14 DAY TRIAL // Whenever a major movie production is in preparations to see the light of day, such as is the case with “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” those few artists who get to collaborate on the musical score are guaranteed to have a hit track on their hands upon release. On this note, Linkin Park has just announced that it would be writing a song for one of this summer’s biggest blockbusters, “Transformers.”
Writing on the official web page, Mike Shinoda has confirmed previous rumors that, indeed, the band would return to the franchise with a new track (Linkin Park is also featured on the score of the first film). Moreover, Shinoda says, the song will not be just any Linkin Park-type of track, but a collaboration with music composer and multi-Oscar winner Hans Zimmer, so what fans should expect is truly something big, music-oriented publications point out.
“Although I wasn’t at liberty to say it before, the song I’ve been referencing here on mikeshinoda.com in the past few weeks… is actually being done for Michael Bay’s new Transformers film, due out June 24th.” Shinoda says in a post on his official website. “In addition – and probably ever cooler – we have been offered the unique opportunity to help score the film. The song we wrote is being used as one of the themes, and we will be writing various interpolations on that theme, and trying out some other thematic ideas as part of the (very large) team scoring the film.” the rocker adds.
In an earlier post also on the same website, Shinoda revealed that the upcoming track was “built on layered, heavy synths” and “create[d] a nice interplay between the organic feel of the rhythm track and the more robotic feel of the keyboards,” although, at the time, he refused to say what the track was for. As of now, it is not yet known whether Zimmer’s involvement will extend to the track as well, or whether it will be limited only to the score of the film.
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is scheduled for theatrical release in June this year. Meanwhile, somewhat behind director Michael Bay’s back, Paramount and DreamWorks also set the release date for the third film in the franchise for July 2011.