The thrills of Spider-Man begin from the opening credits, which are accompanied by a pulsating theme from Danny Elfman, a composer who is very much attuned to providing scores for comic book characters and films of the fantastic. But the excitement certainly doesn’t end there. In Sam Raimi’s much-anticipated movie based on the comic-strip hero who was conceived around forty years ago, the combination of astute casting, exhilarating action and a script that also devotes time to developing its characters have created a new big-screen blockbuster for the masses.