Linkin Park has remixed 'Iridescent' and submitted it for inclusion on the next Transformers movie - Transformers 3. SomeKindOfAwesome, a popular site many of you are familiar with, got the track today and now has it for your listening pleasure!

Check it out here.

What do you think? How does this compare to the original 'Iridescent' off of 'A Thousand Suns'?

EDIT:
Mike's comment on this

IRIDESCENT: TRANSFORMERS 3 SINGLE
APRIL 13, 2011

A few months ago, I got on the phone with Michael Bay, who wanted to discuss the possibility of our band continuing our run with songs paired with the Transformers films. We (he, his team, and our band) all have enjoyed working together on the past two, and he wanted to discuss the ideas we might have for Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon. In particular, one song came up immediately. Ever since we started playing Iridescent live, the song has been a fan favorite at the show.

For the film, there’s a new, slightly shorter version of the song, which is floating around the internet now. We’ll be shooting a video for the song tomorrow, directed by Joe Hahn.

I really like it. It sounds a lot better than the original in my opinion. So glad they took out that rather lame group vocal.

sounds great. I like it, too

I had a feeling this would happen

Uhh it's still there lol. Not entirely but a solid portion of it.

Cool remix but nothing epic...would have been badass if Mike dropped a verse on it or something or they changed the beat, etc. Adding a few things and swapping a few things around doesn't really do it for me. Better than the original I guess but it's about the same...

Drums are a little different (more club-ish), verse-chorus timing is different. 2nd Chorus is epic with the increase guitars. The best part of the song (the bridge) has been cut severely. The entire song seems too rushed.

Overall, not an improvement over the original. Great that we got a new track, but the original should have been submitted, not this.

Noooooo why would they remix it?

It is more Radio Edit than a Remix.. I hope they don't use the remix for the videoclip

Meh, it's allright I guess. Not bad, but not better Would've liked a little harder, more electronic sound.
Blackout or Wretches would have fit the movie better i think.
Still kind of funny that they are now present in all the movies - even though the second one sucked real hard.

I like it. but I would not call it a remix, for me it is an alternate version of Iridescent.

Yeah not really a remix but a less "lame" version. Is it just me or do the added drum parts (in the intro for example) sound a lot like the Catalyst?

Fine, but I still prefer the original version

Yeah, I wouldn't call this a remix by any stretch of the imagination. If anything it's just an alternate edit, and a bad one at that. The original Iridescent sounds much more powerful than this.

I'm not saying that the song is bad... I'm saying that the remix is bad.
Just adding a beat over the original song is not a remix!

If they perform this version live from now on I will be pissed off.

Like it

really not liking it. Absolutely love the album version which still trumps this. Seems like something that was done by a fan like The Catalyst remix contest.

If this is the version that gets released as the official single then its a huge let down IMO. However, if its just for the OST then I can live with that. Just please don't let it be what is officially released as the single....please LP!!!

I kinda got a feeling that this will be the version which gets a music video, which is rather disappointing. Not that I don't like it, but the studio version is like 10 times more emotional and I really dig it a lot more. Oh well... ;/

It should really be called Iridescent (Transformers Edit).

Its iight. A different song would have been better for the film, I guess

It's alright. Original is better.

This probably isn't even supposed to be a "remix," just the single/radio edit. There's nothing "new" in this version of the song, they just shortened a couple sections, took the drum loop from the second verse and added it to the first verse, and pasted the guitar interlude between the first chorus and second verse into a couple other sections of the song. The album version of Iridescent starts really soft and builds up fairly slowly, so they probably rearranged it a bit to fit in better with an action movie like Transformers. The album version of Iridescent makes about as much sense in Transformers as a track like Shadow of the Day would, the energy just isn't there.



That little drum part is actually pasted in from the beginning of the bridge, it's there on the album version of Iridescent. I always thought it was funny that those 2 songs shared a similar format with how the drums come in.



