John Williams, this gentleman is a genius. Superman, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws. As far as I'm concerned he's up there with Beethoven, Bach and Mozart.
This reminds me of a friend that passed away a short time ago to gall bladder cancer. The original Superman Movies (especially the first two movies with Christopher Reeve) were some of his favorites. And this song will always remind me of him. This is a great version and thank you for making it. It helps me to honor him. :)
@@dgregory79 I like both cuts. The Donner Cut has some overlookable flaws (cutting between 2 screen tests at one point... plot and pacing jumping around a lot...) but is overall awesome. The Lester/Theatrical Cut is awesome too. A couple of moments I didn't care for, but overall, I enjoyed the film. (And the Paris bomb opening!) I think the Theatrical cut makes Lois out to be a selfish twit and Superman a bit of a jerk in places. The Donner Cut, if nothing else, DEFINITELY gives those two characters better justice. Love the Brando scenes, although I think Donner wanted to use as little Lester footage as possible just so it would be "his cut" instead of seamlessly integrating the two together. I feel like a mix between the two would yield the best film. Although, as is, both are an enjoyable watch. I always watch them back to back in Superman marathons. Can't get enough Chris Reeve and Terence Stamp! Best Supes and Zod to be sure! :D
@@TheDylandProductions The only thing I like about the Lester cut is the line "General, would you care to step outside?" I thought that sounds better than "Haven't you heard of freedom of the press." Other than that Donner's is the superior cut.
@@ValiantWrestling RIP Richard Donner. I really enjoy both. There are plenty of cut sections (the Lester directed sequences) from the theatrical Superman 2 that I still really love and enjoy, but overall Donner's cut is far superior. HOWEVER, I think it looses some of that awe an appeal on people unfamiliar with the theatrical Superman 2. I'd recommend people watch the original, theatrical 1 and 2 first, and then watch the Donner cut to truly understand the masterpiece that it is. It's one of the most different director's cuts I've ever seen of a film. Part of the plot, the character motivations, and even the entire feel of the film are starkly different - unlike some other films cuts. I disagree with Warners "George Lucasing" Superman 2 in recent box sets, though. Sure, the Donner cut is better, but don't hide or vault up the original Superman 2! It deserves to stay in circulation just as much. The more Christopher Reeve Superman, the better I say!
One the greatest Superman lines ever! :) General Zod is about commit mass murder and then Superman shows up declaring that he is about to knock Zod's teeth out of his head and out of his troop's heads too but he says so in the most polite and courteous manner.
That was Richard Lester's line. Funny considering how some people trash him, but Donner's original line "Ever heard of freedom of the press" was really lame by comparison.
Had there been a movie with Christopher Reeve & Michael Keaton in it titled World's Finest,with those actors reprising their roles of Superman & Batman in the early 1990's,the movie would be a box office hit and it would be good to see Superman's reaction to Batman appearing and disappearing at will without making a sound.
Too bad he had a smaller, less refined orchestra for II and III. It's hard to beat the London Symphony Orchestra, but Thorne did a fantastic job compensating. In some bits, I can't even tell it's a lesser orchestra. Great music all around!
true, this just screened on Aussie tv and i thought it would be nice to relive this movie with my 4 year old daughter, WOW! how cool to watch this again after 30 years! we watched it 3 times this week! love the music!
Superman 2’s is my favorite version of the John Williams Superman theme. It took what I already love about the first version and made it sound even more heroic and badass
KAL EL the 3rd being the worst. I like how the 2nd movie incorporated footage from the 1st movie in the whole 2nd movie intro. Wish they did that again, but sadly, not.
La música PERFECTA para un actor PERFECTO, si CHRISTOPHER REEVE será por siempre el MEJOR SUPERMAN, esta música de JOHN WILLIAMS será por siempre el MEJOR tema de SUPERMAN. 👏👏👏👏
From what I've read on the internet, John Williams flew out to London to screen the movie with Ilya Salkind and Richard Lester. After the screening, Salkind left the room and John and Lester fell into an argument. What the argument was about, no one except John and Richard know. When Salkind returned, John told him that he simply could not work with Richard Lester. With that, apparently, John was done with Superman.
Lo. Superman II is the only one in which Zod addressed Superman's name, especially the 80's cartoon that did the exact same thing. In the Comics, he had never addressed the name Superman, nor does the reboot Man of Steel ever did the same. He only referred to him by his Kryptonian name.
Jackie Cooper,who portrayed Perry White,Daily Planet editor in the 4 Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve,served in the United States Navy during World War 2. Did those that he worked with in those 4 Superman movies knew that? If any of Jackie‘s Navy buddies saw him in Superman movies 1-4,they must‘ve been proud of him.
You will bow before me, Jor-El. JOR-EL! And the music starts. Nice intro. I like the opening credits when they show all the main scenes from Superman 1. I also like the poster very much.
It would've been super if Christopher Reeve & Michael Keaton did get to work together reprising the roles of Superman & Batman in a movie titled World's Finest by Warner Brothers Pictures. If that happened,the movie would be such a box office hit. But those men worked together in the 1994 romantic comedy movie Speechless,which was the last big screen movie that Christopher Reeve appeared in before he fell off a horse and had damage done to his spinal cord.
@azure rainbow Actually "Village of the Damned" (1995) was Reeve's last big screen movie. His last acting role was either Above Suspicion or the Black Fox mini series, I can't remember what came last, but both came out in 1995.
@@generalzod2497 Above Suspicion was the last movie that Christopher Reeve appeared in before he had his accident falling off a horse. It was for premium cable-tv in 1995.
Love this film!!!!! both versions!!!!!!! Both R MasterPieceS!!!! Donners is more theatrical while Lesters is more fancy! I love both and YOU SHOULD TOO!!!
0:39 when the snare and brass triplets hit, I felt it in my soul for the first time at around 10 years old, just as it did when I saw the first film. This music basically IS Superman, there will never be a better theme for him.
Christopher Reeve will forever remain my favourite Superman while John Williams' triumphant music for 'Superman: The Movie' remains a masterpiece and the way Ken Thorne worked with John Williams' music for 'Superman II' was respectful and brilliant.
Between this and Williams’ original ‘78 score. 78’s has the stronger initial brass burst, while I prefer II’s bass solo interlude where the bass sound is more strongly heard, giving it more warmth.
Ken Thorne did a wonderful job in adapting this song that was originally written, and composed by the fantastic composer John Williams, to me Ken made it a bit more deeper with his style but still a very good theme song.
I was about 10 when the original Superman movie came out. Saw them all a couple of times over the years. I never really gave the theme music much thought, until they used it on Seinfeld. Those clips put to this music brought both elements new heights.
Besides Christopher Reeve,2 others from Superman1-4 each made 2 guest appearances on Smallville. The stars were Margot Kidder & Marc McClure. Terrence Stamp,in some episodes of that series,portrayed the voice of Jor-El.Superman's Kryptonian father.
I kinda like this one more than the original version, specially because 3:46 that's my favorite part of the OG theme, and having it play 2 times gives me chills
That was weird. But, if you'd listen more closely, he actually said was, *YOU WILL KNEEL BEFORE ME, JOR-EL! BOTH YOU AND ONE DAY, JOR-EL, YOUR HEIRS!!!!!*
They do make a little allusion to it Superman's return by brandon routh got a modern version in 2009 And henry cavill version got a slight glimpse of the theme in justice league when they woke him up when he was in his slumber It's very short but we can hear i They make it a little dark too because he is fighting the JL team
![Superman vs General Zod [Part 1] | Superman 2](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MJKqPbvf8MI/mqdefault.jpg)
Still holds up even over 40 yrs later.
John Williams, this gentleman is a genius. Superman, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws. As far as I'm concerned he's up there with Beethoven, Bach and Mozart.
Agree.
Also, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Harry Potter and many more.
Up there with Weird Al Yankovic too!! :-)
Well, he is the greatest film composer who has ever lived
Indiana Jones too or not?
This the greatest superhero theme ever.
