Hans Zimmer Scoring Superman: The Man of Steel

Towards the end of October, composer Hans Zimmer discussed how he'd approach scoring Zack Snyder's Superman reboot to Popcorn Biz:

"It's a hard one, but I followed one of the most iconic things on 'Batman' with Chris as well, and it's the same thing. You are allowed to reinvent, but you have to try to be as good or at least as iconic and it has to resonate and it has to become a part of the zeitgeist. That's the job. On 'Gladiator' I remember people always talking about 'Spartacus' and I kept telling them, 'When you saw ‘Spartacus’ and how it affected it you, that's how I want a modern audience to be affected by what we do now.' So I think ultimately you're supposed to reinvent."

That's hypothetically speaking – assuming he were to get the gig.

Cut to today, and it's now his according to Thompson on Hollywood. He'll get to work on a new sound for the new Man of Steel right after Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom, the Sherlock Holmes sequel and, yeah, The Dark Knight Rises. A full slate, indeed, to keep him busy.

But I don't have to tell you what a great choice he is.