100% positive that won't happen.



Again...this isn't even a "remix," this probably IS the radio edit/single version of the song. And I don't see why it matters, if you're so vehemently against this version of the song, listen to the album version. It's not like you don't have a choice in the matter.

well, i'm really not a fan of the original song in general, but i think when comparing the two "versions" i like this one better.

Nothing drastic to the original version, as others have noted. A few tucks and tweaks and beats added in the beginning, but nothing, really, in terms of a wholesale change. It works, I guess. Probably jazzed up a little bit for the rest of the soundtrack to the movie.

Yeah, I thought everybody knew that "remix" was a horrible term for it. I, too, think it is a radio edit.

Anyway, I like it.

I like it. Download anybody?

not much of a remix.....wish they would've remixed it to reanimation proportions and delivered something completely different than the original song

Its ok. Not as good as the original though, but it will probably fit better with the movie. I hope that they use the original for the video though.

I like it but I prefer the original version.

I agree with Astat, more of a radio or single edit more than a remix, i like it but the original is such a powerful song but beleive this version will tie in better with the movie :-)

ANY version of this song fails to fit in with an action movie. Still stumped as to why they chose it.

It could just be used for the credits at the end.

who else thought that joe was going do some scratching and mike would of put down a badass verse at the bridge?!

this version is ok though... more clubby

More an alternate version or radio edit than a remix but they gonna release it as the "(Transformers Remix)". This version will be sent to the radios so this version will end up in the video, not the album version.

Exactly.

Hate to sound obvious, but W&K would have been the best candidate.

Probably the song goes for a emotional part of the movie... Won't watch it anyway.

I think a remix would be cooler than a edit, though.

It's quite obvious where this is going to be placed in the film... In fact, I'd say even the timing is obvious.

The 'hard/quick cut to credits' technique used in... I don't know... both of the movies preceding this one will be used again - with the Chester part of 'Let it go!' starting as this happens - so the final minute of this new version will play over the credits and probably a shortened version of the first 3 minutes will play just prior to the credits.

Very fitting for the tone of the third film. People following the film are predicting a sad, yet triumphant ending (ie, they have won but not without great loss/sacrifice). It's quite clear then that this song(/sound) fits that kind of thing.

LPYoutube The youtube channel changed.

It's saying it's the new single and it links it to the iTunes download of ATS. It's more of a radio edit then a remix. Thou, the background is now Transformers. I hope they do something besides this. It's to similar to the original.

I really like it, i think is a good "version"
If LP put on the Single Cover, Iridescent Transformers Version will be much better than Iridescent Remix...

Nobody can beat "New Divide".

The Music Video will be of original track and the remix will be on the soundtracks i suppose.

EDIT:
Stupid Homer, Read the description its already on the soundtracks

I think I'm the only one that loves this version of Iridescent. I always thought Iridescent was too slow for my likes, although I do think it's masterpiece. I like how the second verse comes in early after the first chorus, and I love the shortened choir part. The drum beat for the 1st verse and chorus is awesome too. I'm glad they did this instead of using the album version of Iridescent to be honest. Can't wait for T3.

yeah i agree

Let us pray that they did not book the studio time just for this...

I dont mind it. I do agree that it suits the movie better then the original. But the original is just too amazing, so much power in the lyrics and the music.

Unfortunately I dont think this will live up to New Divide or What I've Done like it has in the past.

I doubt they'd have needed to. If I had the stems, I could have made that mix on my laptop.

I do like this version.
But I feel that this doesn't really seem to be much of a remix for me.
The Catalyst drums slapped into the intro, and other parts of the song, and then the guitar part moved under the chorus and shortened. I find that to be a little bit of a letdown. I was hoping for some epic drum build and shit, but this was meh.

Added Mike's comment to the first post.

Is there a Download Link floating around yet? HQ one. Or Itunes or something?

Anyone know?

great remix, it sounds like a rock

indeed