' "Superman Theme", which is first heard during the opening credits to the film Superman , has been reused (with varying arrangements) as the opening music for every Superman film except for Superman III, in which Ken Thorne employed a lighthearted, somewhat comical cue to represent 'the streets of Metropolis'. It is also referenced in Jerry Goldsmith's score to the 1984 film Supergirl during a scene in which the title character sees a poster of Superman. [1]

In the 2017 film, Justice League , Danny Elfman reused Williams' Superman theme, as well as his themes from Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns for the new incarnation of the character. Blake Neely, the composer for the Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths", incorporated the march theme and "Can You Read My Mind?" with Brandon Routh reprising his role as the Superman of Earth-96. [2]

In the 2022 film, Black Adam , a rendition of Williams' Superman theme (composed by Lorne Balfe) was heard in the mid-credit scene. According to actor Henry Cavill, he chose this theme over Hans Zimmer's Man of Steel theme because it is more recognizable to audiences.

Leitmotifs

Source music

A selection of existing songs were featured in Superman , not included on any version of the soundtrack albums, but readily available elsewhere:

Source music written for the film: A Hawaiian-themed cue called "Luthor's Luau", heard in the background in Lex Luthor's secret hideaway the day after Superman's debut around the city was composed by John Williams, who also wrote additional pieces of source music that were not used in the film. In some cases these were replaced by the existing songs listed above. Some of Williams' versions were used in the extended television broadcast versions of the film in place of these.

Concert suites

These are regularly performed in symphony and pops concerts, including those by composer John Williams, and have also been featured in re-recordings for various CD compilations.

Soundtrack releases

Warner Bros. Records

December 20, 1978: 2-LP set from Warner Bros. Records.

This album was released on CD in 1987 [4] and is still in print, but it is missing the tracks "Growing Up" and "Lex Luthor's Lair". The Japanese issue, which was released in 1990, presents the full program, but is out of print and rare.

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Theme from Superman (Main Title)"4:24
2."The Planet Krypton"4:45
3."Destruction of Krypton"5:58
4."The Trip to Earth"2:23
5."Growing Up"2:34
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Love Theme from Superman"5:00
2."Leaving Home"4:48
3."The Fortress of Solitude"8:29
Side 3
No.TitleLength
1."The Flying Sequence / Can You Read My Mind (vocal by Margot Kidder)"8:10
2."Super Rescues"3:24
3."Lex Luthor's Lair"2:52
4."Superfeats"5:00
Side 4
No.TitleLength
1."The March of the Villains"3:33
2."Chasing Rockets"7:33
3."Turning Back The World"2:01
4."End Title"6:24

Varèse Sarabande re-recording

1998: 2-CD set from Varèse Sarabande Records.

This release is a re-recording of Williams' score, conducted by John Debney and performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, including the first release of additional music from the film in any form. As detailed in the liner notes, the project was hampered when it was discovered that the existing scores and parts for the Superman: The Movie score had been lost. When extensive efforts to locate them failed, a team of orchestrators reconstructed the music from John Williams' 8-12 stave composer sketches; thus there are subtle differences which may be noted in a number of the cues when compared to their original counterparts.

The tempo of the cues in this re-recording are generally rather slower than in the original recording, possibly because the recording was made in the highly resonant acoustic of Glasgow City Hall.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Prologue & Main Title"5:31
2."The Planet Krypton"4:35
3."Destruction of Krypton"5:27
4."The Trip to Earth"2:38
5."Growing Up"2:05
6."Jonathan's Death"4:09
7."Leaving Home"4:46
8."The Fortress of Solitude"8:22
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Helicopter Rescue"6:16
2."The Penthouse"1:50
3."The Flying Sequence"4:16
4."The Truck Convoy"1:54
5."To The Lair"2:18
6."March of the Villains"3:56
7."Chasing Rockets"5:12
8."Pushing Boulders"2:24
9."Flying to Lois"2:58
10."Turning Back The World"2:01
11."The Prison Yard and End Title"6:27
12."Love Theme from Superman"5:01

Rhino Records

February 15, 2000: 2-CD set from Rhino Records.

This release combines the master for the original album with what were believed at the time to be the only surviving elements to reconstruct the full length of the original Williams recording. This release went out of print in 2005, but may still be available online through many internet music services.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Prologue and Main Title"5:29
2."The Planet Krypton"6:39
3."Destruction of Krypton"7:52
4."Star Ship Escapes"2:21
5."The Trip to Earth"2:28
6."Growing Up"2:34
7."Death of Jonathan Kent"3:27
8."Leaving Home"4:49
9."The Fortress of Solitude"9:17
10."Welcome to Metropolis"2:11
11."Lex Luthor's Lair"2:33
12."The Big Rescue"5:55
13."Super Crime Fighter"3:20
14."Super Rescues"2:14
15."Luthor's Luau" (source music)2:48
16."The Planet Krypton" (alternate)4:24
17."Main Title March" (alternate)4:38
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Superman March (" (alternate)3:48
2."The March of the Villains"3:36
3."The Terrace"1:36
4."The Flying Sequence"8:12
5."Lois and Clark"0:50
6."Crime of the Century"3:24
7."Sonic Greeting"2:21
8."Misguided Missiles and Kryptonite"3:26
9."Chasing Rockets"4:56
10."Super Feats"4:53
11."Super Dam and Finding Lois"5:11
12."Turning Back the World"2:06
13."Finale and End Title March"5:42
14."Love Theme from Superman"5:06
15."Can You Read My Mind" (alternate) (performed by Margot Kidder)2:56
16."The Flying Sequence / Can You Read My Mind" (album version) (performed by Margot Kidder)8:12
17."Can You Read My Mind" (alternate) (instrumental)2:56
18."Theme from Superman" (concert version)4:24

