All right, so I'm back to talk a little bit about music.
Now, as you know, every movie needs music.
It's an incredibly important part of making a film.
It is emotional and it can do a lot of stuff to just enhance the movie experience.
Now, when Hans and I sat down and talked about what this music needed to be...
...the challenge with Man of Steel was that there was a score that had been written...
...by John Williams for the 1978 Superman movie that was pretty powerful.
And the challenge that I put to Hans...
...was that we needed to create...
...a new experience for the audience. And that the music needed to be...
...humble, it needed to be powerful, it needed to support the crazy action...
...that we were gonna put in this film. Hans was really able to...
...do all three in a really beautiful and poetic way.
Now here's a great opportunity to just-- Let's just pull out...
...the sound effects, let's pull out the dialogue and just listen to the music for a second.
I think you're gonna find it really fascinating. Let's check it out.
So you can see, when the music's playing, even without dialogue or sound effects...
...it's still-- It's awesome. Uh, maybe we should take a second...
...and just hear from Hans himself because he has a lot of insights on how he did the music.
This is a C-17, a cargo jet in the U.S. Air Force.
I'm Staff Sergeant Paul Garcia.
I'm a C-17 loadmaster with the United States Air Force...
...stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
I am playing Master Sergeant Michael Long, also with the United States Air Force...
...as a C-17 loadmaster.
HARDY: Loadmaster, is the package...
...ready to drop?
Negative, Guardian.
GARCIA: In this scene, we're in the C-17.
We're gonna be flying over Metropolis, being able to do this drop...
...to be able to save the world. I didn't really know what I was gonna be getting into.-.
...starting off. They were like, "Hey, you're gonna serve as a C-17 loadmaster advisor."
And then I got wrapped into actually being able to play the role.
And it's been amazing...
...being able to be afforded this opportunity. And just working with...
...all the actors. It's a great opportunity to be able to show them a little bit...
...of my world and how we do things, while they show me the same in return.
MAN: Action.
Hi again, it's Richard Schiff.
And clearly you're deep into the movie at this point.
We are now on a C-17, which was an actual C-17...
...one of the very first down at Edwards Air Force Base where we shot this.
Which was kind of a thrill and an honor for me...
...because we met the actual crew...
...of that cargo plane. And we were surrounded by military personnel...
...for the three weeks that we were there. Got to speak to a lot of our young men and women...
...who are back from Afghanistan and Iraq...
...and some of whom were headed out. Um, ahem.
That part of it was a real honor for me.
The fun on the plane was that, and I've gotten a lot of Twitters about this...
...Dr. Emil Hamilton really is the one who saves the world.
You gotta look at it that way. I mean, someone had to step up.
I don't know where Superman is at this point, but I'm the one that presses the button.
And an interesting little twist that Zack put in there...
...where we couldn't figure out why it didn't work...
...and then I kind of look at the thing like this, and then I realize...
...that it's just not aligned, and then I turn it and align it.
It takes a scientist to figure these things out.
Or my son when he was 4.
All right, so you could be like that, and you could go, "Wah!"
- You know, you're like, "Oh, I feel it." - Yeah.
MAN 1 [OVER RADIO]: Copy that. No pull.
MAN 2: And three, two, one, go.
ZACK: On "action"-- If you're down like this on "action"--
- Action, be like: - Then on "action."
ZACK: And then when you're crawling up here, like, a couple more looks up.
You got it.
MAN: Ready. And three, two, one, go.
Because you'll become CG probably around right-- Watch.
And this, you'll go:
- Cool. WOMAN: See, that's how easy you are to replace.
But we press the, uh-- I pressed the button. And there was a moment...
...that I wanted to throw in there that is not in the movie...
...where I'm just so amazed at the technology of it...
...that right before I go, meaning the whole thing blows up...
...I just look at the thing and go, "Wow."
But Zack didn't like it, I guess.
But it was fun to save the world.