Man of Steel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name composed by Hans Zimmer. It was released on June 11, 2013, by WaterTower Music and Sony Classical Records. 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".[2]
Hans Zimmer initially denied popular rumors that he would be composing the film's soundtrack,[3] but in June 2012, Zimmer was in fact writing the film's musical score.[4] To completely distinguish Man of Steel from the previous films, the iconic "Superman March" by John Williams is not heard.[5][6][7] The musical score from the third trailer, entitled "An Ideal of Hope", was released online for listening purposes on April 19, 2013.[8] This music was a shortened version of the album track "What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?". In late April the same year, the official track listing of the two-disc deluxe edition was revealed.[9]
Popular reception to the score was positive and the album rose to #4 on iTunes during the first week of its release.[10] Critical reception for the score, however, has been polarized.
The soundtrack opened at number 9 on the Billboard 200 with 32,000 copies sold.
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