After meeting with director James Tucker, he had a specific instruction for me about the music: he didn’t want it to be a typical orchestral superhero score, the likes of which has been done countless times before. I suggested a “hybrid” approach to him that would combine the traditional orchestra with a heavy dose of overlaid electronics, and he was very receptive to that idea. Since the previous Superman movies hadn’t ventured in to this genre of scoring, I didn’t refer to the excellent music that had been previously written for the character. I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to take the franchise in a new, contemporary direction.