SUPERMAN Motion Poster Sees The Man Of Steel Take Flight And Features A VERY Familiar Theme Song

SUPERMAN Motion Poster Sees The Man Of Steel Take Flight And Features A VERY Familiar Theme Song

It's time to look up because Warner Bros. and DC Studios have released the first poster for Superman, and it's accompanied by a new take on a classic piece of music. You will believe that a man can fly...

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By JoshWilding - Dec 16, 2024 08:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman

Speculation about when we'll see the first Superman trailer has been running wild on social media for months now. However, this week at last looks set to be all about the Man of Tomorrow as the first poster for the movie has just been released by DC Studios. 

Shared as both a motion poster and traditional one-sheet, it shows David Corenswet's Superman taking flight surrounded by similar colours to those used on posters for 1978's Superman: The Movie. 

Likely confirming that classic blockbuster will be a key source of inspiration for filmmaker James Gunn is the fact that we hear a reimagined version of John Williams' classic theme for this contemporary take on the iconic superhero. 

It's unclear whether this is John Muphy's main theme for Superman in the reboot but it's hard to imagine anyone having an issue with that being used when it's become so synonymous with the character. 

It was previously used in the Smallville finale and Superman Returns, with the latter serving as a follow-up to Richard Donner's beloved classics.

Check out the first Superman poster below and stay tuned for more on the trailer as we have it. 

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Superman tells the story of Superman's journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent of Smallville, Kansas. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way, guided by human kindness in a world that sees kindness as old-fashioned.

David Corenswet is playing the Man of Steel, while Rachel Brosnahan has been tapped to star as Lois Lane.

The cast includes Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, and Gabriela de Faría as The Engineer.

Supporting characters include Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, Wendell Pierce as Perry White, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Pruitt Taylor Vince as Pa Kent, Neva Howell as Ma Kent, Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard, Mikaela Hoover as Cat Grant, Christopher MacDonald as Ron Troupe, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, and Milly Alcock as Supergirl.

Superman is currently set to be released in theaters on July 11, 2025.

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AnEye
AnEye - 12/16/2024, 8:58 AM
The score, the poster, the DC Studios logo......I mean MAN! A+!
Fogs
Fogs - 12/16/2024, 7:40 PM
@AnEye - yes. I like all I'm seeing from this.
CoHost
CoHost - 12/16/2024, 10:06 AM
@Superspecialawesomeguy - Michael Scott is just Homer Simpson
CerealKiller1
CerealKiller1 - 12/16/2024, 9:04 AM
Would much prefer a new and unique score, but digging the poster overall
Mixedsuperman
Mixedsuperman - 12/16/2024, 9:05 AM
If THAT is the score…..Life…is….complete 😭😭
feht
feht - 12/16/2024, 2:03 PM
@Mixedsuperman - Well… they already released a snippet on John Murphy's official YouTube.
Bokis
Bokis - 12/16/2024, 9:07 AM
I thought it sounded a lot like the Man of Steel theme. Do the rest of you hear John Williams' theme?
Mixedsuperman
Mixedsuperman - 12/16/2024, 9:08 AM
@Bokis - That absolutely is the JW theme.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 12/16/2024, 9:13 AM
@Bokis - yeah it's John Williams theme. Gunn gonna go hard with the nostalgia points
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 12/16/2024, 9:21 AM
@Bokis - the start also gave me the impression of the hans zimmer score. Then the end it was the williams one

GREAT score!
Conquistador
Conquistador - 12/16/2024, 9:45 AM
@Bokis - its kind of a mash up tbh. As MoS did have some vocals in the background...
Huskers
Huskers - 12/16/2024, 9:48 AM
@Bokis - I felt the same as you. Sounds more like MOS theme to me. I don’t hear the iconic John Williams “Superman March” at all! I had the JW theme played at my wedding, it’s on my workout mix, and I hum it constantly. So I don’t know what people are talking about when they say they heard the same thing here?!?! 🤷🏻‍♂️
IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 12/16/2024, 11:09 AM
@Bokis - It's snippets of the Williams score that are stretched well longer and also don't build to the same end.
Tardisdan
Tardisdan - 12/16/2024, 9:07 AM
I'm not familiar what score is this ?
jst5
jst5 - 12/16/2024, 9:12 AM
@Tardisdan - It's the John Williams Superman theme.
JstaKIDfrmBKLYN
JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - 12/16/2024, 9:07 AM
Josh, enough with the "seemingly confirmed." If it's seemingly then it's not confirmed - it's speculation. Come on, man. Stop it.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 12/16/2024, 12:50 PM
@JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - he cant
Fares
Fares - 12/16/2024, 9:07 AM
A fine poster. I hope the John Williams theme is just for this poster because I would very much prefer to see a new Superman theme come into existence.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 12/16/2024, 9:53 AM
@Fares - I think Williams theme is universally known to be the Superman theme because of how that movie changed the Superhero genre.
Fares
Fares - 12/16/2024, 10:28 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - It's definitely iconic and the most known and I love it, but if we keep using it we rob ourselves from new creative reimaginings of what the Superman theme could be. I'm happy that that mostly hasn't been the case ever since the Superman animated series. I love the theme for that series and we wouldn't have had it if the creators were just like "nah we already got THE theme, we don't need to create a new one".
DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 12/16/2024, 10:36 AM
@Fares - Exactly! Sure, it's a great score. Iconic and all that, but it is very much representative of Christopher Reeves interpretation.

Say what you will about "Man of Steel" (I personally loved it), but at least they had the courage to overhaul the property while still honoring the weight of the character.

