Sammy Lawrence

This article refers to the music director of Joey Drew Studios. For other uses, see Sammy (disambiguation).

"Sing my song and my sanctuary will open to you." — Sammy Lawrence's "My Favorite Song" audio log.

Sammy Lawrence was an award-winning musician and composer, and the director of the Music Department at Joey Drew Studios, known for writing the music for the Bendy cartoons in the studio's heyday.

History

Early life

When he was young, Sammy had a fascination for music and decided to create a career on it.

Working at Joey Drew Studios

By mid-1935, he had grown frustrated with his tight schedule. He states that he had started seeing Bendy in his sleep, and that he wouldn't be surprised if he drives him insane.

Sammy sets up his own sanctuary room at the Music Department and his private password to use for accessing his sanctuary, but they were recorded in his audio log and sealed in his closet. Whenever he needed to have his own moment in his sanctuary, he would tell the band and the recording staff to wait in the hall in the middle of a recording session, so he can input the passwords to open his sanctuary without anyone knowing and would not resurface for a long time, much to Norman Polk's suspicion.

When Susie Campbell is hired as a voice actress for Alice Angel, Sammy once told her that Alice's popularity may rival Bendy's someday. Other than that, Sammy describes Alice's voice as so heavenly and beautiful. However, Susie later came back to the studio and is horrified at seeing Sammy from the recording booth meeting a new voice actress, Allison Pendle, intended to replace her as the new voice of Alice.

At the time when the Ink Machine was installed, Sammy and the other workers have been unable to get out of their department at least three times due to the machine's ink flowing and flooding the stairwell, so in order to drain the ink out, Joey installed an ink pump with the switch in Sammy's office, greatly frustrating him with the number of people constantly going in and out.

Aftermath

Main article: Sammy Lawrence (ink realm)

Sammy Lawrence, in his deranged ink form, ends up in ink realm where he spend his eternity performing every attempts to appease the Ink Demon.

Characteristics

Physical appearance

Sammy once had a flowing cascade of brown or blonde hair, not remembering which one. Alice Angel describes Sammy as once a "very handsome man", meaning that Sammy used to look attractive in appearance.

Personality

Overworked and abrasive but doing everything within his power to maintain his composure, Sammy's main interest is writing music and songs, as he started this career in his young years.

In tapes, Sammy is shown to be a frustrated songwriter, with what seems to be a blunt and sarcastic disposition. With the addition of the numerous leaking pipes in his department, the ink pumps and all of the constant distractions when writing music for the Bendy cartoons, Sammy is irritated with Joey Drew's project as it keeps setting him back in his work. The only person he has kind words to say about is Susie Campbell, the former voice actress of Alice Angel, that he refers her as a very charming woman, suggesting that he was infatuated with her.

It can be inferred from the voice recordings that he found it hard to focus on his work when there were distractions present, which was likely the reason he needed a private "sanctuary".

Sammy had even criticized Joey for his poor planning skills, which caused him to work constantly to compose songs by a quick deadline, referring to this planning as Joey's typical planning. This constant increase in work caused him to slowly go insane at the constant sight of Bendy, who he claimed to have seen in his sleep and would expect himself to go insane after a few months. He claimed Bendy is "always watching", and states how something seems wrong about his smile to him, but couldn't confirm the reason for his suspicion. Although he decides to shake off these observations for the sake of his department and Bendy.

Documents

Audio logs

• "The Prayer" - Found in Chapter 2: The Old Song of Bendy and the Ink Machine.
• "Distractions" - Found in Chapter 2: The Old Song of Bendy and the Ink Machine.
• "My Favorite Song" - Found in Chapter 2: The Old Song of Bendy and the Ink Machine.
• "Shake It Off" - Bendy and the Dark Revival teaser only.

Memos

• "Let's Talk" - Found in The Prologue of Bendy and the Dark Revival.

Behind the scenes

Sammy Lawrence is one of the recurring characters of the Bendy franchise while his ink form appears in the games as an antagonist, making his first debut in Chapter 2: The Old Song of Bendy and the Ink Machine.

Inspirations

Sammy and Jack Fain's names could be respectively references to Sammy Fain and Jack Lawrence, both of whom were music composers. In addition, Sammy could be a reference to the Fleischer Studios' music composer Sammy Lerner, who was known for composing the "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" song for Popeye cartoons and other pieces of music from the studio.

Other information

Sammy's birthday, April 18th, is a reference to the DLC release date for the second Bendy and the Ink Machine chapter. His suspect ID number, 418, is also a same reference.

Dialogue

Main article: Sammy Lawrence/dialogue

• "But, love requires sacrifice. Can I get an amen?"
• "Thanks, Joey. Just what I needed. More distractions. These stupid cartoon songs don't write themselves, you know."
• "Sing my song and my sanctuary will open to you."
• "Every time I turn around there's more work to do. Four cartoons almost complete and all of them need a tune by tomorrow. Typical Joey planning. I’m working so much I’m starting to see Bendy in my sleep. That smile… he’s always watching me. Few more months of this, I wouldn’t be surprised if that grinning demon drove me completely insane. That smile... something's just wrong with that smile. Can’t put my finger on it. Shake it off, Sammy. Best get back to your songs. Someone has to keep the little devil happy..."

In other languages

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	TBA
French	TBA
German	TBA
Italian	Sammy Lawrence
Japanese	TBA
Portuguese (Brazil)	TBA
Russian	Сэмми Лоуренс Semmi Lourens
Spanish (Spain)	TBA
Ukrainian	TBA

See also

• Sammy Lawrence (ink realm), the inky reincarnation of Sammy Lawrence.