Forget the fancy spandex, super strength or unflinching heroic spirit. The only thing Spider-Man needs to be true hero is a grand, inspiring superhero score he can swing in to save the day to. If he was going to swing onto the scene to silence, what’s even the point? Michael Giacchino will be scoring the wall-crawler for SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (taking the reins from Danny Elfman and James Horner, who worked on previous films) and today EW dropped one of the first tracks for people to listen to – "Spider-Man Homecoming Suite" – as well as the full tracklist.
Have a listen below!
The track list has some references to Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and the movie's villain, Vulture (Michael Keaton), but more importantly it gives us an idea of the movie’s plot points and how it's blocked out. Because of this I’m attaching a SPOILER WARNING now, just in case there are any of you who want to go in 100% fresh, having no idea where the movie is going. However, you should leave the whole "going in blind thing" thing for Daredevil! I'll be here all week, and be sure to try the shrimp bar it's…okay.
As for the score itself this is the track that will be playing at the end of the movie during the credits (the same was done when they released the first track for DOCTOR STRANGE), and needless to say it’s easy to see (or hear, rather!) why he’s one of the most sought after composers in the biz. Giacchino begins “Suite” with a heroic into before seamlessly moving between whimsical, menacing, dramatic and back to heroic again. Of course the rest of the score needs to be heard before a full analysis can be made, but as they say, so far so good. I dip my fancy symphony hat in approval in Mr. Giacchino’s general direction.
Here’s the full list, and SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING arrives July 7.
1. Theme From Spider Man (Original Television Series)
2. The World Is Changing
3. Academic Decommitment
4. High Tech Heist
5. On a Ned-to-Know Basis
6. Drag Racing / An Old Van Rundown
7. Webbed Surveillance
8. No Vault of His Own
9. Monumental Meltdown
10. The Baby Monitor Protocol
11. A Boatload of Trouble Part 1
12. A Boatload of Trouble Part 2
13. Ferry Dust Up
14. Stark Raving Mad
15. Pop Vulture
16. Bussed a Move
17. Lift Off
18. Fly-by-Night Operation
19. Vulture Clash
20. A Stark Contrast
21. No Frills Proto COOL!
22. Spider-Man: Homecoming Suite
The Queens Community Bank Jingle (Hidden Track)
The Real Reason Peter Quit the Band (Hidden Track)