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Comments about the soundtrack for Superman Returns (John Ottman)

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Score on CD is flat!
• Posted by: Adam Lewis   <Send E-Mail>
• Date: Thursday, August 3, 2006, at 6:12 p.m.
• IP Address: d220-236-134-51.dsl.nsw.optusnet.com.au

I thought overall the music was very flat and many of the tracks - lifeless!

I did however think Ottman has created one of the most hummable (is that a word?) themes in recent memory though. The Lex Luthor music at the start of "Saving the World" I thought was great! I always listen to it to get me moving!

Overall i thought the score was much like the film - long, slow, with brief patches of interest - no wonder it hasn't done that well.

It all shows that Williams is still the supreme score master!

Adam







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