Master Trainer yes
I agree, though I still have a soft spot for the Supergirl theme
Na rami spiderman
@@russell9378 ew
@@russell9378 *Raimi,spider-man*
RIP Richard Donner shall be missed
This reminds me of a friend that passed away a short time ago to gall bladder cancer. The original Superman Movies (especially the first two movies with Christopher Reeve) were some of his favorites. And this song will always remind me of him. This is a great version and thank you for making it. It helps me to honor him. :)
Your friend had excellent taste :)
Raise a drink in his name.
God Bless you and your friend, Sir❤
Happy birthday Christoper Reeve. You were superb portraying Superman 4 times for the big screen.
Superman 2 is a masterpiece
The Donner Cut is a masterpiece
The Lester cut is S**T
@@dgregory79 I like both cuts. The Donner Cut has some overlookable flaws (cutting between 2 screen tests at one point... plot and pacing jumping around a lot...) but is overall awesome.
The Lester/Theatrical Cut is awesome too. A couple of moments I didn't care for, but overall, I enjoyed the film. (And the Paris bomb opening!)
I think the Theatrical cut makes Lois out to be a selfish twit and Superman a bit of a jerk in places. The Donner Cut, if nothing else, DEFINITELY gives those two characters better justice. Love the Brando scenes, although I think Donner wanted to use as little Lester footage as possible just so it would be "his cut" instead of seamlessly integrating the two together.
I feel like a mix between the two would yield the best film. Although, as is, both are an enjoyable watch. I always watch them back to back in Superman marathons. Can't get enough Chris Reeve and Terence Stamp! Best Supes and Zod to be sure! :D
Compared to the following two that followed, yeah...
@@TheDylandProductions The only thing I like about the Lester cut is the line "General, would you care to step outside?" I thought that sounds better than "Haven't you heard of freedom of the press."
Other than that Donner's is the superior cut.
@@ValiantWrestling RIP Richard Donner.
I really enjoy both. There are plenty of cut sections (the Lester directed sequences) from the theatrical Superman 2 that I still really love and enjoy, but overall Donner's cut is far superior.
HOWEVER, I think it looses some of that awe an appeal on people unfamiliar with the theatrical Superman 2. I'd recommend people watch the original, theatrical 1 and 2 first, and then watch the Donner cut to truly understand the masterpiece that it is. It's one of the most different director's cuts I've ever seen of a film. Part of the plot, the character motivations, and even the entire feel of the film are starkly different - unlike some other films cuts.
I disagree with Warners "George Lucasing" Superman 2 in recent box sets, though. Sure, the Donner cut is better, but don't hide or vault up the original Superman 2! It deserves to stay in circulation just as much.
The more Christopher Reeve Superman, the better I say!
That transition at 4:29 gives me chills too!
Christopher reeve Superman forever
You like christopher reeve..
Reeve and Cavill are the best portrayers of Kal El
@@dancastro4732 Reeve yes Cavill no, because in no way should Superman be just as or more miserable than Batman.
@@MorbidCrow666 I agree but I equally like both Superman actors
@Retro Mania *Routh* is a good Superman
Most amazing version of this theme! I get chills EVERYTIME I hear it
General would you care to step outside!
"COME TO ME, SON OF JOR-EL! KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!"
One the greatest Superman lines ever! :) General Zod is about commit mass murder and then Superman shows up declaring that he is about to knock Zod's teeth out of his head and out of his troop's heads too but he says so in the most polite and courteous manner.
That was Richard Lester's line. Funny considering how some people trash him, but Donner's original line "Ever heard of freedom of the press" was really lame by comparison.
For an ass whooping You might add.
"Superman, thank god. I mean, GET HIM!"
Omg! Love the opening fanfare. Amazing film score, one of the all time greatest!
"Gee, that's funny. I've never seen garbage eat garbage before."
Am I the only one aching for the chance to use this line in conversation?
I know Reeve`s said that line but any idea who the actor was that the comment was directed at!
@@73reider Dude named Pepper Martin. He was also in Walking Tall and The Longest Yard (the originals) and a ton of TV shows. He'll be 84 this year 👍🏻
@@chiefscheider Thank you, I am from Ireland, We never seen the shows you mentioned, We have UK TV here...
