Linkin Park Reunite With Michael Bay For Summer Blockbuster

In true summer blockbuster form, director/executive producer Michael Bay has turned to multiplatinum rock band Linkin Park to be part of the sonic backdrop for "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen", the much-buzzed-about follow-up to his 2007 Oscar-nominated hit from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. The band just completed writing and recording the film's theme song and is contributing to the score with award-winning composer Steve Jablonsky ("Transformers", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre") and the score's executive producer, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. The song, "New Divide", is slated for a worldwide radio premiere on May 18 and will be available for purchase on iTunes immediately thereafter. It will also appear on the Warner Bros. Records soundtrack album, which arrives in stores on June 23.

"The opportunity to be creatively involved with one of the most anticipated films of the summer is pretty exciting," says Linkin Park co-vocalist Mike Shinoda. "It's one thing to shoot a video that matches sound and vision, but making music that's built for the big screen is a completely different challenge and we ran with it."

"I love Linkin Park," says director/executive producer Michael Bay. "This is the second film we've worked on together and the fact that they're huge 'Transformers' fans makes it all the better. They really delivered with 'New Divide' — it's a great song that perfectly matches the film's intensity."

Opening in theaters on June 24, "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen", starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro, will be Linkin Park's second project with Bay. The first "Transformers" film featured the band's smash hit single "What I've Done", which rocketed to No. 1 on both Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts. The double-platinum-selling track was one of five top ten hit singles that appeared on the group's most recent album, "Minutes To Midnight" (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros. Records), which sold more than 6 million copies.

Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.

Comments

[Emo_Guitars]

while its "Linkin Park" Ive always loved their tone and I love Michael Bays movies .. hope bruckhemier or however you spell it .. is producer then I might be actually interested in watching it

[Cresspo]

They've also played that song called session, which was used in the matrix reloaded.

[GenerationKILL]

Is it really about musical skill or expression anymore? seems to me a "team up" like this, between two commercially successful giants is more about hype than anything. I don't need to sit here and guess what this new song will sound like, i can already picture it in my head, which is all too predictable when it comes to these situations...

[joshua029]

hope the movie is as good as the first!!!

[darkangel375]

linkin park rock! and always will, and i understand why Micheal Bay, other than Catherine Hardwicke(twilight) and Larry Wachowski(matrix), love Linkin Park. anyway, they do have won 2 grammies and an echo award(these are the most important worlwide musical awards)