Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man is a 2002 soundtrack album for the film Spider-Man. Although it contains a portion of the film score by Danny Elfman, a more complete album of Elfman's work was released as Spider-Man: Original Motion Picture Score. "All in the Suit That You Wear" by the group Stone Temple Pilots was pulled out at the last minute when they could not get it as the lead track.[3]

Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedApril 30, 2002 (2002-04-30)
Recorded1999–2002
Genre
Length65:00
Label
Producer
  • Butch Walker
  • Will Botwin
  • Jonas Nachsin
  • Lyor Cohen
  • Julie Greenwald
  • Spring Aspers
  • Glen Brunman
  • Denise Luiso
  • Lia Vollack
Marvel Comics film series soundtrack chronology
Blade II: The Soundtrack
(2002)
Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
(2002)
Spider-Man: Original Motion Picture Score
(2002)
Spider-Man soundtracks chronology
Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
(2002)
Spider-Man: Original Motion Picture Score
(2002)
Singles from Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
  1. "Hero"
    Released: March 1, 2002
  2. "It's What We're All About"
    Released: April 17, 2002
  3. "Bother"
    Released: March 3, 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Filmtracks[2]

Track listing edit

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Theme from Spider-Man" (Classic TV Series Theme Song)
 1:01
2."Hero" (Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott)Chad KroegerChad Kroeger3:20
3."What We're All About (The Original Version)" (Sum 41 featuring Kerry King from Slayer)Sum 413:35
4."Learn to Crawl" (Black Lab)
3:36
5."Somebody Else" (Bleu)
  • Bleu
  • Peter Moore
3:38
6."Bug Bytes" (Alien Ant Farm)Alien Ant Farm
  • James Murray
  • Alien Ant Farm
3:32
7."Blind" (Default)
  • Jeremy James Hora
  • Chad Kroeger
  • Default
Chad Kroeger3:11
8."Bother" (Corey Taylor)Corey Taylor
  • James "Jimbo" Barton
  • Corey Taylor
4:00
9."Shelter" (Greenwheel)GreenwheelMalcolm Springer3:32
10."When It Started" (The Strokes)Julian CasablancasGordon Raphael2:56
11."Hate to Say I Told You So" (The Hives)Randy FitzsimmonsPelle Gunderfelt3:22
12."Invisible Man" (Theory of a Deadman)
  • Tyler Connolly
  • Chad Kroeger
2:40
13."Undercover" (Pete Yorn)Pete YornKen Andrews3:59
14."My Nutmeg Phantasy (Morello Mix)" (Macy Gray featuring Angie Stone and Mos Def)
  • Darryl Swann
  • Macy Gray
4:29
15."I - IV - V" (Injected)InjectedButch Walker3:03
16."She Was My Girl" (Jerry Cantrell)Jerry Cantrell
  • Jerry Cantrell
  • Jeff Tomei
4:18
17."Main Titles" (Danny Elfman)Danny ElfmanDanny Elfman3:42
18."Farewell" (Danny Elfman)Danny ElfmanDanny Elfman4:43
19."Theme from Spider-Man" (Aerosmith)
  • Robert J. Harris
  • Paul Francis Webster
2:57
20."Like A Gunshot *" (Lee-Hom Wang)  4:03
21."Even *" (Greyhoundz)  3:46
22."Dunia **" (/rif)  4:25
23."Moss (Dead Water Love) ***" (Crash)  4:56

(*) Asian edition bonus track

(**) Indonesian edition bonus track

(***) Korean edition bonus track

Use in other works edit

As a tribute to the film, "Weird Al" Yankovic's album Poodle Hat contains the song "Ode to a Superhero", in which he takes the plot of this film but recites it to the tune of Billy Joel's "Piano Man".

Chart positions edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[20] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Filmtracks: Danny Elfman".
  3. ^ "All in the Suit That You Wear" Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. belowempty.com.
  4. ^ Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man (booklet). Columbia, Roadrunner, Island Def Jam, Sony Music Soundtrax. 2002.
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  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack – Spider-Man" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Billboard Canadian Albums: Week of May 25, 2002". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  8. ^ "Soundtrack: Spider-Man" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  9. ^ "Lescharts.com – Soundtrack – Spider-Man". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – Spider-Man" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  11. ^ "Charts.nz – Soundtrack – Spider-Man". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Soundtrack – Spider-Man". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  13. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  14. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Soundtrack Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  15. ^ "Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  16. ^ "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  17. ^ "Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  18. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  19. ^ "2002 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 52. December 28, 2002. p. YE-96. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  20. ^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Spider-Man". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 28, 2022.