Excuse me, sir. I believe that you're in my favourite seat.
Had there been a movie with Christopher Reeve & Michael Keaton in it titled World's Finest,with those actors reprising their roles of Superman & Batman in the early 1990's,the movie would be a box office hit and it would be good to see Superman's reaction to Batman appearing and disappearing at will without making a sound.
S U P E R M A N II
La Aventura Continúa 1980
I saw this 5 times at my local cinema the ABC Dover in 1981 including the superman double bill released at Christmas that year
Ken Thorne did good conducting the music for the 2nd Superman movie just as John Williams did for the 1st one.
said no one, ever
Too bad he had a smaller, less refined orchestra for II and III. It's hard to beat the London Symphony Orchestra, but Thorne did a fantastic job compensating. In some bits, I can't even tell it's a lesser orchestra. Great music all around!
Ken Thorne did a wonderful job with the score, his take on The Planet Krypton at the start of this song gives me chills every single time.
“If you’ve only seen the first part, you haven’t seen the best part.”
This is extended version of John Williams' original opening theme, and Ken Thorne definitely nailed this. Good job!
true, this just screened on Aussie tv and i thought it would be nice to relive this movie with my 4 year old daughter, WOW!
how cool to watch this again after 30 years! we watched it 3 times this week!
love the music!
Ningun superheroe es mejor que Superman 🦸♂️ y con este tema lo hace ver mas grande y poderoso que los demás!!👊👏👏
“Superman thank God...I mean get him!”
Come to me Son of Jor-El! KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!
@@johnstavropoulos7049 Psych him! Psych him!
@@PS1Fan1991 No, it is "Fools! Psych him! Psych him!"
@@aaronlusanko6356 I stand corrected
@@stomp4tm971 That's from the white House scene when president says "Oh, God." Zod: "No, Zod!"
Christopher Reeve the BEST Superman of all time and always will be !!!!!!
Goosebumps from 0:40 onwards
Superman 2’s is my favorite version of the John Williams Superman theme. It took what I already love about the first version and made it sound even more heroic and badass
Best opening sequence ever!
KAL EL the 3rd being the worst. I like how the 2nd movie incorporated footage from the 1st movie in the whole 2nd movie intro. Wish they did that again, but sadly, not.
La música PERFECTA para un actor PERFECTO, si CHRISTOPHER REEVE será por siempre el MEJOR SUPERMAN, esta música de JOHN WILLIAMS será por siempre el MEJOR tema de SUPERMAN. 👏👏👏👏
From what I've read on the internet, John Williams flew out to London to screen the movie with Ilya Salkind and Richard Lester. After the screening, Salkind left the room and John and Lester fell into an argument. What the argument was about, no one except John and Richard know. When Salkind returned, John told him that he simply could not work with Richard Lester. With that, apparently, John was done with Superman.
Ken Thorne did good conducting the music for Superman II (1980).
Best movie theme ever
"Come to me, Superman! If you dare! I defy you! Come! Come and Kneel Before Zod!"
ZOD!!! :P
@@TheDylandProductions Here? When? :)
"I don't get it. I mean, he shows up every time a cat gets stuck in a tree! Now he decides to pull a disappearing act?"
Lo. Superman II is the only one in which Zod addressed Superman's name, especially the 80's cartoon that did the exact same thing. In the Comics, he had never addressed the name Superman, nor does the reboot Man of Steel ever did the same. He only referred to him by his Kryptonian name.
@@usamazahid3882 Or in the case of Superman 2 "Son of Jor-El."
"Lex Luthor, Ruler of Australia!, Activate the chamber!!!"
"Activate the machine"
The Machine. With your permission.
From the thrilling pages of the DC Comics... a myth is forged. But a hero,... takes fly.
Ken Thorne took Williams score sped it up and made it sound a bit more militant superman going to war against the three kryptonian criminals love it
LEX: OH SUPERMAN thank god, I mean get him.. ahaha
Jason Norman "there's 3 of you and only one of him (growl), well 4 if you count him twice"
Jason Norman Come To Me Son Of Jor-El, Kneel Before ZOD!!!
