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Thu. 05 07. 2009 3:22 PM EDT
'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen' Soundtrack To Feature Linkin Park
'The opportunity to be creatively involved with one of the most anticipated films of the summer is pretty exciting,' Mike Shinoda says.
by
Eric Ditzian
Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Linkin Park at the premiere of the first "Transformers" movie
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Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
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If it wasn't clear already, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is going to be big — big robots, big explosions and now, big music. Linkin Park has been tapped to write the theme song for the
highly anticipated sequel to Michael Bay's 2007 summer blockbuster.
The song, called "New Divide," is set for a worldwide radio premiere on May 18 — more than a month before "Revenge of the Fallen" hits theaters — and will be available for purchase on iTunes. The track will also appear on the official soundtrack, due in stores June 23 — the day before the movie hits theaters.
The multiplatinum-selling Linkin Park will also be contributing to the "Revenge of the Fallen" score, which is being composed by Steve Jablonsky (the first "Transformers") and executive-produced by Oscar-winner Hans Zimmer ("The Dark Knight").
This won't be the first collaboration between the California band and Bay — Linkin Park's song "What I've Done" was featured in the first "Transformers" and appeared on the official soundtrack. The single went double-platinum and appeared on the band's multiplatinum album, Minutes to Midnight.
"I love Linkin Park," Bay said in a statement. "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."
"The opportunity to be creatively involved with one of the most anticipated films of the summer is pretty exciting," Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda said. "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."
This report is from MTV News.
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