Although it's appropriate to the ironic commentary that the film makes on the media frenzy of our time, the score to
Hero recreates much of the musical treacle leaking out of TV today, from the sweet sounds of commercials to the false bravado of the themes for the evening news. In context, they constitute satire, but on their own they only ape what they're making fun of. There's also a theme song performed by
Luther Vandross that misses the point of the movie by a mile. ~ William Ruhlmann