Why Hans Zimmer is Playing with Fire

    Everyone who knows me well enough knows that Hans Zimmer is my all time favorite movie score composer, and I have been impatiently awaiting the release of the new Superman movie; Man of Steel. Hans Zimmer will be scoring this movie of epic proportions and although I am excited to hear what he has in store for this movie, I am scared beyond belief. Zimmer will be re-scoring one of John Williams classic themes. The god of movie scores, John Williams is not a composer I would wish any other composer to ever stand toe to toe with. Nothing says Superman more than John Williams' Superman soundtrack. The main theme is a part of our culture that anyone would recognize. But all too often people forget the Complete 1978 Superman score. It carries the weight of the Superman movie and makes us forget about the hokey and dated affects that 1978 had to offer at the time.
     John Williams is what I like to call a flawless composer. He has made movie scores what they are today, and what they will forever be. He has made a stamp in time that will never be put out. Now, from what I have read about Hans Zimmer composing the new Superman movie, I gather that it will be a completely original work by him...completely scrapping the John Williams score. I have forever trusted Zimmer with every movie he composes, but this one is a little different. This is Superman. I am a fan of not fixing what isn't broken, and you can rest assured that the John Williams score for the 1978 Superman was NOT broken. I loved every second of the old Superman soundtrack. It is not dated sounding, and it displays all of the complexities that are the character of Superman. If they are going to completely change the soundtrack, I know no better composer for the job than Hans Zimmer. But if Zimmer does this, It has to be one of his greatest compositions yet. Gladiator and Inception were very different scores, and both were amazing. Superman will need that kind of originality. In the case of Superman, a soundtrack like that of Batman Begins will not do. Zimmer produced a fine score for the Batman movies...but this is Superman. A bar has been set, and must be met. I do not want to hear any Inception, or Batman, or Gladiator in this new Superman movie.   
    John Williams is the greatest composer who ever lived. Star wars? Indiana Jones? Jaws? E.T the Extraterrestrial?  Ever heard of those? All John Williams. Hans Zimmer is going to need a miracle to pull off what he simply MUST pull off. This score needs to carry the movie just as the original Williams score did. Once again, Hans Zimmer is my favorite composer, but he has chosen quite the movie to score. Don't fix what isn't broken. I hope that I am wrong, and that Hans Zimmer will create one of his greatest soundtracks yet. (apart from Gladiator) All that being said...Man of Steel has been my most anticipated movie in years and I could not be more thrilled with the team behind the production. May God be with you Hans.You're a brave man for attempting such a feat, and I hope for all our sakes that you are successful.