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Danny Elfman To Use John Williams' Superman Theme In Justice League

Danny Elfman will be bringing us the soundtrack to DC's Justice League and it seems he's under no illusion that fans want some of the classics back.  Who wouldn't want to hear John Williams' Superman signature piece once more on the big screen?  Well it seems we're going to get just that, even if it is just for a fleeting moment. In an interview with Billboard , Elfman tells us: "There are a few little fan moments. I instated a moment of the Wonder Woman theme that Hans Zimmer did for Batman Vs. Superman, but I also had two minutes where I had the pleasure of saying, “Let’s do John Williams’ Superman.” and that for me was heaven, because now I have a melody to twist, and I’m using it in an actually very dark way, in a dark moment. It’s the kind of thing that some fans will notice. Some won’t. It’s a moment where we’re really not sure whose side he’s on. " So a twist on the iconic John Williams theme and a dark twist too.  Will be interesting to l...

Movie Review: "Wonder Woman" Is A Genuine Superhero Movie Classic

WONDER WOMAN Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya,  Saïd Taghmaoui , Ewen Bremner,   Lucy Davis, Eugene Brave Rock       Screen Story by Zack Snyder & Allan Heinberg and Jason Fuchs Screenplay by Allan Heinberg Directed by Patty Jenkin s Reviewed by Patrick Gibbs   Out of Four The Wonder Woman  film has been a long time in coming, and honestly, that may have worked in its favor. In 1975,  the thinking on how to do superhero stories in live action was still very much the Adam West Batman approach, and while the  Wonder Woman  television series starring Lynda Carter may have been a pop culture classic, and even a breakthrough for its time, the campier aspects of it were difficult for the popular consciousness to shake off.  A few years later, when Superman: The Movie made Hollywood take superheroes seriously, it did so with a female lead...