Film Score Monthly

February 29, 2008: part of Superman: The Music (1978-1988) 8-CD set from Film Score Monthly.

This release restores the complete score from newly discovered high quality original masters and includes previously unreleased material. Discs 1 and 2 of this 8 disc set present music from the film. Additional material is presented on disc 8.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Theme From Superman"4:23
2."Prelude and Main Title"5:02
3."The Planet Krypton"6:36
4."Destruction of Krypton"7:53
5."The Kryptonquake"2:24
6."The Trip to Earth"2:30
7."Growing Up"2:32
8."Jonathan's Death"3:23
9."Leaving Home"4:48
10."The Fortress of Solitude"9:18
11."The Mugger"2:07
12."Lex Luthor's Lair"4:48
13."Helicopter Sequence"5:55
14."The Burglar Sequence / Chasing Crooks"3:18
15."Super Rescues"2:16
16."The Penthouse"1:31
17."The Flying Sequence"8:10
18."Clark Loses His Nerve"0:46
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."The March of the Villains"3:35
2."The Truck Convoy / Miss Teschmacher Helps"3:24
3."To the Lair"2:18
4."Trajectory Malfunction / Luthor's Lethal Weapon"3:24
5."Chasing Rockets"4:57
6."Superfeats"4:54
7."Pushing Boulders / Flying to Lois"5:21
8."Turning Back the World"2:03
9."The Prison Yard / End Title"6:37
10."Love Theme from Superman"4:58
11."Prelude and Main Title (original version)"3:46
12."The Planet Krypton (alternate)"3:16
13."The Dome Opens (alternate)"2:30
14."The Mugger (alternate)"1:24
15."I Can Fly (Flying sequence segment)"2:01
16."Can You Read My Mind (film version)"3:02
17."Trajectory Malfunction (alternate)"1:01
18."Turning Back the World (alternate)"2:16
19."The Prison Yard / End Title (film version)"5:44
Disc 8
No.TitleLength
1."Prelude and Main Title (film version)"5:19
2."The Flying Sequence (album version)"8:11
3."Can You Read My Mind (original version)"2:51
4."Can You Read My Mind (non-vocal version)"3:02
5."Kansas High School (source)"1:56
6."Kansas Kids (source)"1:49
7."Lois Car Radio (source)"2:02
8."Luthor's Luau (source)"2:43

La-La Land

February 22, 2019: 3-CD set from La-La Land Records.

For the 40th anniversary of the film's release, La-La Land Records released this 3-CD version of the complete score. In the intervening years between the release of the Film Score Monthly 8-CD set and this release, the original 24-track tapes from the recording sessions had been found, with La-La Land Records using these tapes as the source of the remaster. The result is increased dynamic range compared to previous releases. In addition, a new alternate version of "The Fortress of Solitude" was included on Disc 2 and a reconstructed and remastered version of the original album on Disc 3.