"You are not the President." An alien disputes the validity of the Commander-in-Chief to his face. Hmm...how ironic 😳
Jackie Cooper,who portrayed Perry White,Daily Planet editor in the 4 Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve,served in the United States Navy during World War 2. Did those that he worked with in those 4 Superman movies knew that? If any of Jackie‘s Navy buddies saw him in Superman movies 1-4,they must‘ve been proud of him.
Cooper Made a great appearance in a Columbo episode too...
Still gives me goosebumps!
You will bow before me, Jor-El. JOR-EL! And the music starts. Nice intro. I like the opening credits when they show all the main scenes from Superman 1. I also like the poster very much.
Good stuff I will always remember Christopher Reeve as Superman when I hear this title
Music by John Williams
Adapted & Conducted by Ken Thorne
Recording Engineer: John Richards
Recorded at CTS Studios, London
Audio Restoration: Mike Matessino & Lukas Kendall
©️1980, 2018 Warner Bros Records/La-La Land Records
I swear listening to this makes me feel like I can do ANYTHING. IDEFY you to not get hyped when listening to this jam and it IS a jam.
Superman 2 has the best opening out of all of them
This is a masterpiece of composition.
It would've been super if Christopher Reeve & Michael Keaton did get to work together reprising the roles of Superman & Batman in a movie titled World's Finest by Warner Brothers Pictures. If that happened,the movie would be such a box office hit. But those men worked together in the 1994 romantic comedy movie Speechless,which was the last big screen movie that Christopher Reeve appeared in before he fell off a horse and had damage done to his spinal cord.
@azure rainbow Actually "Village of the Damned" (1995) was Reeve's last big screen movie. His last acting role was either Above Suspicion or the Black Fox mini series, I can't remember what came last, but both came out in 1995.
@@generalzod2497 Above Suspicion was the last movie that Christopher Reeve appeared in before he had his accident falling off a horse. It was for premium cable-tv in 1995.
You may need to check out this video
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Wished Richard Donner and Tim burton worked together to make us a superman/Batman movie.. for them fight their villains who would also team up..
@@muskwaman500 alas, this wasn't the case.
Best theme for Superman,need to go back to it for good
An absolute perfect theme. Really gets you pumped
"North, Miss Teschmacher. North! North! North! North!"
"Yes Lex, (sigh) north...."
Melhor música tema do Superman
Love this film!!!!! both versions!!!!!!! Both R MasterPieceS!!!! Donners is more theatrical while Lesters is more fancy! I love both and YOU SHOULD TOO!!!
3:21 for some reason I like this part better than the original
Ken Thorne does the best superman music and I Love John Williams as well
0:39 when the snare and brass triplets hit, I felt it in my soul for the first time at around 10 years old, just as it did when I saw the first film. This music basically IS Superman, there will never be a better theme for him.
Straight outta Planet Houston!
love this version of the music
This score is very underrated!
Underrated how? Nearly all of it is recycled from the original John Williams score.
Best version
I really wish they would put superman 1 and 2 together like they planned in the beginning
I remember growing up we had the DVD for Superman 2
So much memories.
I don't drink when I fly!
This theme is amusing!!!!👏👏👏👏👏
Christopher Reeve will forever remain my favourite Superman while John Williams' triumphant music for 'Superman: The Movie' remains a masterpiece and the way Ken Thorne worked with John Williams' music for 'Superman II' was respectful and brilliant.
My favorite movie
Between this and Williams’ original ‘78 score. 78’s has the stronger initial brass burst, while I prefer II’s bass solo interlude where the bass sound is more strongly heard, giving it more warmth.
Ken Thorne did a wonderful job in adapting this song that was originally written, and composed by the fantastic composer John Williams, to me Ken made it a bit more deeper with his style but still a very good theme song.
I was about 10 when the original Superman movie came out. Saw them all a couple of times over the years. I never really gave the theme music much thought, until they used it on Seinfeld. Those clips put to this music brought both elements new heights.
The first 7-8 seconds hit hard.
The Richard Donner Cut version is really great. I wish the studio would've let him finish his vision how he had wanted to originally.
