Thor (soundtrack) director Kenneth Branagh's big-screen adaptation of Marvel Comic's iconic Norse superhero Thor with appropriate gravitas. The longtime Branagh collaborator ("Henry V", "Dead Again") sets the stage with "Chasing the Storm," a tense and surging unveiling of the main theme, which sounds a bit like a cross between the James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer's "Batman Begins" cue and Zimmer's "CheValiers de Sangreal" theme from "The Da Vinci Code", and like Zimmer, Doyle knows how to whip a circular melody into a frenzy. Elsewhere, the lovely and appropriately stoic "Sons of Odin" is awash in traditional fantasy elements, while the epic
Thor: The Mighty Avenger (toy line) Thor: The Mighty Avenger (toy line) Thor: The Mighty Avenger is a toy line manufactured by Hasbro based on the Marvel Comics film, "Thor". It is composed mainly of 3.75" scale action figures. The line falls under Marvel's "Avengers Assemble" marketing banner, which will also include the and Captain America: The First Avenger toy lines. This will be used as a lead up to 2012's "The Avengers" motion picture. Unlike previous 3.75" action figure lines based on movies, Hasbro is not doing a comic series with this line. All of the figures will be based on the movie. This official