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

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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 - 12/16/2024, 8:58 AM

The score, the poster, the DC Studios logo......I mean MAN! A+!

Superspecialawesomeguy - 12/16/2024, 9:04 AM

CoHost - 12/16/2024, 10:06 AM

@Superspecialawesomeguy - Michael Scott is just Homer Simpson

CerealKiller1 - 12/16/2024, 9:04 AM

Would much prefer a new and unique score, but digging the poster overall

Mixedsuperman - 12/16/2024, 9:05 AM

If THAT is the score…..Life…is….complete 😭😭

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 - 12/16/2024, 9:08 AM

@Bokis - That absolutely is the JW theme.

BraveNewClunge - 12/16/2024, 9:13 AM

@Bokis - yeah it's John Williams theme. Gunn gonna go hard with the nostalgia points

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 - 12/16/2024, 9:45 AM

@Bokis - its kind of a mash up tbh. As MoS did have some vocals in the background...

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 - 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.

LeeHolland - 12/16/2024, 11:25 AM

@Bokis - They both have a similar start.

Tardisdan - 12/16/2024, 9:07 AM

I'm not familiar what score is this ?

jst5 - 12/16/2024, 9:12 AM

@Tardisdan - It's the John Williams Superman theme.

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.

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 12/16/2024, 10:52 AM

@DrDReturns - Oh the Man of Steel music absolutely [frick]s.

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 - 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 - 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.

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 - 12/16/2024, 10:51 AM

@LilJimmy - My 2nd favorite theme is the Shirley Walker one from S:TAS

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 - 12/16/2024, 9:10 AM

Also that theme...

jst5 - 12/16/2024, 9:13 AM

@Superspecialawesomeguy - I mean it's the John Williams Superman theme...

vectorsigma - 12/16/2024, 9:22 AM

@jst5 - the intro was close to the zimmer score

Razorface1 - 12/16/2024, 9:58 AM

@Superspecialawesomeguy - how rude

BraveNewClunge - 12/16/2024, 9:10 AM

😬😬😬😬😬

That suit looks kinda the same, hopefully I'm wrong (looks a bit tighter).

jst5 - 12/16/2024, 9:14 AM

@BraveNewClunge - It 100% looks more fitted in the pic...hopefully it looks like that in the movie.

BraveNewClunge - 12/16/2024, 9:22 AM

@jst5 - yep I thought so.

👀

TheJok3r - 12/16/2024, 9:10 AM

This should've been the first poster they released.

vectorsigma - 12/16/2024, 9:23 AM

@TheJok3r - the marketing has now started, are you happy now? 😅

TheJok3r - 12/16/2024, 9:36 AM

@vectorsigma - Yes, very much so. I absolutely love Superman, so nothing would make me happier than to see the character finally take off on film. This poster and theme hive high hopes about this movie; I just hope the general audience embraces it as well.

kylo0607 - 12/16/2024, 9:45 AM

@TheJok3r - This is the first poster they've released lol.

The reveal from a few months ago wasn't a poster.

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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