Now that's how you compose a Superhero piece of music. John Williams, a genius.
That is his friend Ken Thorne
Besides Christopher Reeve,2 others from Superman1-4 each made 2 guest appearances on Smallville. The stars were Margot Kidder & Marc McClure. Terrence Stamp,in some episodes of that series,portrayed the voice of Jor-El.Superman's Kryptonian father.
"You are not the president. No one who leads so many could possibly kneel so quickly."
I am the man they are protecting. I'm the president. I'll kneel before you if it will save lives
It will. Starting with your own
What I do now I do for the safety of the people of the world but there is one man here on earth who will never kneel before you
Who is the imbecile? Where is he?
I wish I knew. Oh God!
Great soundtrack.
So marvelous than john williams ost.
Amazing track.
Forever Superman Christopher reeve 👊🖖👍👍😊🖖👍👍❤❤❤
I kinda like this one more than the original version, specially because 3:46 that's my favorite part of the OG theme, and having it play 2 times gives me chills
“Oh man this is gonna be *good* “
Superman II - The Great American Chase of the Universe
our boy
🌏🦸♂️A Luchar Por La Verdad Y La Justicia Grito de Valentia
2:23 getting goosebumps from Ken Thorne.
Superman II is still the best superhero film ever made. Endgame didn’t change my mind.
Christopher Reeve is Superman
love this theme music
"What an undemanding male this Superman must be!"
"Yeah, you could use a nip and tuck there yourself, sister!" Best Lois Lane comeback EVER!!
@@michaelcaldwell4940 *Drops nearly conscious Perry White on his head AGAIN* XD
OOOOOOOOOHHHH!
You will lie down before me, Jor-El.
Both you and them one day, Jor-El.
Jor-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEl!
0:00
That was weird. But, if you'd listen more closely, he actually said was, *YOU WILL KNEEL BEFORE ME, JOR-EL! BOTH YOU AND ONE DAY, JOR-EL, YOUR HEIRS!!!!!*
Son of Krypton and Dark Knight of Sikeston, the greatest team ever assembled!
I hope the superman theme come back in future superman Movies
They do make a little allusion to it
Superman's return by brandon routh got a modern version in 2009
And henry cavill version got a slight glimpse of the theme in justice league when they woke him up when he was in his slumber
It's very short but we can hear i
They make it a little dark too because he is fighting the JL team
ERGUM, *COUGH* SUPERPETS *COUGH* COUGH COUGH!
Everytime I hear that beat @ 0:40 I just wanna run and rip open my shirt and just take off.
Please Mr General, please let my daddy down!
Super Liga De La Justicia 👊👊
"You did all that for ME... I don't know what ta say!" "Just say ya LOVE ME!"
"Come to me, son of Jor-El! KNEEL before Zod!"
I LOVE THE CLASSICS GILMS ABOUT SUPERMAN .
This is Travis bernardini I'm a big fan of Superman and Supergirl
Hail Jehovah, full of grace and everlasting love and mercy!
This theme always reminds me of the first two Reeve Superman movies and the Smallville series
You mean the season 10 finale when Clark finally became Superman?
I love the first street fight seen
If George Reeves had seen Christopher Reeve in the 4 Superman movies he did for Warner Brothers,would he have been proud of him?
azure rainbow he sure would have! I think he would be happy a man with a similar name played superman so well!
"You still haven't brought be the Son Of Jor-el Lex Luthor!!!!!"
Aaron Lusanko “Kneel before me, son of Jor-El. Kneel before Zod”.
The Donner Cut is the version I prefer even though I grew up watching the Lester version. It fills in plot holes and the vision that Donner had.
Christopher Reeve
Forever as Superman
Better than MOS and BvS soundtrack...
Ivan Karl actually Batman vs Superman soundtrack was good, but man of steel's OST sucked.
Ramen Bowl Productions Superman II still better than both.
Better than MOS and BvS full stop and that's coming from someone that hasn't seen the latter of the 2
Chill young man
Hans Zimmer was fantastic but he's no John Williams when it comes to Superman
Bring back the original music of superman we wish one day a director to make a new superman movie with classic suit with modern color