"I'm up to my earlobes right now editing the film. I won't really get into writing the score until February sometime. We'll probably record sometime in April. The franchise must evolve, and so should the music, but at the same time, I acknowledge it would be a crime not to incorporate the original theme. So much of this film reminisces about the original, that we must build upon the musical identity Williams created. At the same time, we have to move forward and not make the film feel dated, pathetically trying to be the original all the time. So it's going to be a tough assignment. But there's no ego here. As a fan of remakes and sequels, I get pissed when the original theme isn't used. So I'm not going to make that mistake with this one. However, it does strike me as the kind of scoring assignment where I'm damned no matter what I do. I'll be using the theme too much, or not enough, blah-blah… All I say in interviews at this point is that whatever is best for the film will be done musically!"
It struck me as funny that he commented that the franchise has to evolve along with the music, because this whole film is being pitched as Superman 2.5, the sequel to 1980's Superman II. Not much of an evolution there.