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• The Fantastic Four: First Steps breaks a 16-year Marvel tradition with its unique musical score by Michael Giacchino, including a choir chanting the film's title.
• The film's retrofuturistic 1960s setting is reflected in the choir chanting, evoking a campy, pulpy tone of superhero projects from that era.
• This change in the MCU music trend sets The Fantastic Four apart, hinting at the different universe the film takes place in.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is breaking a Marvel movie tradition stretching back 16 years, as evidenced by the updates of D23 2024. Marvel's MCU reveals at D23 were admittedly not as groundbreaking as many expected. Even San Diego Comic-Con two weeks prior saw Marvel focus on films that were already announced, with the main selling point being Robert Downey Jr.'s return to the franchise as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday's exciting story. D23 had nothing of this magnitude, though The Fantastic Four: First Steps received some exciting tidbits.
The cast of the MCU's Fantastic Four movie appeared in a video from the set of the movie, revealing one big aspect of their characters. In the video, Joseph Quinn was spotted wearing very different attire to his costars, revealing The Fantastic Four's new MCU costumes. Another brief update on the film actually came in another panel from Disney's Entertainment Showcase, proving that one aspect of The Fantastic Four: First Steps is breaking a 16-year-old MCU tradition.
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1 Michael Giacchino’s Fantastic Four Theme Includes A First For The MCU The Musical Score For Fantastic Four Has A Unique Element The aspect of the film in question is the musical score, composed by Michael Giacchino. At D23, a panel titled "The Music of Marvel" saw Giacchino debut the main theme he had composed for the musical score of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The theme is as good as one might expect from Giacchino, though includes something that has never been included in the MCU before.
The Fantastic Four is the sixth Marvel movie Giacchino has scored, after Doctor Strange, the Spider-Man trilogy, and Thor: Love and Thunder.
At the tail end of the piece, a choir can be heard chanting "Fantastic Four" over the theme. In the MCU's 16-year history, a main theme from an orchestral score has never uttered the title of the film or its main characters. While choirs have been involved in MCU scores, notably in the Black Panther movies, singing the words of the titular team is entirely new for the franchise.
Why The Fantastic Four’s Choir Change Makes So Much Sense The Fantastic Four Is A Different Kind Of Marvel Movie Although this choir addition may seem like a minor change from Marvel's past, it actually makes sense within the themes of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. For one, the fact that this aspect has never been part of a Marvel movie's main score differentiates The Fantastic Four from every other MCU movie. This ties to the fact that the film will take place in its own universe separate from the mainline MCU, with the score subconsciously driving that point home by being different from other movies in the franchise.
Having a choir chant the name of The Fantastic Four in the main theme of the film evokes the somewhat campy, pulpy tone of 1960s superhero projects…
Secondly, The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be set in the retrofuturistic 1960s of another universe. Having a choir chant the name of The Fantastic Four in the main theme of the film evokes the somewhat campy, pulpy tone of 1960s superhero projects, akin to the theme song of Adam West's Batman, for example. In breaking this 16-year-old MCU music trend, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is further proving the 2025 film will be different from what has come before in the MCU, all while providing a fantastic main theme by Michael Giacchino.
The Fantastic Four (2025) Marvel's Fantastic Four is the first MCU movie to feature Marvel's First Family in the same live-action universe as the Avengers. It introduces the Marvel Cinematic Universe's version of Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm, and precedes Phase 6's Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars.
Director Matt Shakman Release Date July 25, 2025 Writers Josh Friedman , Jeff Kaplan , Ian Springer Cast Pedro Pascal , Vanessa Kirby , Ebon Moss-Bachrach , Joseph Quinn , Ralph Ineson , Paul Walter Hauser , Natasha Lyonne , John Malkovich , Julia Garner