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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 11, 2025)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is DC Studios’ superhero movie Superman written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Skyler Gisondo, Isabela Merced, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Carrigan, Edi Gathegi and María Gabriela de Faría. The film’s original music is composed by John Murphy (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, The Suicide Squad) & David Fleming (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Last of Us, Damsel, Jim Henson: Idea Man). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as two songs this past Tuesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release

Opening in semi-wide in a couple of hundred theaters this weekend is the horror movie Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story written and directed by Natasha Kermani and starring Titus Welliver, Jocelin Donahue, Judah Mackey, Aurora Perrineau and Brady Hepner. Brittany Allen (What Keeps You Alive, Z, Torn Hearts, American Horror Stories, Scrambled) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which is being released by RLJE Films & Shudder.

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Soundtrack Album Details

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WaterTower Music has released the official soundtrack album for James Gunn’s superhero movie Superman. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Murphy (28 Days Later, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Sunshine, The Suicide Squad) & David Fleming (The Last of Us, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Damsel, Jim Henson: Idea Man) and incorporating the classic Superman theme by John Williams. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Superman is written and directed by Gunn and stars David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Carrigan, Isabela Merced, Edi Gathegi,Nathan Fillion, María Gabriela de Faría and Skyler Gisondo.

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Theme from James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ (Trailer Version) Released

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WaterTower Music has released the theme from James Gunn’s upcoming superhero movie Superman as featured in the film’s latest trailer. The track written by the project’s composers John Murphy (28 Days Later, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Sunshine, The Suicide Squad) & David Fleming (The Last of Us, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Damsel, Jim Henson: Idea Man) and incorporating John Williams’ classic theme from Richard Donner’s 1978 feature is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track and check out the new trailer after the jump. The label has previously released Murphy’s music from the first teaser trailer last December. Superman is written and directed by Gunn and stars David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult,Anthony Carrigan, Edi Gathegi, Isabela Merced, Nathan Fillion, María Gabriela de Faría and Skyler Gisondo.

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David Fleming to Compose Music for James Gunn’s ‘Superman’

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David Fleming (The Last of Us, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Damsel, Hillbilly Elegy,  Jim Henson: Idea Man, The Unforgivable, Blue Planet II, The Night Logan Woke Up) is contributing music to James Gunn’s upcoming superhero movie Superman. He is sharing scoring credit with the project’s previously announced composer John Murphy whose theme (based on John Williams’ music) as featured in the teaser trailer has been released as digital single last Decenber. The film is written and directed by Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, he Suicide Squad) and stars David Corenswet in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, as well as Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Sara Sampaio, Skyler Gisondo, Wendell Pierce, María Gabriela de Faría, Alan Tudyk and Pruitt Taylor Vince.

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Trailer Version of Theme from James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Released

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WaterTower Music has released the “trailer version” of the theme from the first teaser for James Gunn’s upcoming superhero movie Superman. The track written by the film’s composer John Murphy (28 Days Later, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Sunshine, The Suicide Squad, Smatch, Miami Vice, Kick-Ass) and using John Williams’ classic theme from Richard Donner’s 1978 feature is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track and check out the teaser trailer after the jump. Superman is written and directed by Gunn and stars David Corenswet in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, alongside Rachel Brosnahan (as Lois Lane) and Nicholas Hoult (as Lex Luthor), as well as Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Isabela Merced, Nathan Fillion, Skyler Gisondo, María Gabriela de Faría, Sara Sampaio, Wendell Pierce, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Alan Tudyk and Neva Howell.

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World Premiere Performance of ‘Superman – In Concert’ Announced

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City Light Concerts and Film Concerts Live! have announced the world premiere performance of Superman – In Concert, with the film’s Academy Award-nominated original score composed by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) performed live to picture. Anthony Gabriele will conduct the City Light Symphony Orchestra while the 1978 original Superman movie directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman & Marlon Brando is playing on the big screen. The concerts will take place on May 16 & 17, 2020 at the KKL Luzern Concert Hall in Lucerne, Switzerland.

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Hans Zimmer to Score ‘Man of Steel’

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Hans Zimmer has signed on to score Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel. The film stars Henry Cavill in the title role, alongside Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent and Diane Lane as Martha Kent. Christopher Meloni, Laurence Fishburne and Michael Shannon are also starring. David Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade) has written the screenplay. Christopher Nolan who has worked with Zimmer on Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception and the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises is producing the DC Entertainment production with Emma Thomas, Charles Roven (Three Kings, Twelve Monkeys) and Deborah Snyder (Watchmen). Snyder has previously collaborated with composer Tyler Bates on his previous features, including Watchmen, Sucker Punch, Dawn of the Dead and 300.

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Hans Zimmer not involved in Superman

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The Hollywood Reporter had a chance to talk to composer Hans Zimmer about his involvement in the upcoming Superman adaptation directed by Zack Snyder, which was reported last week by NBC San Diego as reported here. The news spread last week after Zimmer did some interviews at the DVD/Blu-Ray release party for Incpetion, which according to the composer had been taken out of context. Zimmer says that at this point he has not talked with Superman‘s director Zack Snyder and is not involved in any way in the new adaptation of the comic book franchise. This, of course, doesn’t mean that he won’t be asked to score the movie, especially given his relationship with producer Christopher Nolan, but he refers to the assignment of scoring the movie and following the footsteps of John Williams as “a thankless task”, implying some hesitation in taking on scoring duties on the movie.

Hans Zimmer confirmed to score Superman and new Pirates movie

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UPDATE 12/06/2010: Check out our new article on Zimmer saying that he is not involved in the new Superman adaptation (yet).

Original posting from 12/02/10:

According to Thompson on Hollywood, Hans Zimmer revealed in a recent interview on Tuesday’s Inception DVD and Blu-Ray release party that he is going to score the upcoming Zack Snyder-directed adaptation of Superman. The movie will be produced by Christopher Nolan and is set for a holiday 2012 release. Zimmer also talked about his thoughts on scoring Superman to NBC San Diego.

Hans Zimmer is also set to start scoring the fourth part in the Pirates of the Caribbean series in January of next year. In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too. The movie reunites producer Jerry Bruckheimer with cast members Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush and adds the new director Rob Marshall and cast members Ian McShane, Richard Griffiths, Penelope Cruz and Judi Dench. The Walt Disney Pictures movie is set to open on May 20, 2011.

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