Jonathan Broxton of Movie Music UK commended the tracks 'Flight' and 'What are You Doing When You're Not Saving the World?' as the best in the soundtrack album, but criticized the lack of development of those themes and the simplicity of the writing: 'For to be saddled with witless percussion, such predictable string writing, and such a simplistic and repetitive thematic statement is disappointing in the extreme'. In her review of the film, Ann Hornday, from The Washington Post, called the score 'turgid' and 'over-produced'. Some were quite disappointed by the score, citing it as being repetitive, simplistic and over-reliant on drums, while others reacted more positively. While popular among fans, the score was polarizing among critics.

The soundtrack opened at number 9 on the Billboard 200 with 32,000 copies sold.Īt the Brit Awards, Zimmer won as 'Composer of the Year' for his work on the scores of Man of Steel and The Dark Knight Rises. Critical reception for the score, however, has been polarized. Popular reception to the score was positive and the album rose to #4 on iTunes during the first week of its release. In late April the same year, the official track listing of the two-disc deluxe edition was revealed. This music was a shortened version of the album track 'What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?'. The musical score from the third trailer, entitled 'An Ideal of Hope', was released online for listening purposes on April 19, 2013.

To completely distinguish Man of Steel from the previous films, the iconic ' Superman March' by John Williams is not heard.

Hans Zimmer initially denied popular rumors that he would be composing the film's soundtrack, but in June 2012, Zimmer was in fact writing the film's musical score. The exclusive deluxe edition of the album contains six bonus tracks, entitled 'Are You Listening, Clark?', 'General Zod', 'You Led Us Here', 'This Is Madness!', 'Earth' and 'Arcade'. Man of Steel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name composed by Hans Zimmer. Man of Steel: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackĭC Extended Universe soundtrack chronology

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