This just seems lazy, bordering on 'member berries...
kg8817
kg8817 - 12/16/2024, 10:52 AM
@Fares - I really don’t want a new theme. I’m 38 years old, and I’ve been through multiple iterations of Superman. I get many have tried their own takes on it, but this is the question I usually pose: would you want to see a new take on Indiana Jones that also comes with a new theme? If you say yes to that, then we just don’t agree and that’s fine. But I think most people would say no. Ford is Indy, but that music is the makeup of the character.

Superman will forever be multiple actors, but that music should be part of the makeup of the character. Williams is a once in a lifetime composer, and it’s synonymous with him as far as I’m concerned. Hell, as Richard Donner once said, it’s an instrumental piece but you can hear the notes scream “Su Per Man!” practically in the main theme.

I’m all for new takes on the main Williams theme. Update it for modern times. But that main letimotif should never be replaced.
Fares
Fares - 12/16/2024, 10:52 AM
@DrDReturns - Oh the Man of Steel music absolutely [frick]s.
DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 12/16/2024, 11:05 AM
@Fares - It's amazing.

Also, you articulate it in a way that really drives home the idea.
If we continue to use the same theme over and over, we deprive ourselves of creativity.

I always said, since the release of MoS, that DC/WB should adopt the Williams score as a general all-properties theme. That way it is not forgotten, but allows Superman to have new scores when the character is inevitably reinterpreted.
Fares
Fares - 12/16/2024, 11:06 AM
@kg8817 - I can understand why one would feel that way, but you're right, we don't see eye to eye on this.

Multiple interpretations of Superman existed well before Richard Donner, Christopher Reeves and John Williams, and while they left a definitive mark on the idea that is Superman, it's not enough for me personally to not say that Superman will still exist well after (and without) Richard Donner, Christopher Reeves and John Williams through other interpretations.

Indy is obviously a different case from that, at least so far. So if a day comes years from now when Indy is rebooted with a different actor, yeah I'll have a hard time imagining it without the John Williams theme, I admit, but I'm not against the idea of trying. In the case of Superman we already had those attempts and I enjoyed them so it's easier for me to imagine Superman without John Williams.

I'm of the mind that you don't know that you'll like a thing until you give it a shot, and I need someone to dare to make that thing so I can give it a shot, and if it doesn't work, no harm done as far as I'm concerned. I don't even need to prefer it to the classic, I just love to have new interpretations to enjoy.
Fares
Fares - 12/16/2024, 11:10 AM
@DrDReturns - While I don't need that to happen, I can see it working. Every Star Wars project, from tv to video games, still has John Williams' identity all over it. Outside of the main movies, you don't necessarily hear the force theme for example front and center in every project, but the John Williams flare is still ever looming.
AC1
AC1 - 12/16/2024, 1:43 PM
@DrDReturns - Almost exactly how I feel too, Williams' theme is obviously iconic but imo that music basically BELONGS to Christopher Reeve's version of Superman (and maybe to an extent Brandon Routh's since his was meant to be a loose continuation of Reeve's). But I actually don't mind this, I'm cool with them musically "quoting" Williams' score in their new theme as long as they don't just copy it altogether. An homage is absolutely fine, but a remix is just lazy.
AC1
AC1 - 12/16/2024, 1:51 PM
@kg8817 - The difference in your example is that there's only one Indiana Jones, and that's Harrison Ford. Even when other actors have played the role they've still been playing Ford's version of the character, not a new take from a different universe/continuity. The only example I can kind of think of that might go against the would be James Bond where the main theme carries across the franchise regardless of whether it's part of the original film series or a rebooted version, but I think that's a bit of an anomaly anyway because each film has its own individual theme song anyway.

This is Superman, but it's not the same Superman played by Christopher Reeve - just like it's not the Superman played by Henry Cavill, or Tyler Hoechlin, or anyone else. This is David Corensweat's Superman. Also music is such an important tool in establishing tone as well, and tone is one of the biggest things that sets different iterations of an IP apart. The brief time we heard John Williams' Superman theme play with Henry Cavill on screens genuinely kinda made me cringe - I love that theme, and I loved Cavill as Superman, but they're two very different takes on the character tonally and don't fit together very well.

However, I do agree with what you said about updating it while retaining the main leitmotif - I think you're getting at something similar to my own opinion which is that I'd rather each version of Superman have his own theme but if that theme contains references to Williams' theme or quotes it in some way then that's cool.
IronSpider101
IronSpider101 - 12/17/2024, 2:33 AM
@Fares - I'd prefer they treat it like 007. Keep the main cues, but have the bulk of the rest of the music in the movie be brand new. Save the main Superman theme for the big "He's Superman!" moments.

I think that theme is just too linked to the character, too perfect. Nearly every live action version has been associated with it (certainly every film version) and it's always going to be used as a point of comparison when a new one is released.

I think it makes sense to use it, but not avoid doing anything new. That's where it seems Gunn and Murphy seem to have landed.
LilJimmy
LilJimmy - 12/16/2024, 9:10 AM
Hans Zimmer did a great job. Superman and Lois theme was great too. But the JW theme will always be Superman.
TDKRnry88
TDKRnry88 - 12/16/2024, 10:51 AM
@LilJimmy - My 2nd favorite theme is the Shirley Walker one from S:TAS
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/16/2024, 9:10 AM
I would prefer a theme atleast unique to this version of the character but if that is just part of the score then it’s a beautiful take on the Williams theme…

It feels hopeful & awe inspiring at the same time.

Also , I dig that poster!!.
Superspecialawesomeguy
Superspecialawesomeguy - 12/16/2024, 9:10 AM
Also that theme...

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