Superman Returns (soundtrack)

Superman Returns (soundtrack)

Superman Returns is a soundtrack album for the 2006 film of the same name. It features music by John Ottman, as well as the "Superman March" by John Williams from the Superman: The Movie inside the track "Main Titles".

Director Bryan Singer contacted Williams and asked if he would be interested in scoring the film, but Williams declined the offer because he was already scoring three other films, including Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds remake. However, Williams recommended composer John Ottman and also contributed two new themes. Superman Returns is the second Superman film in which Williams has contributed material, but was not directly involved. The first was Superman II, for which Superman Returns is considered a direct sequel. Ironically, Williams was also approached by director Richard Donner around the same time Singer did, who wanted him to compose a new score for his newly-assembled director's cut of Superman II. Williams also declined, and Donner recycled the composer's score to Superman: The Movie, supplementing it with unused cues.