Unlike the prior Rhino Records release, this version of the soundtrack did not include any of the source music cues. Those cues were made available in La-La Land Records' 2018 combined release of Superman II and III, on Disc 2.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Prelude and Main Title"5:06
2."The Planet Krypton and the Dome Opens"6:39
3."Destruction of Krypton (Extended Version)"7:57
4."The Kryptonquake"2:27
5."The Trip to Earth"2:33
6."The Crash Site"0:39
7."Growing Up"2:01
8."Jonathan's Death"3:28
9."Leaving Home"4:52
10."The Fortress of Solitude (Extended Version)"9:24
11."The Mugger"2:11
12."Lex Luthor's Lair (Extended Version)"4:56
13."The Helicopter Sequence"5:59
14."The Burglar Sequence and Chasing Crooks"3:21
15."Cat Rescue and Air Force One"2:18
16."The Penthouse"1:35
17."The Flying Sequence"8:14
18."Clark Loses His Nerve"0:51
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."The March of the Villains"3:39
2."The Truck Convoy Sequence"3:27
3."To the Lair"2:22
4."Trajectory Malfunction"1:21
5."Luthor's Lethal Weapon"2:15
6."Superman Rescued and Chasing Rockets"5:01
7."Golden Gate Bridge and the Rescue of Jimmy"4:57
8."Pushing Boulders and Flying to Lois"5:29
9."Turning Back the World"2:08
10."The Prison Yard and End Title"6:43
11."Love Theme from Superman"5:08
12."Prelude and Main Title (Alternate)"3:49
13."The Planet Krypton (Alternate Segment)"3:18
14."The Dome Opens (Alternate)"2:33
15."The Mugger (Alternate)"1:31
16."Prelude and Main Title (Film Version)"5:25
17."I Can Fly (Flying Sequence Alternate Segment)"2:15
18."Can You Read My Mind (Film Version)"3:07
19."Trajectory Malfunction (Alternate)"1:06
20."Turning Back the World (Extended Version)"2:22
21."The Prison Yard and End Title (Film Version)"5:48
Disc 3
No.TitleLength
1."Theme from Superman (Main Title)"4:29
2."The Planet Krypton"4:49
3."Destruction of Krypton"6:03
4."The Trip to Earth"2:28
5."Growing Up"1:59
6."Love Theme from Superman"5:04
7."Leaving Home"4:53
8."The Fortress of Solitude"8:34
9."The Flying Sequence / Can You Read My Mind"8:14
10."Super Rescues"3:31
11."Lex Luthor's Lair"2:37
12."Superfeats"5:07
13."The March of the Villains"3:40
14."Chasing Rockets"7:40
15."Turning Back The World"2:08
16."End Title"6:36
Disc 2 (Superman II/III)
No.TitleLength
6."Can You Read My Mind (Instrumental No. 1)"3:11
7."Sunday Meeting"1:30
8."Kansas High School"1:47
9."Kansas Kids"1:30
10."Late Night Country Music"0:53
11."Luthor's Luau"2:50
12."Lois' Pad"1:17
13."Desert Riff"0:23
14."Lois Car Radio"1:56
15."Kids on the Bus"1:31
16."Can You Read My Mind (Instrumental No. 2)"2:55

Superman II

The score was composed, conducted and orchestrated by Ken Thorne (from original material composed by John Williams). Because of budget restrictions, the score was recorded by an orchestra of contract players rather than the London Symphony Orchestra. Recording took place on March 25–27, 29; April 17, 18, 25; and May 2, 1980, at CTS Studios (The Music Centre) in Wembley, Middlesex, England. The recording engineer was John Richards, assisted by Tim Pennington and James Abramson, and the music editor was Bob Hathaway.[ citation needed ]

Leitmotifs

Composer/arranger Ken Thorne was mandated to reuse the first film's themes for Superman II . He based the music for the Kryptonian villains on the Williams material associated with Krypton and the Fortress of Solitude. He also added a descending three-note motif for the villains and a briefly heard ominous melody associated with General Zod.

Source music

Soundtrack releases

Warner Bros. Records

1980: Single LP from Warner Bros. Records.

This album and the original album for Superman III were combined for an out-of-print Japanese CD release.

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Preface"1:04
2."Main Title March"5:32
3."Lift Into Space / Release of the Villains"1:38
4."Lex Escapes"2:09
5."Honeymoon Hotel"3:16
6."Lex & Miss Teschmacher to Fortress"2:07
7."Clark Exposed as Superman"3:17
8."Lover Fly North"0:52
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Mother's Advice"1:56
2."TV. President Resigns / Clark to Fortress"2:48
3."Aerial Battle / Superman Save Spire"2:51
4."Sad Return"1:43
5."Ursa Flies Over the Moon"2:28
6."Clark Fumbles Rescue"2:11
7."End Title March"4:16

Film Score Monthly

February 29, 2008: part of Superman: The Music (1978-1988) 8-CD set from Film Score Monthly.

This release restores the complete score, which is presented on disc 3 of the 8 disc set, with additional music presented on disc 8.

Disc 3
No.TitleLength
1."Preface / Villains in Zone / Main Title March"8:18
2."Superman to Paris / Lois Climbs Tower"2:47
3."Walkie-Talkies / Gelignite Bangs / Superman Saves Lift"2:08
4."Lift Into Space / Releasing the Villains"1:32
5."Orange Juice / Prison Intro / My Little Black Box"1:48
6."Ursa Flies Over Moon / Spacecraft Wrecked / Moon to Earth"4:04
7."Lex Escapes"2:03
8."Sleeping Arrangements / Relaxing at Niagara / Looks Familiar / Superman Saves Boy"3:31
9."Lex and Miss Teschmacher to Fortress / Lex Plans Partnership"2:35
10."Suspecting Lois Takes the Plunge / Clark Fumbles Rescue / Villains Land by Lake"3:33
11."Clark Exposed as Superman"3:11
12."Sheriff and Duane Meet Villains / Lovers Fly North"2:21
13."Daddy's Rise and Fall / Flight for Flowers / East Houston Battle"3:03
14."Lovers at Dinner Table / Zod Meets General"1:35
15."Mother's Advice"1:49
16."To Bed / Mount Rushmore / Sweet Dreams"1:32
17."President Kneels Before Zod"1:53
18."Fight in Diner"1:04
19."TV President Resigns / Clark to Fortress"2:42
20."Return of the Green Crystal / Bored Zod"2:16
21."Non Wrecks Office"1:27
22."Aerial Battle / Zod Throws Slab / Superman Saves Spire"4:49
23."Superman Saves Petrol Tanker / Superman Fights Zod / Superman Flies Off"4:29
24."Villains Take Lex and Lois to Fortress / School Games"3:11
25."Superman Pulls Big Switch / Superman Triumphs Over Villains"1:56
26."Sad Return"1:38
27."Lois Forgets"1:46
28."Happy Lois Back to Normal / Superman Replaces Stars and Stripes / End Title March"5:34
Disc 8
No.TitleLength
9."Honeymoon Hotel"3:11
10."Country & Western"2:07
11."East Houston Café"2:13
12."Car Radio for Ride Back"0:56
13."Diner Jukebox #1"2:14
14."Diner Jukebox #2"2:16

La-La Land Records

October 30, 2018: 3-CD set from La-La Land Records.

