Score of the Month #2 - Lego Batman by Lorne Balfe (2017)

Fun, that's what life is all about, right? This month I've found Lorne Balfe's awesome work for Lego Batman in the playlist, a lot! 

I saw the film at the cinema just ahead of the release date as Odeon were running advanced showings and loved it. I'm a big fan of pretty much all the Batman films to date and with the more recent Nolan trilogy being on my radar all the way through Uni, it was great to be able to revisit the films in a more tongue and cheek light.

Lorne clearly had a lot of fun with the score, while there is a wealth of new ideas in there, the creative way he took ideas from the previous scores of all three films and reworked them together into cues for Lego Batman was incredible, I found it genuinely entertaining. 

If you only ever list to one cue from this score, make sure it's "Black", as you will hear references and re orchestrated ideas of all three of Hans's scores for the Nolan Batman's reworked into a suite here alongside Balfe's newer ideas for the Lego Batman character in a really cool, bombastic style. 

Michael W. Bell

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Michael W. Bell is an award-winning film music composer, ambient sound designer, sound engineer, record producer, and the CEO/Founder of Aurora Eclipse Productions Ltd. He has composed music and designed sound for a number of films, trailers, TV shows, documentaries, animations, commercials, companies, and more. In addition to his music work, he has produced and released records for a number of independent artists.

As a lifelong enthusiast in immersive sound and multidimensional art forms, Michael is currently interested to learn what potential we now have as musicians and producers to utilise Dolby Atmos from our personal computers, without the need for expensive monitoring systems and large spaces.

When not composing or producing music, Mike enjoys lecturing at the University of Northampton leading students through industry and production modules. He also creates videos and communicates to his peers via his Discord, YouTube, and Patreon channels. He can also be found hosting AuroraCast, his long-format podcast.

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