If the epic tunes at the end of the trailer for The Batman tickled your inner dark knight, good news: You can listen to the whole thing right now and pick it up on music services at 9 PM PST.
The theme is composed by Michael Giacchino, composer on films like Pixar’s Up and The Incredibles, all three Tom Holland Spider-Man films, and Doctor Strange.
It’s got all the musical motifs you could ask for, including a slow burn introduction that swells into a domineering melody.
Fans have noticed that it draws on similar motifs as both Batman: The Animated Series and Tim Burton’s Batman films, with solemn brass sections and elusive strings. There’s even a bit of fluctuating synth to emphasize the growing melody.
“Yeah this has “World’s Greatest Detective” written all over it,” wrote one Reddit user. “This is like something I’d hear in Sherlock, Bosch or True Detective, or Maltese Falcon. Reeves saying he wanted to emphasize the detective aspect of the character clearly isn’t just him talking the talk.”
Though the 1960’s Batman theme was all silly jaunts, Batman’s musical themes definitely began to take a darker, more intriguing tone with the works of Danny Elfman on 1989’s Batman and the animated series.
The Batman is out in theaters on March 4 and stars Robert Pattinson as the titular caped crusader. We also recently learned it sports one of the longest runtimes of any DC movie, and will in fact be rated PG-13.
Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/henchman for IGN.
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