Musical Hommage?

[ebenbrooks]

I was listening to NPR the other day, and there was, of course, a report on Superman Returns (I'm not reviewing it here, I'll save that for a later post). At the end of the segment, they played the opening theme to the 1950's The Adventures of Superman TV show, and I noticed something.

Listen to this MIDI clip (start listening about 2/5 of the way through).

Now listen to this one (start listening about 1/6 of the way through).

Notice any similarities?