James Bond online game 007: First Light will characteristic a predominant title theme sung by Lana Del Rey, writer IO Interactive has introduced.
Bond followers have lengthy suspected Del Rey is behind 007: First Light’s title observe — ever since she registered a contemporary track titled “First Light” to the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) database late final yr. Del Rey had used her actual identify, Elizabeth Grant, for the registration — however web sleuths shortly related the dots.
Now, the observe is reside on Del Rey’s YouTube channel — and it sounds a becoming Bond track, whereas additionally playfully referencing the very fact First Light is a online game (and maybe additionally Del Rey’s personal iconic tune, Video Video games). Veteran Bond composer David Arnold (who scored 5 Bond movies, from Tomorrow By no means Dies to Quantum of Solace) is behind its rating.
“Cannot say I am shocked to see you operating towards the solar,” Del Rey sings. “It is the primary gentle of day… Ah, you are prepared? All of the fates simply watch you, dying simply to know whether or not you may play your life like a sport.”
The observe is a becoming addition to the franchise for Del Rey — who beforehand recorded her 2005 observe “24” to characteristic in Daniel Craig film Spectre, the franchise’s twenty fourth movie, just for Sam Smith’s “Writing’s On the Wall” to in the end be chosen as a replacement as an alternative.
007: First Light has suffered a string of leaks over the previous few months, and maybe most notably this week, when the sport’s ending was by chance made obtainable publicly because of a significant slip-up by the Indonesian rankings board. With simply six weeks nonetheless to go till the sport’s launch, IO has been eager to maintain a lot concerning the sport below wraps to keep away from spoiling narrative surprises.
The long-awaited subsequent sport from the developer of Hitman, 007: First Light incorporates a starry solid and massive ambitions to kickstart a contemporary James Bond sport trilogy. Whereas its story stays largely secret, we all know it will characteristic a fresh-faced incarnation of Bond performed by Dexter: Authentic Sin star Patrick Gibson, in a brand new origin story that options The Eternals’ Gemma Chan, The Strolling Lifeless’s Lennie James, and The Starvation Video games’ Lenny Kravitz.
Following an earlier delay, 007: First Light is now set to launch on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S on Could 27. A Swap 2 model can be set to comply with — although not till “later this summer time.”
In fact, Del Rey is not the one music mogul concerned with the challenge. Singer and actor Lenny Kravitz will star within the sport as Bawma, a villain who at one level hangs poor Bond the wrong way up and threatens to feed him to a pair of ready crocodiles.
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