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Superman: The Movie,The London Symphony Orchestra

- Superman: The Movie
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The London Symphony Orchestra
Released 1978

End Title
06:24
883 plays

The Flying Sequence/Can You Read My Mind
08:08
864 plays

The Trip to Earth
02:23
843 plays

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- 1
- Theme from Superman (Main Title)
- 04:24
- 20,326 plays

- 2
- The Planet Krypton
- 04:45
- 4,433 plays

- 3
- Destruction of Krypton
- 05:58
- 616 plays

- 4
- The Trip to Earth
- 02:23
- 843 plays

- 5
- Love Theme from Superman
- 05:00
- 1,423 plays

- 6
- Leaving Home
- 04:48
- 819 plays

- 7
- The Fortress of Solitude
- 08:29
- 816 plays

- 8
- The Flying Sequence/Can You Read My Mind
- 08:08
- 864 plays

- 9
- Super Rescues
- 03:24
- 533 plays

- 10
- Superfeats
- 05:00
- 425 plays

- 11
- The March of the Villains
- 03:33
- 622 plays

- 12
- Chasing Rockets
- 07:33
- 445 plays

- 13
- Turning Back the World
- 02:01
- 523 plays

- 14
- End Title
- 06:24
- 883 plays

album review

John Williams was the man of the moment in soundtrack music from 1977 onward, and Superman: The Movie was very much the culmination of his first wave of international renown. Casting aside his over-reliance on the works of Holst, Ravel, and Korngold, he delivered up a score that still -- 30-plus years later -- is lively, playful, mysterious, and, most of all, stylistically original and filled with unexpected touches that still surprise when heard as pure music. Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra by this time played like he was joined telepathically to the musicians, and also recognized just how closely and widely their work would be heard in the wake of the huge sales on the soundtracks from Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Thus, the playing here is impeccable, from the finely nuanced, brooding passages depicting the planet Krypton to the heroic theme associated with the title character. And they are a delight to hear, though much more so in the remastered and expanded double-CD edition from Rhino/Warner Archive, which improves the sound dramatically. There's still a lot that one will recognize from established composers, and that Williams even "steals" from himself, but he's got it all finely developed here in a more mature style that makes it worthwhile hearing more than once. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide