Linkin Park Go "Iridescent" For "Transformers 3"

In a worldwide exclusive, MTV's giving you the chance to catch the premiere of the American rock band Linkin Park's explosive clip "Iridescent," the third tune that band has contributed to the giant robot franchise. Fitting in with the thunderous, world-is-ending, intense, high-action vibe that revolves around the world of the "Transformers" films, the bizarre sci-fi clip for "Iridescent" has an otherworldly, post-apocalyptic vibe.
"Iridescent" is the band's fourth single from their fourth studio album, "A Thousand Suns," which was released last September. The new mix begins with a slow piano intro, leading to a pulsing beat and lyrics about alienation and hopelessness. Frontman Chester Bennington told MTV News that "this mid-tempo ballad is one of his favorite tracks on the record. I just think they're really beautiful. They're different. I like the way 'Iridescent' builds and climaxes." The track builds steadily, adding in electric guitar, potent live drums and a chorus of voices to back up Bennington over a climactic final refrain.
Keeping up with what seems to have become a great movie/music partnership, "Transformers" director Michael Bay has once again enlisted Linkin Park to contribute a song to the film's soundtrack. "Iridescent" marks the third pairing of Linkin Park and the "Transformers" franchise and will serve as the theme song for the upcoming film "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," continuing the streak of the band's songs being the theme songs of the "Transformers" films. The new film explodes into theaters on July 1.
Directed by the band's turntablist Joe Hahn, the video features singer Mike Shinoda seated on a throne with a snake curled around his neck in between shots from the highly anticipated film. It is entirely in black-and-white, seems to take place on another planet, in another world entirely, with a sense of weightlessness, combined with shadowy, translucent images of either a futuristic or lost civilization. There is also a bit of religious imagery, with a shot of the band in a "Last Supper"-like scenario at one point. Naturally, there are scenes from "Dark of the Moon" interspersed throughout, but there aren't so many robots that they distract from the song or the band.