Superman II / Superman III (soundtrack)

Superman II / Superman III
General information
Released	October 30, 2018
Genre	Film score
Label	La-La Land Records
Running time	204:31
Artist	Ken Thorne John Williams Giorgio Moroder

Superman II / Superman III is a 3-CD reissue of the original motion picture scores to the 1980 film Superman II and the 1983 film Superman III, composed by Ken Thorne, from original material composed by John Williams. It was released on October 30, 2018.

The scores from the two Superman movies utilize the same stellar master as the 2008 "Superman: The Music" box set from FSM, assembled here across 3-CDs. Disc 2 presents a collection of source music and songs from the first three Superman films composed by John Williams, Ken Thorne and Giorgio Moroder, including some previously unreleased tracks. Produced by Mike Matessino and mastered by Doug Schwartz, this set offers a 44-page booklet with in-depth liner notes by Matessino, Jeff Eldridge and associate producer Lukas Kendall, updated from the FSM Superman box set for this 3-disc reissue. The heroic building-bounding art design is by Jim Titus.

Disc 1

Superman II

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Preface / Villains in the Zone / Main Title March"	Ken Thorne	8:23
2.	"Superman to Paris / Lois Climbs Tower"	Ken Thorne	2:49
3.	"Walkie Talkies / Gelignite Bangs / Superman Saves Lift"	Ken Thorne	2:10
4.	"Lift Into Space – Releasing the Villains"	Ken Thorne	1:36
5.	"Orange Juice / Prison Intro / My Little Black Box"	Ken Thorne	1:51
6.	"Ursa Flies Over Moon / Spacecraft Wrecked / Moon to Earth"	Ken Thorne	4:05
7.	"Lex Escapes"	Ken Thorne	2:07
8.	"Sleeping Arrangements / Relaxing at Niagara / Looks Familiar / Superman Saves Boy"	Ken Thorne	3:33
9.	"Lex and Miss Teschmacher to Fortress / Lex Plans Partnership"	Ken Thorne	2:39
10.	"Suspecting Lois Takes the Plunge / Clark Fumbles Rescue / Villains Land by Lake"	Ken Thorne	3:37
11.	"Clark Exposed as Superman"	Ken Thorne	3:13
12.	"Sheriff and Duane Meet Villains / Lovers Fly North"	Ken Thorne	2:24
13.	"Daddy's Rise and Fall / Flight for Flowers / East Houston Battle"	Ken Thorne	3:06
14.	"Lovers at Dinner Table / Zod Meets General"	Ken Thorne	1:38
15.	"Mother's Advice"	Ken Thorne	1:52
16.	"To Bed – Mt. Rushmore – Sweet Dreams"	Ken Thorne	1:35
17.	"President Kneels Before Zod"	Ken Thorne	1:55
18.	"Fight in Diner"	Ken Thorne	1:06
19.	"TV President Resigns – Clark to Fortress"	Ken Thorne	2:44
20.	"Return of the Green Crystal / Bored Zod"	Ken Thorne	2:19
21.	"Non Wrecks Office"	Ken Thorne	1:30
22.	"Aerial Battle / Zod Throws Slab / Superman Saves Spire"	Ken Thorne	4:52
23.	"Superman Saves Petrol Tanker / Superman Battles Zod / Superman Flies Off"	Ken Thorne	4:31

Disc 2

Superman II (continued)

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Villains Take Lex and Lois to Fortress / School Games"	Ken Thorne	3:14
2.	"Superman Pulls Big Switch / Superman Triumphs Over Villains"	Ken Thorne	1:59
3.	"Sad Return"	Ken Thorne	1:41
4.	"Lois Forgets"	Ken Thorne	1:49
5.	"Happy Lois Back to Normal / Superman Replaces Stars and Stripes / End Title March"	Ken Thorne	5:38

