Hans Zimmer Scoring The Man of Steel - Part 3

[AnneFan]

That's awesome, thanks. 'Look to the Stars' and 'Sent Here For a Reason'.

 

[BlackFox]

That's awesome, thanks. 'Look to the Stars' and 'Sent Here For a Reason'.

This

 

[TheIrishAvenger]

Terraforming is definitely my favorite track.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

^Mine too. And perhaps my favorite moment of the film. Superman using all his strength to fly up the beam while White stays behind and holds Jenny's hand to comfort her.

 

[747]

^Mine too. And perhaps my favorite moment of the film. Superman using all his strength to fly up the beam while White stays behind and holds Jenny's hand to comfort her.

Mine too.

 

[the last son]

The song with Superman and Zod fight in Metropolis is beautiful and my second favorite to Flight.

 

[dark_b]

^Mine too. And perhaps my favorite moment of the film. Superman using all his strength to fly up the beam while White stays behind and holds Jenny's hand to comfort her.

i agree. one of the best parts.

 

[BlackFox]

The soundtrack was great in this film, just a constant tone that was like a heartbeat.

 

[BlackFox]

Listening to it right now

 

[Gee]

Listened to the whole soundtrack again this morning while studying. The ending of General Zod...

 

[Uncanny1]

When Faora fight Superman in smallville what music is playing?

 

[titansupes]

When Faora fight Superman in smallville what music is playing?

Is it Arcade? Something like that, I think.

 

[JTStarkiller]

I just wanted to chime in and say that I'm completely addicted to Arcade. It's so freaking great. Probably my favorite theme from the score. Loved the Fate of Your Planet trailer and how well it was used there.

 

[mclay18]

I've tried giving Zimmer's score a fair shake. The suite arrangement in the third trailer is great, and I wanted more of that in the film and score (at least more of that Americana Zimmer promised but never delivered).

I hate repeating myself, but the reboot would've done just fine with a bold orchestral score that just didn't use Williams' themes. Shirley Walker and co. did that with Superman: The Animated Series to marvelous effect.

Even Zimmer's Lone Ranger score is miles better than MOS score. There was more care invested in it, and in the last few minutes... Zimmer incorporated the famous "William Tell's Overture" to marvelous effect. Now Verbinski and Bruckheimer could've avoided using that Overture for the same reasons, but they didn't.

Just frustrating all around.

 

[Uncanny1]

Is it Arcade? Something like that, I think.

Arcade and I Will Find Him sound like the same track? Arcade is not on the soundtrack I got from Target.

 

[AnneFan]

Terraforming is definitely my favorite track.

That is a good cue all round, especially its beginning and end. The 'shaking' sound which is associated with the terraforming beam is perfect.
Quite a lot of the score content is from the Krypton scenes.

DNA - Jor-El swims to the codex and flies around on his creature.
Goodbye My Son - When Jor-El kisses Kal and put's him in the rocket.
Launch - Zod and Jor-El battle as Lara prepares to launch Kal.
Ignition - Kal's rocket is sent off.
Krypton's Last - Lara watches the planet blow up and Kal speeds away.

Quality wise, MOS is on par with Hans' Batman scores for me. I appreciate what he brought to the table.

 

[Rowsdower!]

The score of this film is a big reason why I feel it trumps most or all of the superhero films that have come before it. "Flight," "What Are You Going to Do When You're Not Saving the World" and "Terraforming" are simply amazing pieces that I simply can't get enough of. I'd put this score up there with some of my all time favorite movie scores, like LOTR, Star Wars, and Superman '78. It's easily Hans Zimmer's best work.

I hate to knock The Avengers, but for all of the people out there who say it's SO much better than MOS... I didn't find any of the music from that film memorable. At all.

 

[JTStarkiller]

I agree with that Avengers statement. I thought the film was outstanding, but it was from the writing, acting, direction, action, etc., not really from the score. I don't really recall a single scene where the music added that extra bit of drama the way Man of Steel did.

When I think of Kal using every ounce of power to crash through the World Engine and Perry holding onto Jenny's hand, the score is the first thing that comes to mind.

