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Barry wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 6:55 pm ... I figured you lot would at least appreciate the theme track we managed to get for this one

I'm curious from a music nerd point of view - how do you get Seal's track and arrange it with all the other game elements/rearrange it for that trailer? Is it all done in-house with you guys, or do you sub contract out to a music production outfit with the finished trailer etc? Do you record your own sound effects and have a foley team in your gaff?

Bit of everything, although I assume this comes from WB sources/clout than just our little Cheshire team. We do have an internal Audio dept with their own studio for creating/curating SFX, same with VFX.

This trailer was kept very hush even to us, I only got wind a day before it was released.

Either way, whomever put this together should be very pleased with themselves, we're getting huge chatter online, 900k Steam wishlists, and No1 PS5 pre-order at time of writing..

Just for the record, and this might bite me later if reviews aren't great lol, I was the Lead Tech Designer on the open world/Gotham City.

Do we get a discount code? I mean I’ll be getting this anyway because I love the casual nature and cartoony take on the usual game violence that all the Lego games have but shy kids get nowt as the saying goes

That's brilliant. So good I had to watch it twice, the Seal track is perfect

And Matt Berry as Bane as well...as someone commented "You really are the most devious crime fighter in Goth-ham Citaaay"

Really cool,

I’m not into Batman or Lego and I don’t know the significance of the Seal track but it’s a good trailer!

The Seal track was used in one of the 1990s Batman films so I appreciate the historic connection. But I’m definitely more a 60s Batman fan - I think I’m just worn down by superhero movies so blind to them now.

Game looks good in the trailer though; I hope it does really well for you Barry

240PP wrote: Sat May 09, 2026 12:05 pm I’m not into Batman or Lego and I don’t know the significance of the Seal track but it’s a good trailer!

Seal’s "Kiss from a Rose" is forever linked to Batman because it was the breakout hit song from the soundtrack of the 1995 live-action movie Batman Forever (starring Val Kilmer as Batman). Interestingly, the song originally had nothing to do with the Dark Knight. Seal wrote the track in 1987 and released it on his second album in 1994, where it initially performed poorly on the charts. However, Batman Forever director Joel Schumacher heard the song and felt it would be perfect for the movie. While it was originally considered for a love scene between Bruce Wayne and Dr. Chase Meridian (Nicole Kidman), it ultimately ended up playing over the film's end credits. To promote the movie, Schumacher directed a brand new music video featuring Seal singing in front of the iconic Bat-Signal, interspersed with scenes from the film. The movie catapulted the song to massive worldwide success, leading to it winning three Grammy Awards in 1996 (Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance). Because the song is so heavily steeped in 90s Batman nostalgia, the new LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight trailer is using it as a direct homage to the character's cinematic history!