It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s John Williams Nirvana!

My copy of La-La Land Records’ 40th anniversary edition of Williams’ classic score for “Superman” (1978) arrived the other day. The 3-CD set is remastered from the newly-discovered original elements. A previous release of the complete score on Rhino Entertainment sounded disappointingly flat; a redo was available only as part of an 8-disc box set devoted to music from all the Christopher Reeve Superman films, on Film Score Monthly. Williams scored only the first film, which is all I’m interested in, so as far as I’m concerned, this should be the definitive “Superman” release.

The set includes not only the complete score as heard in the film, but also the original soundtrack release, alternate and/or additional bonus cues, and a 44-page booklet with extensive liner notes.

I am looking forward to being 12 again for a few hours, as soon as I remove the shrinkwrap. The set is limited to 5000 copies. You can find out more about it here:

https://lalalandrecords.com/superman-the-movie-40th-anniv-remastered-limited-edition-3-cd-set/

Not included in the set: