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Blu Man · 12-18-2008, 12:56 AM

These two songs are incredible. I like the first one best. What are you thoughts of what is arguably the best theme music ever?

Just listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k41Ed...eature=related

DC_Street · 12-18-2008, 01:12 AM

Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones to me are still the best movie themes ever composed...but Superman does give me chills, I will never be able to understand how someone can write music like that. John Williams is my all time favorite composer!

edit: I own the Superman Returns (newest one) soundtrack, wonderful score

plus I haven't even seen the movie, just saw a trailer for the movie, loved the music and thus bought the score

Blu Man · 12-18-2008, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DC_Street

Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones to me are still the best movie themes ever composed...but Superman does give me chills, I will never be able to understand how someone can write music like that. John Williams is my all time favorite composer!

edit: I own the Superman Returns (newest one) soundtrack, wonderful score

plus I haven't even seen the movie, just saw a trailer for the movie, loved the music and thus bought the score

See the movie. It's worth it.

Barbie-Shrimp · 12-18-2008, 01:23 AM

Does John Williams have black keys on his piano? What does he have against using anything but a C major scale? Has anyone else noticed that you can play all of his music using only the white keys?

DC_Street · 12-18-2008, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Barbie-Shrimp

Does John Williams have black keys on his piano? What does he have against using anything but a C major scale? Has anyone else noticed that you can play all of his music using only the white keys?

not Jurassic Park

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Originally Posted by Spartan54

See the movie. It's worth it.

I'm not really a Superman fan though and heard bad reviews about it

Blu Man · 12-18-2008, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DC_Street

not Jurassic Park

I'm not really a Superman fan though and heard bad reviews about it

Trust me, It's worth it. And don't tell anyone but...........................
i'll PM you the rest.

Septimus Prime · 12-18-2008, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Barbie-Shrimp

Does John Williams have black keys on his piano? What does he have against using anything but a C major scale? Has anyone else noticed that you can play all of his music using only the white keys?

No way. You need a violin to play his Schindler's List songs.

Sussudio · 12-18-2008, 01:43 AM

superman returns ruuuuuuuuuules

Blu Man · 12-18-2008, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DoYouBlu

superman returns ruuuuuuuuuules

True dat.

Moefiz · 12-18-2008, 02:21 AM

One of my all time favorite movie themes....gives me chills every time i listen to it.

jadedeath · 12-18-2008, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by DoYouBlu

superman returns ruuuuuuuuuules

"Rules" is such a subjective term.

If you were to say it 'rules the world' you'd be wrong.

If you were to say that it 'rules the Uwe Boll section of Blockbuster' then you'd be absolutely correct.

Logan

Sussudio · 12-18-2008, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jadedeath

"Rules" is such a subjective term.

If you were to say it 'rules the world' you'd be wrong.

If you were to say that it 'rules the Uwe Boll section of Blockbuster' then you'd be absolutely correct.

Logan

well in that case i choose the latter.

Sloan78 · 12-18-2008, 04:31 AM

Destruction of Krypton = Epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BStecke · 12-18-2008, 04:33 AM

One of the main reasons I paid a semi-premium for the lossless version of Superman Returns was for the score. I feel like every time I watch the film, though, I like it a little bit less. Still don't have a bad thing to say about Routh, though. I really hope they keep him.

jceperley · 12-18-2008, 04:40 AM

John Williams should really have come out of retirement to score Superman Returns, may have made it a bit better. John Ottman is a hack (what is he? a composer or an editor? cause he proves you can't be both).

BStecke · 12-18-2008, 04:43 AM

John Williams isn't retired. He just did Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

FendersRule · 12-18-2008, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Spartan54

See the movie. It's worth it.

That is, see the old one, and not the new one. The new one is a piece of crap in my opinion.

hanser · 12-18-2008, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Barbie-Shrimp

Does John Williams have black keys on his piano? What does he have against using anything but a C major scale? Has anyone else noticed that you can play all of his music using only the white keys?

This is plain wrong. John Williams writes some of the most harmonically complex music of all film composers. Some themes alone may be lacking chromatic notes, but if you look at the harmonization, there is a lot going on. And don´t let me start on all the chromatically intense scoring of action sequences etc. I have read the scores of a lot of his soundtracks.

borninusa · 12-18-2008, 12:46 PM

Hair stands up on my arms when I hear Supes music.

I never tire of it.

Clark Kent · 12-18-2008, 01:04 PM

The greatest theme music in movie history. For the complete original scores to all four of the original Superman movies on cd, check out the following boxset. It is awesome in its thoroughness. The book included details on every single selection and individual piece of music.

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=8874

12-18-2008, 12:56 AM	#1
Blu Man Banned Member since:Sep 2008 Location:United States Blu-ray collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:1	Superman Score These two songs are incredible. I like the first one best. What are you thoughts of what is arguably the best theme music ever? Just listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k41Ed...eature=related

12-18-2008, 01:12 AM	#2
DC_Street Power Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Denver, CO Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:43	Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones to me are still the best movie themes ever composed...but Superman does give me chills, I will never be able to understand how someone can write music like that. John Williams is my all time favorite composer! edit: I own the Superman Returns (newest one) soundtrack, wonderful score plus I haven't even seen the movie, just saw a trailer for the movie, loved the music and thus bought the score Last edited by DC_Street; 12-18-2008 at 01:17 AM.

12-18-2008, 01:04 PM	#20
Clark Kent Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Metropolis Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:184	The greatest theme music in movie history. For the complete original scores to all four of the original Superman movies on cd, check out the following boxset. It is awesome in its thoroughness. The book included details on every single selection and individual piece of music. http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=8874 Last edited by Clark Kent; 12-19-2008 at 12:43 AM.

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Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	One of my all time favorite movie themes....gives me chills every time i listen to it.

12-18-2008, 04:31 AM	#13
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12-18-2008, 04:33 AM	#14
BStecke Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007 4K collection:182 Blu-ray collection:567 DVD collection:1 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:6	One of the main reasons I paid a semi-premium for the lossless version of Superman Returns was for the score. I feel like every time I watch the film, though, I like it a little bit less. Still don't have a bad thing to say about Routh, though. I really hope they keep him.

12-18-2008, 04:40 AM	#15
jceperley Expert Member Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:vancouver, bc 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- iTunes collection:-	John Williams should really have come out of retirement to score Superman Returns, may have made it a bit better. John Ottman is a hack (what is he? a composer or an editor? cause he proves you can't be both).

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12-18-2008, 12:46 PM	#19
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