Spider-Man (soundtrack)

For the Danny Elfman musical score, see Spider-Man (score).

Spider-Man: Music from and Inspired by 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.

Spider-Man: Music from and Inspired by
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released	April 30, 2002 (2002-04-30)
Recorded	1967 (theme from Spider-Man), 1999–2002
Genre	Alternative rock hard rock post-grunge
Length	65:00
Label	Columbia Roadrunner Island Def Jam Sony Music Soundtrax
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) Spider-Man: Music from and Inspired by (2002) Spider-Man: Original Motion Picture Score (2002)
Spider-Man soundtracks chronology
Spider-Man: Music from and Inspired by (2002) Spider-Man: Original Motion Picture Score (2002)
Singles from Spider-Man: Music from and Inspired by
"Hero" Released: March 1, 2002 "It's What We're All About" Released: April 17, 2002 "Bother" Released: March 3, 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Filmtracks	[2]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Theme from Spider-Man" (Classic TV Series Theme Song)	J. Robert Harris Paul Francis Webster		1:01
2.	"Hero" (Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott)	Chad Kroeger	Chad Kroeger	3:20
3.	"What We're All About (The Original Version)" (Sum 41 featuring Kerry King from Slayer)	Sum 41	Greig Nori Deryck Whibley Rick Rubin (add.)	3:35
4.	"Learn to Crawl" (Black Lab)	Paul Durham Andy Ellis	Tom Lord-Alge Paul Durham Andy Ellis (co.)	3:36
5.	"Somebody Else" (Bleu)	Bleu Peter Moore	John Fields Bleu	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 Kroeger	3:11
8.	"Bother" (Corey Taylor)	Corey Taylor	James "Jimbo" Barton Corey Taylor	4:00
9.	"Shelter" (Greenwheel)	Greenwheel	Malcolm Springer	3:32
10.	"When It Started" (The Strokes)	Julian Casablancas	Gordon Raphael	2:56
11.	"Hate to Say I Told You So" (The Hives)	Randy Fitzsimmons	Pelle Gunderfelt	3:22
12.	"Invisible Man" (Theory of a Deadman)	Tyler Connolly Chad Kroeger	Chad Kroeger Joey Moi	2:40
13.	"Undercover" (Pete Yorn)	Pete Yorn	Ken Andrews	3:59
14.	"My Nutmeg Phantasy (Morello Mix)" (Macy Gray featuring Angie Stone and Mos Def)	Macy Gray Lonnie Marshall Keith Ciancia Tom Ralls Finn Hammer Darryl Swann	Darryl Swann Macy Gray	4:29
15.	"I - IV - V" (Injected)	Injected	Butch Walker	3:03
16.	"She Was My Girl" (Jerry Cantrell)	Jerry Cantrell	Jerry Cantrell Jeff Tomei	4:18
17.	"Main Titles" (Danny Elfman)	Danny Elfman	Danny Elfman	3:42
18.	"Farewell" (Danny Elfman)	Danny Elfman	Danny Elfman	4:43
19.	"Theme from Spider-Man" (Aerosmith)	J. Robert Harris Paul Francis Webster	Steven Tyler Joe Perry Marti Frederiksen	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

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

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 12 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 17 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6] 2 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 27 French Albums (SNEP)[8] 54 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 13 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 11 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 16 US Billboard 200[12] 4 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[13] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance from Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man Chart (2002) Position Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[14] 34 Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[15] 9 Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[16] 6 US Billboard 200[17] 80 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[18] 4

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[19]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.