Music Album Review: 'Superman: The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'
On February 15, 2000, Warner Bros. Records and Rhino Entertainment released Superman: The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, a 35-track, 2-CD album that presents the complete score composed and conducted by John Williams for Richard Donner's 1978 epic comic book film. Produced by Nick Redman and Michael Matessino, the album presents the music as it was heard in the movie, and (as in other Redman-Matessino expansions of classic Williams scores for Raiders of the Lost Ark and the original Star Wars Trilogy) gives film score fans a treasure trove of previously unreleased material (such as the movie version of the Main Title March, which was not included in Warner Records' 1978 2-LP album) "source" cues (music that is heard "in-movie" by characters), alternate versions of the Main Title March, The Planet Krypton, and Can You Read My Mind (which is Maestro Williams' Love Theme From Superman combined with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse). As soun...