Superman tunes up

Bryan Singer and composer John Ottman have just a bit of history together. He’s worked on almost everything the director has made except… anyone? Anyone? Class? That’s right – X-Men. And no, it wasn’t because of some spat between the friends. His place was taken by Michael Kamen because Ottman was a little busy directing and scoring Urban Legends: Final Cut. You can understand why he went back to composing after that…

But he’s most definitely been working on themes and a score for Singer’s latest, a little release known as Superman Returns. Taking their cue (yeah, we made a music gag – sue us) from John Williams’ ground-smashing original music for the Super-movies, Ottman and Singer have clearly shown due respect and kept the main tune intact. But Ottman has been allowed free reign to do his own thing during the movie itself.

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