This release is presented on discs 1 and 2 of this 3-disc set, with source music from Superman, Superman II and Superman III filling the rest of disc 2, and the score for Superman III on disc 3.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Preface / Villains in the Zone / Main Title March"8:23
2."Superman to Paris / Lois Climbs Tower"2:49
3."Walkie Talkies / Gelignite Bangs / Superman Saves Lift"2:10
4."Lift Into Space - Releasing the Villains"1:36
5."Orange Juice / Prison Intro / My Little Black Box"1:51
6."Ursa Flies Over Moon / Spacecraft Wrecked / Moon to Earth"4:05
7."Lex Escapes"2:07
8."Sleeping Arrangements /Relaxing at Niagara/ Looks Familiar/ Superman Saves Boy"3:33
9."Lex and Miss Teschmacher to Fortress / Lex Plans Partnership"2:39
10."Suspecting Lois Takes the Plunge / Clark Fumbles Rescue / Villains Land by Lake"3:37
11."Clark Exposed as Superman"3:13
12."Sheriff and Duane Meet Villains / Lovers Fly North"2:24
13."Daddy's Rise and Fall / Flight for Flowers / East Houston Battle"3:06
14."Lovers at Dinner Table / Zod Meets General"1:38
15."Mother's Advice"1:52
16."To Bed - Mt. Rushmore - Sweet Dreams"1:35
17."President Kneels Before Zod"1:55
18."Fight in Diner"1:06
19."TV President Resigns - Clark to Fortress"2:44
20."Return of the Green Crystal / Bored Zod"2:19
21."Non Wrecks Office"1:30
22."Aerial Battle / Zod Throws Slab / Superman Saves Spire"4:52
23."Superman Saves Petrol Tanker / Superman Battles Zod / Superman Flies Off"4:31
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Villains Take Lex and Lois to Fortress / School Games"3:14
2."Superman Pulls Big Switch / Superman Triumphs Over Villains"1:59
3."Sad Return"1:41
4."Lois Forgets"1:49
5."Happy Lois Back to Normal/Superman Replaces Stars and Stripes/ End Title March"5:38
Disc 2 (Source Music)
No.TitleLength
17."Honeymoon Hotel"3:17
18."Country & Western"2:12
19."East Houston Café"2:16
20."Car Radio for Ride Back"1:00
21."Diner Jukebox No. 1"2:19
22."Diner Jukebox No. 2"2:20

Superman III

The score was composed, conducted and orchestrated by Ken Thorne (with original Superman themes by John Williams). Recording took place on February 14–16; March 7–9 and 18, 1983 at CTS Studios (The Music Centre) in Wembley, Middlesex, England. The recording engineer was John Richards and the music editor was Bob Hathaway.[ citation needed ]

Leitmotifs

Ken Thorne was given a freer hand in the scoring of Superman III in accordance with the series' change in direction and more comedic tone. His new thematic material consisted of related themes for Gus Gorman and a general theme for computers, plus an ominous "Supercomputer" theme heard in the latter part of the score. Thorne also supplied a love theme for Lana Lang and Clark Kent, based on a melody written for the film by Giorgio Moroder. Lois Lane's theme is not present in the score because she only appears in the film briefly.

Source music

Soundtrack releases

Warner Bros. Records

1983: LP from Warner Bros. Records.

Superman III was the first of the films to have a score and song soundtrack combined on the same release, a common trend in the mid-1980s. Side A presented 19 minutes of Ken Thorne's score, while Side B contained music composed and produced by pop mogul Giorgio Moroder. These included three sung versions (with lyrics by Keith Forsey) of songs heard as source music in the film, plus Moroder's love theme for Clark Kent and Lana Lang (used by Thorne as the basis for his own theme), and ending with a completely synthesized version of the Superman II main title march.

This album and the original album for Superman II were combined for an out-of-print Japanese CD release.

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Main Title"5:23
2."Saving the Factory / The Acid Test"6:09
3."Gus Finds a Way"0:59
4."The Two Faces of Superman"2:50
5."The Struggle Within / Finale"4:16
Side 2
No.TitleProducerLength
1."Rock On - Marshall Crenshaw"Giorgio Moroder3:35
2."No See, No Cry - Chaka Khan"Giorgio Moroder3:18
3."They Won't Get Me - Roger Miller"Giorgio Moroder3:20
4."Love Theme - Helen St. John"Giorgio Moroder3:14
5."Main Title March"Giorgio Moroder4:20

Film Score Monthly

February 29, 2008: part of Superman: The Music (1978-1988) 8-CD set from Film Score Monthly.

