Jun 7 2007New Transformers Theme
Above: not the new Transformers theme.
If you thought Transformers was corny already, wait until you hear what ol' Mike Bay has done with the theme song. The good news is that it follows the motif of transformation associated with the title. The bad news is that it does so by transforming the theme into an unpalatable piece of rubbish. I mean, the theme was already pretty bad before, but at least the original Transformers made up for it with "The Touch," which is perfect for jogging triumphantly or making love.
Hear the new song by downloading it here, then unzipping it, then double-clicking that unzipped file, something called an mp3.
UPDATE: Someone made some kind of fan video with the new song here, if you don't want to bother with all the downloading nonsense. And YouTube took down "The Touch" music video, so here's some dude doing another rendition of the theme on a synthesizer. And it's still better than the new one.
Reader Comments
1. Axuegene - June 7, 2007 2:34 PM
Oh yeah, First!
2. masterless - June 7, 2007 2:41 PM
Wow..thats gotta be one of the worst sounding attempts at song making in the history of creation. Who the F let Linkin Park ruin transformers? Bay! I hold you accountable for this crap!
3. Willravel - June 7, 2007 3:19 PM
As a composer this is the type of thing that is the bane of my existence. I've made better stuff than that taking a shit on Garageband.
Michael Bay, I'll write you a complete, 2 hour score for FREE if you do everything in your power to have the people responsible for that kicked out of the movie business forever. Also, you have to let Steven do all the directing. That's how I roll.
4. Kyle - June 7, 2007 3:34 PM
Just to let you know, while this is pretty terrible, the movie will have its own score and I'm more than willing to bet that this song will only be featured in the credits. If you'd like to hear some of what I think will be the instrumental music check out
http://www.transformersgame.com . The instrumental is quite good...kinda reminds me of Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear.
5. selder - June 7, 2007 4:10 PM
I'll eat my 2 shoes if that is the theme for Bay's film!
6. avidman - June 7, 2007 4:47 PM
Isn't this the song that Dirk Diggler sings in Boogie Nights?
7. Nick - June 7, 2007 5:32 PM
Stan Bush's "The Touch" owns. They should have gotten him to rerecord that shit. It better be on the soundtrack.
8. whitenavel - June 7, 2007 6:20 PM
yes, this is indeed the song that Dirk Diggler performs in Boogie Nights at the recording studio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9Bng7NPPY&mode=related&search=
9. I'm a WINNER! - June 7, 2007 7:45 PM
yeah i definitely think michael bay would have only gained credibility on this movie if he got stan bush to rerecord it
10. JohnJaySmith - June 7, 2007 9:52 PM
Oh my god, that song switches from techno to rock to metal to rap in like five seconds flat. That's a sign of true quality!!!! Whoooo!!!!
11. JT - June 7, 2007 10:28 PM
nothing to do with the crappiness of that theme but has anyone noticed since google bought youtube anything uploaded basically lasts an hour before its taken down due to copyright law!!!! F---
12. Connor Crews - June 9, 2007 10:25 PM
Apparently that isn't the official theme, but some shitty Linkin Park cover. The official theme (by MuteMath) can be found on there MySpace page (if you dare to venture to the realm of MySpace): myspace.com/mutemath