SoundCast Ep. 62 - Man of Steel

Episode 62 - Man of Steel

Alex Billington (Firstshowing.net) and Tim Burden (Movie Magic) join Christopher Coleman to discuss the most divisive film of the year, MAN OF STEEL ... and it's original score by one of the more divisive composers in Hollywood, Hans Zimmer. 

Episode Highlights

00:43 - Welcome: Alex Billington, Tim Burden
08:44 - Our History of Superman (Donner, Returns, Smallville)
24:26 - Man of Steel - Spoiler movie reactions
61:53 - Man of Steel - The Divisiveness
70:18 - Man of Steel - The Score: before, during, after the movie
98:12 - Audio excerpt: Interview with Hans Zimmer
99:56 - Wrapping up: The Perfect Score and Gotta Love Hans

Music Selections

00:00 - "Flight" (Man of Steel) by Hans Zimmer
07:20 - "Prelude and Main Title" (Superman) by John Williams
17:06 - "Memories" (Superman Returns) by John Ottman
23:30 - "Look to the Stars" (Man of Steel) by Hans Zimmer
69:45 - "Terraforming" (Man of Steel) by Hans Zimmer
87:39 - "Why Do We Fall?" (The Dark Knight Rises) by Hans Zimmer
104:17 - "Look to the Stars" (Man of Steel) by Hans Zimmer

Other notes:

Alex Billington (Firstshowing.net)
Twitter: @firstshowing

Tim Burden (Movie Magic)
Twitter: @timjburden

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Man of Steel Soundtrack Limited Deluxe Edition - The Unboxing of Solitude

Ok...you yellow-sun-absorbing-weaklings, take a look with us as Christopher Coleman (@ccoleman) shares his unboxing of the MAN OF STEEL LIMITED EDITION SOUNDTRACK by HANS ZIMMER. Get an x-ray-good look at the packaging, liner notes, and two-disc release from Water Tower Records and then decide if you should invest in this physical-only release.

The music is from Water Tower Records release and no copyright infringement is intended but offered for informational purposes only.

TRACKS:

Track 01 - "Look to the Stars" (Disc 1) by By Hans Zimmer

Track 17 - "17 - What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World" (Disc 1) By Hans Zimmer

MAN OF STEEL (LIMITED DELUXE EDITION) SOUNDTRACK BY HANS ZIMMER

Original Release Date: 2013

Number of Discs: 2

Number of Tracks: 22

Label: Water Tower Records

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Superman and His Music - A Twitter Discussion

With the imminent return of Superman, via Zach Snyder's upcoming MAN OF STEEL, it's a sure bet JOHN WILLIAMS' original themes and scores for late-seventies, feature-film, iteration of Superman will be coming up in many forums and on countless social media platforms.  Add to this JOHN OTTMAN's exciting, recently released score for JACK THE GIANT SLAYER and his past connection to the Superman franchise (SUPERMAN RETURNS) and you get the following twitter conversation between Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound Radio), Christopher Coleman (Tracksounds), Dane Walker (Composer), Mark A. and Doug Adams (Author).

While some feel that JOHN OTTMAN could do more than a serviceable job scoring one of the upcoming STAR WARS films, not everyone agrees.  A large part of that disagreement comes from Ottman's treatment of Williams' well-known, well-loved, original themes for Superman.

Read through.  Judge for yourself.  And chime in!  Do you think John Ottman would make an acceptable choice to score one of the new Star War's films?  Did you enjoy his work for Superman Returns? ...

Man of Steel - Defender of Middle Earth

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, whether in front of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES or not, the Christopher Nolan produced, Zach Snyder directed, new, Superman-tale, THE MAN OF STEEL, has a teaser trailer. The visuals are compelling enough (I suppose), but, personally, I'm not looking forward to any shaky-cam-version of Superman. Aside from that, I don't yet find anything too offensive in the trail...oh wait.

 Does that music sound a bit familiar? Oh it most certainly should...but it was originally written for another earth...Middle Earth. That unforgettable solo soprano is none other than Howard Shore's "Lament for Gandalf" (THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING).

For most who view this trailer, it will be inconsequential, but some of you soundtrack-geniuses out there might find it a tad distracting.  Perhaps we can hold out hope for Princess Leia's theme in the full trailer down the road.

Does this seem like an odd pairing to you?  Does it distract or bother you?