This release restores the complete score, which is presented on disc 4 of the 8 disc set, with additional music presented on disc 8.

Disc 4
No.TitleLength
1."Main Title (The Streets of Metropolis)"5:27
2."Gus on Computer After the Cents"1:06
3."Saving the Factory / The Acid Test"6:11
4."Pay day for Gus / School Gym - Earth Angel / Vulcan"1:37
5."Lana and Clark in Cornfield / Clark Rescues Ricky"2:27
6."Gus Shows the Booze / Gus Finds a Way"1:20
7."Montage"3:10
8."Colombian Storm"1:30
9."Kryptonite / Gus Down Building / Searching for Kryptonite"2:16
10."Lana and Clark on Telephone / Kryptonite Sting / Superman Affected by Kryptonite / Superman Too Late"1:48
11."Tower of Pisa / What Will It Do for Me"1:58
12."Superman and Lorelei on Statue / Superman Ruins Tanker"2:19
13."Boxes in Canyon / Drunken Superman"3:22
14."The Two Faces of Superman"2:52
15."The Struggle Within"2:27
16."The Final Victory"2:15
17."Preparing Balloons / Superman Coming / Computer"3:02
18."Rockets / Video Games / Big Missile"3:11
19."Superman Confronts Ross / Computer Takes Over / Gus Fights Ross"2:13
20."The Computer Comes Alive / Superman Leaves Computer Cave"2:32
21."Metal Vera / Computer Blows Up"2:55
22."Gus Flying With Superman"1:19
23."Diamond Sting / Thank You Superman / Superman Gus / Clark Gives Lana Diamond Ring"1:40
24."End Credits"4:28
Disc 8
No.TitleProducerLength
15."Main Title (The Streets of Metropolis) (alternate)" 5:26
16."Pay Day For Gus (alternate)" 0:40
17."Colombian Storm Part 1" 1:05
18."Olympic Parade" 0:25
19."Après Ski" 1:04
20."Rock On - Marshall Crenshaw"Giorgio Moroder3:35
21."No See, No Cry - Chaka Khan"Giorgio Moroder3:18
22."They Won't Get Me - Roger Miller"Giorgio Moroder3:20
23."Love Theme - Helen St. John"Giorgio Moroder3:14
24."Main Title March"Giorgio Moroder4:20

La-La Land Records

October 30, 2018: 3-CD set from La-La Land Records.

This release is presented on disc 3 of this 3-disc set, with the score for Superman II on discs 1 and 2 and source music from Superman, Superman II and Superman III filling the rest of disc 2.

Disc 2 (Source Music)
No.TitleProducerLength
23."Colombian Storm Part 1" 1:05
24."Olympic Parade" 0:25
25."Après Ski" 1:04
26."Rock On - Marshall Crenshaw"Giorgio Moroder3:35
27."No See, No Cry - Chaka Khan"Giorgio Moroder3:18
28."They Won't Get Me - Roger Miller"Giorgio Moroder3:20
29."Love Theme - Helen St. John"Giorgio Moroder3:14
30."Main Title March"Giorgio Moroder4:20
Disc 3
No.TitleLength
1."Main Title (The Streets of Metropolis)"5:31
2."Gus on Computer After the Cents"1:08
3."Saving the Factory - The Acid Test"6:15
4."Payday for Gus / School Gym - Earth Angel / Vulcan"1:39
5."Lana and Clark in Cornfield / Clark Rescues Ricky"2:29
6."Gus Shows the Booze / Gus Finds a Way"1:21
7."Montage"3:12
8."Colombian Storm"1:32
9."Kryptonite / Gus Down Building / Searching for Kryptonite"2:18
10."Lana and Clark on Telephone / Kryptonite Sting / Superman Affected by Kryptonite / Superman Too Late"1:50
11."Tower of Pisa / What Will It Do for Me"2:00
12."Superman and Lorelei on Statue / Superman Ruins Tanker"2:22
13."Boxes in Canyon / Drunken Superman"3:24
14."The Two Faces of Superman"2:54
15."The Struggle Within"2:29
16."The Final Victory"2:19
17."Preparing Balloons / Superman Coming / Computer"3:04
18."Rockets / Video Games / Big Missile"3:15
19."Superman Confronts Ross / Computer Takes Over / Gus Fights Ross"2:16
20."The Computer Comes Alive / Superman Leaves Computer Cave"2:35
21."Metal Vera / Computer Blows Up"2:57
22."Gus Flying With Superman"1:22
23."Diamond Sting / Thank You Superman / Superman Gus / Clark Gives Lana Diamond Ring"1:43
24."End Credits"4:29
25."Pay Day for Gus [Alternate]"0:49
26."Main Title (The Streets of Metropolis) [Alternate]"5:29

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

The score was adapted and conducted by Alexander Courage (from music by John Williams). Recording took place from May 11–18, 1987 at the Bavaria Studios in Munich, Germany, performed by Symphony-Orchestra Graunke. Recording engineer was Peter Kramper. Additional recording took place May 23 – June 2, 1987, at CTS Studios (The Music Centre) in Wembley, Middlesex, England, performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Recording engineer was Dick Lewzey, assisted by Steve Price and Jonathan Ruttley. Orchestrations were by Frank Barber and Harry Roberts, and the music editor was Bob Hathaway. Jack Fishman was musical advisor. Songs by Paul Fishman were recorded in September 1986 in Hampstead, London, England.[ citation needed ]

Leitmotifs

John Williams composed three new themes for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace , attaching to three new characters.

