I think the Williams theme is the defacto Superman theme just as the Monty Norman/John Barry James Bond theme is to that character.
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I think the Williams theme is the defacto Superman theme just as the Monty Norman/John Barry James Bond theme is to that character.
I agree. The Williams theme has now shown up in the Reeve universe, Smallville, the Arrowverse, Justice League, and Black Adam. At a certain point a theme becomes recognized as the theme, despite it's original use. That doesn't mean it has to be used, but it shouldn't be a surprise when it is. 
Yeah, at this point the Williams theme has been used in:
The John Williams Superman theme is an enduring, iconic classic that has transcended the 1978 movie it came from.
- Superman: The Movie
- Superman II
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
- Superman III
- Supergirl (1984)
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
- Superman (1988 animated series)
- Smallville
- Superman Returns
- Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite (2013)
- Justice League (2017 edit)
- Arrowverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths
- Black Adam
The John Williams Superman theme is an enduring, iconic classic that has transcended the 1978 movie it came from.
Off the top of my head, you can add DC League of Super-Pets and the Krypton TV series to that list.
Yeah -- the Supergirl I cited was the 1984 film, not the CBS/CW TV series.
Superboy did not happen.Superboy didn't use it either. Nor Man of Steel.
It's a dream we have after eating too much cheese.
In that case Lena Luthor is mine all mine
Superboy 1988 is not appreciated, because it'd mostly crap.
We were drooling over Lana from 1988.
I haven't seen Lena from Smallville around in a while anywhere else, but you're probably thinking about Lena from Supergirl.
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That's exactly who I was thinking of
I love the Superboy TV show.
Between it and Adventures of Superman, I sometimes wonder if 30 minutes isn't the ideal length for a Super-show. Get in, get out, no B-plots, no bullshit.
(I kid, somewhat. That kind of format doesn't really suit modern viewing sensibilities. But it's true I enjoy the efficient simplicity of those older series.)
Between it and Adventures of Superman, I sometimes wonder if 30 minutes isn't the ideal length for a Super-show. Get in, get out, no B-plots, no bullshit.
(I kid, somewhat. That kind of format doesn't really suit modern viewing sensibilities. But it's true I enjoy the efficient simplicity of those older series.)
Don’t worry. With the ever increasing ad space, 30 minutes within an hour slot will get here eventually.
This was primarily in the 70s, which was a rough time for the industry and each company faced serious financial constraints. People complain about inflation today but it was, in most ways, harder on the 70s than now.
The cycle of inflation then was quite vicious. Keep prices down, lose the company. Charge enough to pay employees, have to cut something else (pages). If they’d been doing it independently of the economic situation, then I’d have little sympathy. But I remember those days and it was quite difficult—and the comics industry didn’t have the deep pockets to weather the storm they have now (the Big Two, at any rate—it’s always been a challenge for the smaller imprints). Even with the cutbacks, many titles were canceled. And it happened across industries.