Oscar winner Hans Zimmer teamed up for the first time with director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) to score the soundtrack to the upcoming Superman movie, Man of Steel. The two-disc Man Of Steel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will make its way to stores on June 11, 2013, three days before Warner Bros Pictures is releasing the film in theaters.
WaterTower Music will also be releasing a limited edition deluxe version which will be available the same day and will feature “a special embossed steel case, contain 24 score selections, and give fans the ability to access multiple videos showing an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the music.”
“The challenges of creating a Superman score are daunting because Superman is so iconographic,” stated Snyder. “I really feel like what Hans created is perfect. Subtle and stirring, epic and commanding. Honestly, Hans crushed it.”
Zimmer even put together a “drum orchestra” to contribute music to Man of Steel. Describing the drummers, soundtrack co-producer Peter Asher said it was “some of the best drummers in the world all playing simultaneously in a space designed for a symphony orchestra – using not only rock drum kits but tympani and field drums as well.”
Among the drummers involved in the orchestra are John JR Robinson, Jason Bonham, Josh Freese, Pharrell Williams, Danny Carey, Satnam Ramgotra, Toss Panos, Jim Keltner, Curt Bisquera, Trevor Lawrence Jr., Matt Chamberlain, Ryeland Allison, Bernie Dresel, Vinnie Colaiuta and Sheila E.
Man Of Steel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Track List
Disc 1 – Flight
1. Look to the Stars
2. Oil Rig
3. Sent here for a Reason
4. DNA
5. Goodbye My Son
6. If You Love These People
7. Krypton’s Last
8. Terraforming
9. Tornado
10. You Die or I Do
11. Launch
12. Ignition
13. I Will Find Him
14. This is Clark Kent
15. I Have So Many Questions
16. Flight
17. What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?
Disc 2 – Experiments from the Fortress of Solitude
1. Man of Steel (Hans’ Original Sketchbook)
2. Are You Listening, Clark? (Deluxe Edition Only)
3. General Zod (Deluxe Edition Only)
4. You Led Us Here (Deluxe Edition Only)
5. This Is Madness! (Deluxe Edition Only)
6. Earth (Deluxe Edition Only)
7. Arcade (Deluxe Edition Only)