Alexander Courage adapted Williams' themes for the film, integrating the three new ones with all of the existing themes from Superman. He also supplied two new themes of his own: a "missile" motif for when nuclear arms are shown or discussed, and a "Russian" motif, a minor mode march used when Soviets and their weapons appear.

Source music

Soundtrack releases

Film Score Monthly

February 29, 2008: part of Superman: The Music (1978-1988) 8-CD set from Film Score Monthly.

Alexander Courage completed a 100-minute score for a version of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace that ran over two hours. As a result of negative audience response to the preview, the picture was cut down to a length of 89 minutes for U.S. release. At the urging of visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw, two action scenes were reinstated for the international version, which ran 92 minutes and was later shown on U.S. television. As a result of this cutting of running time, much of the music was not heard and "Jeremy's Theme" in particular was virtually undetectable in the final version.

Although an album release for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace was produced in 1987, it was aborted when the film was shortened. As with Superman III , it was to contain several songs (by Paul Fishman of Re-Flex) and a small sampling of the score by Alexander Courage (adapting John Williams' themes). In 2008, the 8-CD box set Superman: The Music (1978-1988) premiered the entire score for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as composed for the long version of the film. Also included were all of Paul Fishman's songs created for the deleted Metro Club disco and other scenes in the film. Tracks in italics were intended to be released on the cancelled soundtrack album (Jerry Lee Lewis's "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On", heard in the film, would also have been included).

La-La Land Records re-released the complete soundtrack, with identical track listing, in 2018 as a stand-alone 2-CD set.

Disc 5
No.TitleLength
1."Fanfare / Space Saver"1:48
2."Main Title / Back in Time"5:40
3."Pow! / Good Morning"2:45
4."Smoke the Yokes / Nefarious"1:04
5."To Work / Train Stopper"2:06
6."Someone Like You (Lacy's Theme)"3:17
7."Jeremy's Theme"2:13
8."For Real / The Class"1:43
9."Hair Raisers"0:59
10."Lacy / The Visit"2:27
11."First Nuclear Man"5:24
12."Nuke 1 Fight / Ashes"3:45
13."Headline"2:48
14."Fresh Air"4:33
15."United Nations / Net Man"4:42
16."Sunstroke / Enter Nuclear Man 2"5:25
17."Flight To Earth / Introducing Nuclear Man 2"3:27
18."Lacy (disco version)"2:13
19."Lacy's Place"5:23
20."Ear Ache / Confrontation / Tornado"8:09
21."Volcano"2:18
22."Statue of Liberty Fight"3:44
Disc 6
No.TitleProducerLength
1."Nuclear Man Theme" 2:48
2."Down With Flu" 3:12
3."Two-Faced Lex / Missile Buildup" 1:39
4."Persuader / Awakened" 3:13
5."Abducted / Mutual Distrust" 4:43
6."Metropolis Fight / Lift to the Moon" 3:36
7."Moon Fight / Goodbye Nuke" 5:06
8."Come Uppance / Lifted / Quarried / Flying With Jeremy / End Credits" 9:34
9."Fresh Air (album version)" 4:35
10."Someone Like You (Lacy's Theme) (slow version)" 3:33
11."Red Square Band" 0:52
12."Superfly Guy"Phil Fishman4:11
13."Headphone Heaven"Phil Fishman3:23
14."Revolution Now"Phil Fishman4:26
15."Saxy Sadie"Phil Fishman4:47
16."Krypton Nights"Phil Fishman4:44
17."Life's Too Dangerous"Phil Fishman3:14
18."Workout"Phil Fishman2:27
19."Lois Love"Phil Fishman4:56

Superman Returns

The score was composed by John Ottman. Director Bryan Singer originally wanted John Williams to score the film, but Williams declined due to working on Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith at the time; he had also turned down an offer to score Richard Donner's version of Superman II for the same reason.

Soundtrack releases

Standard edition

The tracks appear out of order compared to how they appear in the movie. This was done by Ottman for listening purposes.

No.TitleLength
1."Main Titles"3:49
2."Memories"3:07
3."Rough Flight"5:13
4."Little Secrets/Power of the Sun"2:49
5."Bank Job"2:21
6."How Could You Leave Us?"5:49
7."Tell Me Everything"3:13
8."You're Not One of Them"2:22
9."Not Like The Train Set"5:12
10."So Long Superman"5:31
11."The People Care For"3:27
12."I Wanted You to Know"2:56
13."Saving The World"3:12
14."In The Hands of Mortals"2:11
15."Reprise/Fly Away"4:15

Man of Steel

Director Zack Snyder's 2013 reboot of the series, Man of Steel , is scored by Hans Zimmer, and is the first Superman film not to use any of Williams' themes.

Soundtrack releases

Standard edition

June 11, 2013: on CD from WaterTower Music.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Look to the Stars"2:58
2."Oil Rig"1:45
3."Sent Here for a Reason"3:46
4."DNA"3:34
5."Goodbye My Son"2:01
6."If You Love These People"3:22
7."Krypton's Last"1:58
8."Terraforming"9:49
9."Tornado"2:53
10."You Die or I Do"3:13
11."Launch"2:36
12."Ignition"1:19
13."I Will Find Him"2:57
14."This Is Clark Kent"3:47
15."I Have So Many Questions"3:47
16."Flight"4:18
17."What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?"5:27

Deluxe edition

The deluxe edition includes all the tracks in the standard edition, as well as the tracks shown here. The digital version of the deluxe edition lists the track "What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?" as the first track of the second disc rather than the last track of the first disc.

Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Man of Steel (Hans' Original Sketchbook)"28:16
2."Are You Listening, Clark?"2:48
3."General Zod"7:21
4."You Led Us Here"2:59
5."This Is Madness!"3:48
6."Earth"6:11
7."Arcade"7:25
Music appearing in the film and not included on the soundtrack
#TitlePerformer(s)
1"Ring of Fire" Allison Crowe
2"Seasons" Chris Cornell
3"The Long Walk" Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

Soundtrack releases

Standard edition

March 18, 2016: on CD from WaterTower Music.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Beautiful Lie"3:47
2."Their War Here"4:34
3."The Red Capes Are Coming"3:32
4."Day of the Dead"4:01
5."Must There Be a Superman?"3:58
6."New Rules"4:02
7."Do You Bleed?"4:36
8."Problems Up Here"4:25
9."Black and Blue"8:30
10."Tuesday"4:00
11."Is She with You?"5:46
12."This Is My World"6:23
13."Men Are Still Good (The Batman Suite)"14:03

Deluxe edition

The deluxe edition includes all the tracks in the standard edition, as well as the tracks shown here. Many tracks featured in the film were not released with the official soundtrack in March 2016. These tracks were later released in the film's complete score nearly two years later, on March 6, 2018.

Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Blood of My Blood"4:25
2."Vigilante"3:53
3."May I Help You, Mr. Wayne?"3:27
4."They Were Hunters"2:45
5."Fight Night"4:20

Source music not included on the soundtrack

#TitlePerformer(s)
1"Night and Day" Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine
2"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine
3"Shostakovich: Waltz II" Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Superman: The Ultimate Collection

All of the above (as well as some TV and film themes) were recorded by a modern orchestra and released on a 1999 CD called Superman: The Ultimate Collection, released by Varèse Sarabande Records.

Disc 1
No.TitleComposerLength
1."The Adventures of Superman (from Adventures of Superman )"Leon Klatzkin1:23
2."Main Title (from Superman: The Movie )"John Williams4:33
3."The Trip To Earth (from Superman: The Movie)"John Williams2:45
4."Leaving Home (from Superman: The Movie)"John Williams3:56
5."Superfeats (from Superman: The Movie)"John Williams3:21
6."Love Theme (from Superman: The Movie)"John Williams5:37
7."The Columbia Serial (from Superman: The Columbia Serial )"Mischa Bakaleinakoff1:01
8."It's Superman (from It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman )"Charles Strouse and Lee Adams3:03
9."Fanfare and Clark Kent Screws Up (from Superman II )"John Williams & Ken Thorne3:36
10."Love Theme and Flying (from Superman II)"John Williams & Ken Thorne3:27
11."Phantasmagoria (from "On Themes From It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman")"Charles Strouse and Lee Adams5:38
12."Honeymoon Hotel (from Superman II)"Ken Thorne3:30
13."March of the Villains (from Superman: The Movie)"John Williams3:41
14."Main Title (from Supergirl )"Jerry Goldsmith2:46
15."Main Title (The Streets of Metropolis) (from Superman III )"Ken Thorne & John Williams5:22
16."The Max Fleischer Cartoon (from Superman )"Sammy Timberg1:36

Adventures of Superman: The Original 1950s TV Series

The TV theme for the 1950s series Adventures of Superman , starring George Reeves, had the unusual lead-in of a harp playing a kind of stringed "drumroll" as the camera moved through space, segueing into a dramatic brass triad accompanied by cymbals, drums, etc., at the moment when a shooting star explodes on the screen and the title card appears. A variation on the classic "Faster than a speeding bullet..." was rendered by deep-voiced actor Bill Kennedy. Three of the main characters from the show utter the famous lines "Look, up in the sky!", "It's a bird!", "It's a plane!". They are actors Robert Shayne, who played Inspector Henderson, George Reeves himself and Phyllis Coates who played the first Lois Lane. The actors just happened to be in the studio when the recording was being made.

