Superman Returns

Originally Posted by LeHah

Vangelis can't read sheet and he has an Oscar.

And Cong Su has an Oscar for 2 mins of music in "The Last Emperor." I think you might be putting a little too much faith in the tin ears of Oscar voters, since their choices of Vangelis and Santaolalla over Williams are totally indefensible. The Academy just doesn't like Elfman very much, since they think he doesn't write his own music.

Still, while we're on the topic of composers, I'm curious what your opinion on John Ottman is, since he'll be the one actually writing the score and adapting Williams' material.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

For anybody that's interested, Soundtrack.net has a feature on the scoring sessions for this flick. It seems that John Williams' brother was in the studio orchestra, and John himself was invited to attend, but declined. It also notes which old themes are going to be reused.

There's nowhere I can't reach.