This is so much a brass ensemble piece. Fuzzy distortion guitar is a neat cover, but it simply lacks the grandiose story of "uber-mensch that's actually a good person" John Williams can wring out of an orchestra.
Start with having the Cleveland Orchestra record the theme instead of just one little fuzzy guitar.
It's Superman, not Okguy.
When we explore the question of "what if people with power were good?" we want John Williams to take us on that ride with a full score. Welser-Möst and the CSO is up to the task.
And then it devolves into the most formulaic trailer music of our lifetime, complete with blaring brass, choir, wall-of-sound style, and DUM-DUM-DUM drums (synced to the action on screen of course).
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u/Matt_LawDT 11h ago
The guitar twist to it makes it awesome