Justice League Features 'Dark' Superman Theme

He's also using Hans Zimmer's Wonder Woman theme.

By Matt Davidson

Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman has spoken about his "dark" take on the Superman theme in DC's upcoming Justice League

In an interview with Billboard - celebrating his acceptance of the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award - Elfman speaks about the "pleasure" of using "two minutes" of John Williams' classic Superman theme as part of the Justice League score, although he has added his own twist to the classic melody, saying that he's "using it in an actually very dark way, in a dark moment."

As well as John Williams, Elfman is also including a slightly more modern music reference - he mentions in the interview that he's also included Hans Zimmer's update to the Wonder Woman theme, first heard in 2016's Batman vs. Superman.

Elfman actually has history with DC on the silver screen - he wrote the score for the original Batman all the way back in 1989. When asked how it felt to be returning to DC 28 years later, Elfman comments that he's actually using the "same thematic material" now as he did back then.

For more on Justice League, read up on the new dynamic between Batman and Wonder Woman, and see why former director Zack Snyder has chosen to keep his distance from the film since stepping down due to a family tragedy.

Justice League arrives in theatres worldwide Friday, November 17 (November 16 in Australia).

Matt Davidson is a freelance writer for IGN. He's also on Twitter if you want to scoot on over there and take a look.

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