10 Best Superhero Movie Theme Songs

Creating a memorable theme for just one hero is difficult. But creating one that can sum up a whole team of heroes, especially one as diverse in style and aesthetics as The Avengers? That's a whole other task. Luckily, Alan Silvestri brings some of that majesty he brought to Captain America's theme and composed something suitably heroic for the team's first on-screen union in 2012.

The Avengers' theme is simple but immediately captures something innately epic. It feels larger than life and grand in scope, which is exactly what the event of seeing all these heroes unite on screen is. Instead of trying to mash the varying characters' themes together, it's a piece of music that summarises their nature as a team.

This is a movie about clashing personalities learning to work together, and what ultimately unites them is their common goal of saving the world, and so naturally their theme feels like a pure embodiment of universal heroism. This is epitomized in that iconic scene when they all unite, the camera spins around, and this theme blares in the glory of the moment.