I don’t know if that’s true. The music was used for Smallville and used to advertise the animated series. It’s simply great music for Superman- I don’t think the Zimmer stuff is even in the same league. In five years you won’t even remember it-but the John Williams score has lasted the test of time-nearly 35 years.

You can see in the clip I linked to that it adds something more to the scene. Maybe it’s just from nostalgia but I thought it made the dark tone a little more fun- which was something that was sorley needed in this film. It doesn't even feel forced into the clip.