Superman: The Movie

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
6.	"Can You Read My Mind (Instrumental #1)"	John Williams	3:11
7.	"Sunday Meeting"	John Williams	1:30
8.	"Kansas High School"	John Williams	1:47
9.	"Kansas Kids"	John Williams	1:30
10.	"Late Night Country Music"	John Williams	0:53
11.	"Luthor's Luau"	John Williams	2:50
12.	"Lois's Pad"	John Williams	1:17
13.	"Desert Riff"	John Williams	0:23
14.	"Lois Car Radio"	John Williams	1:56
15.	"Kids on the Bus"	John Williams	1:31
16.	"Can You Read My Mind (Instrumental #2)"	John Williams	2:55

Superman II

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
17.	"Honeymoon Hotel"	Ken Thorne	3:17
18.	"Country & Western"	Ken Thorne	2:12
19.	"East Houston Café"	Ken Thorne	2:16
20.	"Car Radio for Ride Back"	Ken Thorne	1:00
21.	"Diner Jukebox #1"	Ken Thorne	2:19
22.	"Diner Jukebox #2"	Ken Thorne	2:20

Superman III

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
23.	"Colombian Storm Intro"	Ken Thorne	1:10
24.	"Olympic Parade"	Ken Thorne	0:28
25.	"Après Ski"	Ken Thorne	1:06
26.	"Rock On"	Marshall Crenshaw	3:45
27.	"No See, No Cry"	Chaka Khan	3:20
28.	"They Won't Get Me"	Roger Miller	3:22
29.	"Love Theme"	Helen St. John	3:18
30.	"Main Title March"	Giorgio Moroder	4:17

Disc 3

Superman III

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Main Title (The Streets of Metropolis)"	Ken Thorne	5:31
2.	"Gus on Computer After the Cents"	Ken Thorne	1:08
3.	"Saving the Factory – The Acid Test"	Ken Thorne	6:15
4.	"Payday for Gus / School Gym – Earth Angel / Vulcan"	Ken Thorne	1:39
5.	"Lana and Clark in Cornfield / Clark Rescues Ricky"	Ken Thorne	2:29
6.	"Gus Shows the Booze / Gus Finds a Way"	Ken Thorne	1:21
7.	"Montage"	Ken Thorne	3:12
8.	"Colombian Storm"	Ken Thorne	1:32
9.	"Kryptonite / Gus Down Building / Searching for Kryptonite"	Ken Thorne	2:18
10.	"Lana and Clark on Telephone / Kryptonite Sting / Superman Affected by Kryptonite / Superman Too Late"	Ken Thorne	1:50
11.	"Tower of Pisa / What Will It Do for Me"	Ken Thorne	2:00
12.	"Superman and Lorelei on Statue / Superman Ruins Tanker"	Ken Thorne	2:22
13.	"Boxes in Canyon / Drunken Superman"	Ken Thorne	3:24
14.	"The Two Faces of Superman"	Ken Thorne	2:54
15.	"The Struggle Within"	Ken Thorne	2:29
16.	"The Final Victory"	Ken Thorne	2:19
17.	"Preparing Balloons / Superman Coming / Computer"	Ken Thorne	3:04
18.	"Rockets / Video Games / Big Missile"	Ken Thorne	3:15
19.	"Superman Confronts Ross / Computer Takes Over / Gus Fights Ross"	Ken Thorne	2:16
20.	"The Computer Comes Alive / Superman Leaves Computer Cave"	Ken Thorne	2:35
21.	"Metal Vera / Computer Blows Up"	Ken Thorne	2:57
22.	"Gus Flying with Superman"	Ken Thorne	1:22
23.	"Diamond Sting / Thank You, Superman / Superman Gus / Clark Gives Lana Diamond Ring"	Ken Thorne	1:43
24.	"End Credits"	Ken Thorne	4:29

Additional Music

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
25.	"Pay Day for Gus (Alternate)"	Ken Thorne	0:49
26.	"Main Title (The Streets of Metropolis) (Alternate)"	Ken Thorne	5:29

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