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We must be tolerant of other opinions.

Indeed we must my master. That is the path to the darkside.

That would be me. I've never listened to a Williams score that wasn't part of one of these franchises. And I don't care.

In fact, aside from when I actually watched the movies, the only soundtracks of William's I have listened to are from SW, Potter, and Indy.

It's wonderful that you do not care. I have an area on my mantle I'd love to place you on. No, second thoughts I'll give you to my dog. No wait, the junkyard would be the perfect place actually. My dog doesn't need crap in his teeth after all.

Superman needs to be rebooted, John Williams' theme/s with it. Superman Returns was poor, and so was Ottman's score.

It just stank of pointlessness. Here you can watch a film trying to be Superman 78' right down to Brandon Routh trying so desperately hard to be Christopher Reeve, it's no secret that he happens to resemble him. That's where it stops however. Routh is as wooden as an oak tree in Returns.

Why watch poor imitation, when you can watch the glorious real thing?

He just reminded me of Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part II. In the opening of the film his performance is poor, where as he is fine for the rest of its duration, as he was in the first film (thankfully, more than can be said for Routh). Why? Because he is lousy at impersonating himself. His performance at the end of the original was natural. The opening of the sequel, which is a recap of the original, only it all had to be re-shot to incorporate Elisabeth Shue into the picture, just screams forced and second rate. Shue wasn't much better either, Claudia Wells portrayed Jennifer quite differently. Even if she wasn't on screen all that much, she was the superior actress in the role. Only Michael J. Fox manages to recreate his performance with ease, almost the same as it was in the original version of the sequence.

Anyway, as long as Zimmer, and anyone else associated with Remote Control stay well away from scoring this upcoming Superman film, I'll at least have something less to worry about.

I've heard Yard's score. I think it comes across as being quite cheesy at times, especially when taking the film it was written for into consideration.

I feel the exact same way about Newman's rejected Air Force One score.

I thought Goldsmith was known for insulting other film composers also?

Only through bad interpretation by overzealous film music fans. I can't remember any specific Goldsmith comment comparable to Rosenman, not in the slightest.

That's because Goldsmith never let himself indulge with his ego long enough to feel comfortable about making such ridiculous statements. Even Horner hasn't ever sunk that low, and he has bragged a fair bit in his career.