Multiplatinum rock band
LINKIN PARK has released behind-the-scenes video footage (see below) from the making of
"New Divide", the theme song for
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", the much-buzzed-about follow-up to director/executive producer
Michael Bay's 2007
Oscar-nominated hit from
DreamWorks Pictures and
Paramount Pictures.
In true summer blockbuster form,
Bay has turned to
LINKIN PARK to be part of the sonic backdrop for
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". The band 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.
"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.