 

[br0adband]

"Arcade" is the full theme of the movie, actually, not WAYGTDWYNSTW (as we've come to abbreviate it). Even in spite of that WAYGTDWYNSTW track being what more people are familiar with because it was featured in the trailers and has that lingering piano key intro, it's not what's most featured in the movie - the theme of "Arcade" is, in more scenes overall than WAYGTDWYNSTW.

Not sure why they chose to put variations of "Arcade" on the regular non-Deluxe edition of the soundtrack, however. The variations are what we hear mostly in the movie but "Arcade" is their foundation (no pun intended given how foundations in this movie are yet another theme of sorts).

And yeah, it's my fave track on the album (Deluxe). With the trailers blasting out WAYGTDWYNSTW for so long, I figured that would be the draw for me in listening, but since I got the Deluxe 2 CD set the day I saw the movie, it's definitely "Arcade" by a mile... followed by "This is Madness!!!"

 

[Milu]

This is barely related to the soundtrack, but as far as "Arcade" is concerned, an arcade can also be "a covered passageway with arches along one or both sides." At least, according to my Macbook dictionary.

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[Rowsdower!]

I agree with that Avengers statement. I thought the film was outstanding, but it was from the writing, acting, direction, action, etc., not really from the score. I don't really recall a single scene where the music added that extra bit of drama the way Man of Steel did.

When I think of Kal using every ounce of power to crash through the World Engine and Perry holding onto Jenny's hand, the score is the first thing that comes to mind.

Indeed, that was awesome. I almost jumped out of my seat and cheered during that scene. So inspiring, and the music was a key component.

 

[Jim-El]

I'm still listening to the soundtrack non-stop. Am I officially insane?

 

[Elevator Man]

I've tried giving Zimmer's score a fair shake. The suite arrangement in the third trailer is great, and I wanted more of that in the film and score (at least more of that Americana Zimmer promised but never delivered).

I hate repeating myself, but the reboot would've done just fine with a bold orchestral score that just didn't use Williams' themes. Shirley Walker and co. did that with Superman: The Animated Series to marvelous effect.

Even Zimmer's Lone Ranger score is miles better than MOS score. There was more care invested in it, and in the last few minutes... Zimmer incorporated the famous "William Tell's Overture" to marvelous effect. Now Verbinski and Bruckheimer could've avoided using that Overture for the same reasons, but they didn't.

Just frustrating all around.

I haven't heard any of the score for "The Lone Ranger" yet. Or seen the film, which looks like garbage, imo. It's basically POTC disguised as a Lone Ranger movie. Man, Depp is really selling out here. I've been curious about this score when Zimmer said in an AHA live chat that TLR was going to be "old fashioned". Going by what you and some others have said, who have heard the score. It seems like Mr. Zimmer is keeping his word for a change. The problem for me, when it comes to film scores, is I like looking at the movie first (to hear how the score sounds and works in context) before purchasing the score album. And I don't want to waste 2 1/2 hours of my life on this rubbish just to hear the score. I'm kind of in a predicament with this score.

And I agree it's frustrating that he's puts more effort on an outdated character in silly looking stinker of a movie, but couldn't do that for the "king daddy" of superheroes. Instead he goes the more generic route for MOS. I doubt the MOS score will be held the way Williams' STM score did and continues to do 35 years later. That's a shame b/c his score isn't even close, imo.

Oh and good for Zimmer for using the William Tell overture, but to be honest I never cared for the Lone Ranger in any medium period. I don't think I'd whine if he didn't use that famous overture, especially since the movie was trying to make him more relevant for today's audience. Besides he used Elfman's Simpsons theme for "The Simpsons Movie"and Schifrin's Mission Impossible theme in MI2. It kind of comes as no surprise that he would use it in some form.

I hate to knock The Avengers, but for all of the people out there who say it's SO much better than MOS... I didn't find any of the music from that film memorable. At all.

How you feel about The Avengers score perfectly sums up how I feel about Zimmer's MOS.

 

[Golgo-13]

Just got back from seeing it a second time. What the hell is the blazing score played when Zod and co are being imprisoned in the phantom zone?

 

[AnneFan]

I'm still listening to the soundtrack non-stop. Am I officially insane?

No.

Just got back from seeing it a second time. What the hell is the blazing score played when Zod and co are being imprisoned in the phantom zone?

'I Will Find Him'.