Nov 6, 2019
MFA Book Month concludes this week with journalist, author and
Empire podcast geek queen Helen O'Hara joining me
for a journey through the music of superhero cinema, from
John Williams' magisterial score for SUPERMAN: THE
MOVIE through to Kendrick Lamar's BLACK PANTHER
soundtrack and much in between. We discuss the evolution from theme
driven symphonic scores to the intense blare of Hans
Zimmer, the use of pop music in superhero films from
Prince's BATMAN music to the toe-tapping GUARDIANS
OF THE GALAXY, how Marvel found its footing with the scores of the
MCU after a slightly muddled beginning and we plug Helen's new book
THE ULTIMATE SUPERHERO MOVIE GUIDE.
We also get into it about JOKER (no spoilers), what almost drove
Helen off Twitter, I offer some lightly controversial takes and it
all ends on a very silly note.