The opening and closing theme, as well as a number of recurring underscore themes from the first season (the "Phyllis Coates episodes"), were released in 2000 on the CD Adventures of Superman: The Original 1950s TV Series from Varèse Sarabande Records. The liner notes make the point that although series musical arranger Leon Klatzkin is conventionally credited with composing the theme, that credit is in some doubt. The use of the Superman theme in the show became ingrained in viewers' minds because the same section of music was played nearly every time the scene cut to Superman flying. The episodes themselves were tracked with existing "library music". One particularly notable instance was a cue called "Tumult and Commotion", extracted from Miklos Rozsa's "Theme, Variations, and Finale", Op. 13, from 1933. Rozsa was one of Hollywood's leading composers during the 1950s, but he had no involvement in this repurposing of his music.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Superman Main Title"0:58
2."The Slap"1:50
3."Violin Scream"1:17
4."Brawl"4:23
5."Tympani Beat Tension"2:14
6."Delirium"1:30
7."Build To Sting"0:28
8."The Skeleton"2:33
9."Last Reel Fight"2:57
10."Creeping Misterioso"1:27
11."Murder Will Out"2:18
12."Spectral Thumps"1:59
13."Mounting Drama"0:55
14."The Fight"1:38
15."Hit And Run!"1:17
16."A Nightmare"1:33
17."Quiet Tension"1:32
18."Spreading Misterioso"4:18
19."Blood and Thunder / Just In Time"2:29
20."Beating Heart"4:20
21."The Battle"2:26
22."The Monkey Mystery Suite: Brutal Regiment"0:46
23."The Monkey Mystery Suite: Moleska's Plight"2:11
24."The Monkey Mystery Suite: Tender Secret"1:41
25."The Monkey Mystery Suite: Cue For String Orchestra"1:42
26."The Monkey Mystery Suite: Tragic Tension"1:41
27."The Monkey Mystery Suite: June Waltz"1:41
28."The Monkey Mystery Suite: La Tango"2:02
29."Superman On Earth Suite: Smallville Pastorale"1:40
30."Superman On Earth Suite: Years Go By"1:51
31."Superman On Earth Suite: He Was A Good Father"2:24
32."Superman On Earth Suite: A Mother's Farewell"0:39
33."Superman On Earth Suite: Shadows on the Wall"2:45
34."Superman On Earth Suite: Revenge!"2:23
35."Superman On Earth Suite: Superman End (long version)"1:07

Superman (1988 animated series)

The 1988 animated series from Ruby-Spears was scored by Ron Jones. Its main titles opened with the John Williams theme from the Christopher Reeve films, then segueing into a similarly-styled original theme by Jones which was used as the primary Superman leitmotif in the episodes' underscores. This short-lived series (13 episodes) was distinctive for its "Superman's Family Album" vignettes, which each presented an event from some point during Clark Kent's Smallville upbringing. For these mini episodes, Jones continued to follow Williams' lead by employing a Coplandesque Americana sound.

Jones' music for this series was released in its entirety on its own CD as part of the 8-disc collection Superman: The Music (1978-1988), issued by Film Score Monthly in 2008.

Disc 7
No.TitleLength
1."Main Title"1:10
2."Destroy The Defendroids: Drone / Blown Drone"2:13
3."Destroy The Defendroids: Talk With Lex"2:31
4."Destroy The Defendroids: Trouble in the Park / Fire Rescues"3:23
5."Destroy The Defendroids: Supe Quits / Fake Quake"2:22
6."Destroy The Defendroids: Saved From Lava / Plans"2:19
7."Destroy The Defendroids: Super Defendroid / Operation Nugget"2:42
8."Destroy The Defendroids: Droid Wars / Warning"3:28
9."Destroy The Defendroids: Superman's Family Album - The Adoption"4:27
10."Main Title Alternate"1:09
11."Fugitive From Space: Alien Discovery"2:02
12."Fugitive From Space: The Suit"1:37
13."Fugitive From Space: Daily Planet Mystery Play-On / Jimmy And Chief"1:15
14."Fugitive From Space: Kyroni Encounter"2:23
15."Fugitive From Space: The Planting / Ship's Log"2:17
16."Fugitive From Space: Something's Up #2 / Bad Guy Dialogue #1"1:29
17."Fugitive From Space: Trouble In Metropolis"0:51
18."Fugitive From Space: Aliens Take Over The World"2:10
19."Fugitive From Space: Superman's Family Album - The Supermarket"3:58
20."Superman Theme"1:05
21."By The Skin of the Dragon's Teeth: China Play-On / Nukua's Theme"1:27
22."By The Skin of the Dragon's Teeth: Saboteur"1:37
23."By The Skin of the Dragon's Teeth: Transition #3 / Bad Guy Dialogue #6 / Dragon's Treasure"1:24
24."Triple Play: Prankster's Theme / Game Montage / No Baseball"3:49
25."Cybron Strikes: Superman's Family Album - The First Day of School"4:38
26."Library Suite #1"4:55
27."Library Suite #2"3:22
28."Aliens Take Over The World (Alternate #1 - Orchestra Only)"2:08
29."Library Suite #3"2:44
30."Library Suite #4"2:03
31."Library Suite #5"1:53
32."Aliens Take Over The World (Alternate #2 - Strings / Synth Only)"1:28
33."Library Suite #6"1:34
34."Library Suite #7"0:36
35."End Title"0:27

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