#superman theme

And I noticed something

The first half of the soundtrack, there's echoes of the Superman theme. There's hints here, bars there. But never the full theme. It's nearly there in The River Pi.

But we don't get the full bodied, complete SUPERMAN theme until when? The dust scene. The kids raising the flag. Which is why those scenes go so fucking HARD. Everything about the movie, from the dialogue to the themes to the music itself is telling us 'now. Now he's Superman.'

What an excellent way to reflect the way Clark is growing through this movie.

Like he might be out in the world as Superman, but he's not Superman yet. Not as we know him to be. Not until the end of the movie.

Me: hey, do you know what song this is?

5-year-old: The Superman song!

Me: That’s right! Do you know who wrote it?

5: John Williams.

This will get you up ⬆️ today sleepiezzz😴😳

Others are really, really good, but they just…I mean, that theme is amazing! They played it at the graduation ceremony for my neuroscience degree, after we all got our degrees and stuff, and it just felt incredible. That music made it all feel like more of an achievement than "Pomp & Circumstance" or anything else I've heard at graduation ceremonies. It works for things like that, but it also works in the movie.