With Superman Returns and X-Men – The Last Stand set to burn up the cinema screens this summer, it’s the perfect time for a release of some of the best ever film music from comic strip hero movies.

Included here are 10 tracks that capture the powerful music that has accompanied caped heroes as they soar to protect the innocent and defeat fiendish foes.

Highlights include a truly epic 11 minute suite from Danny Elfman’s music to the Batman film and Michael Giacchino’s wonderful themes to the Pixar parody The Incredibles.