Transformers Theme Song Done RIGHT
Have you heard the utter crap version of the theme song that is going out with the Transformers movie? If not then don’t bother.
The guys in Black Lab heard it and thought it sucked as well. But, in true new media fashion they didn’t just sit around and complain about it. They went into the studio and recorded their own version. On top of that they took all the footage out there from the trailers and cut together a music video for it as well.
I have been DYING to share this with everyone as I got a super secret sneak peek at it and have been rocking out to the song for about a week now. It will be on their next album and I can’t wait.
More and more artists are realizing that they can have fun and be creative in this space as well. The people behind the movie Transformers REALLY should wake up and check out this song. It’s above and beyond what they already have! Michael Bay, I’m talking to you! *grin*
If you really like what you see (and how could you not?) you can download a hi-res version of the video as well.
June 12th, 2007 at 8:00 pm |
holeeee crapoleee.
that is AWESOME!
June 12th, 2007 at 8:04 pm |
[...] http://www.cc-chapman.com/2007/06/12/transformers-theme-song-done-right/ You can also bookmark this on del.icio.us or check the cosmos [...]
June 12th, 2007 at 8:05 pm |
[...] Chapman slid me a link about the band, Black Lab, and their cover of the Transformers theme song. Get down with it and give it a listen. Let C.C. know I sent you. Bahlactus has [...]
June 12th, 2007 at 8:12 pm |
Hmm, not very impressed really. Vocals are kind of annoying, sounds like a whiny smoker? Heh. I like the snippet I’ve heard of the Mute Math version, which I guess is the one you don’t like.
June 12th, 2007 at 8:59 pm |
[...] blogged about this over on CC-Chapman.com because I was so excited about it and love the guys involved in making this happen. Plus this is a [...]
June 12th, 2007 at 10:19 pm |
I have dugg the video.
http://digg.com/videos/music/Transformers_Theme_by_Black_Lab_full_video
June 12th, 2007 at 11:00 pm |
Now that’s good.
I was hoping Kenny Loggins would do a cover or something, but that’ll work too.
June 12th, 2007 at 11:54 pm |
Hmmm, i like the instrumentals it is much more rocking. But i agree a bit gRoger. The singer sounds sad and down.
He sounds a bit like: “Oh.. hey… it is the transformers. ..meh..”
But it should more like “WOW! Yeah! Tranformers! ROCK!(like Tenacious D)”
The movie theme isn’t very good either. I like the rap bits though. But there is very little song in it and what they sing is also a bit down.
June 13th, 2007 at 11:11 am |
[...] CC Chapman: Have you heard the utter crap version of the theme song that is going out with the Transformers [...]
June 13th, 2007 at 12:26 pm |
WoW. Black Lab has completely outdone themselves with this! Not only that, but they’ve completely outdone anything Paramount has. I know when I go to watch it, I’ll have this song running through my head!
June 13th, 2007 at 1:17 pm |
Wow, that’s pretty sick. Now I want to hear the crappy original version.
June 13th, 2007 at 4:03 pm |
Gave me goose bumps…
June 13th, 2007 at 6:03 pm |
[...] I blame CC Chapman for this one. Honestly. It’s thanks to him that I stumbled over Black Labs reworking of “The Transformers Theme” after the bands disappointment in the attempt that Michael bay is attaching to the potential sleeper hit of the summer. You got the moves, you know the street, Break the rules, take the heat, You’re nobody’s fool. [...]
June 14th, 2007 at 3:55 pm |
I’m a little too old to have been into transformers as a kid, so I don’t get the whole thing frankly. Black Lab does the best they can with it but those lyrics, yikes, that’s bad. I’m also very unhappy with what they have done to one of my favorite cartoons, Underdog. Bleck.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:20 am |
[...] Lab has recorded its own version of the “Transformers” theme song, since they, among others, didn’t care for the Mute Math version that is floating around in snippets and will be [...]
June 16th, 2007 at 6:45 pm |
Transformers Movie Already Creates “More Than Meets The Eye” Mash-Ups…
If you are a child of the Eighties, the theme song for Transformers immediately sparks the “more than meets the eye” follow-up line. It’s like the “plop, plop, fizz, fizz” jingle… it never leaves you. So, passions are already playing……
June 18th, 2007 at 12:14 pm |
thats just a rehash (a bad one at that) of the theme by Lion from the cartoon movie…ugh.
June 18th, 2007 at 5:43 pm |
this songs sucks man… it must be great if you’re emo, but truth be told: the original rules… just play the real one again and compare them both.
there HAS to be someone out there who can pull it off, seriously.
June 18th, 2007 at 7:43 pm |
Thanks on the save Black Lab, the crap by MuteMath hurts the ears. And to all the old fans, true it’s not the one by Lion, but it’s not the same movie either.
June 18th, 2007 at 8:32 pm |
Still rpefer the version by Lion
June 19th, 2007 at 4:12 am |
This sounds a lot like the same version that Lion came up with for the Transformers: The Movie back in ‘86. That was THE version of the theme song. This one by Black Labs is kind of half baked.
June 21st, 2007 at 6:40 pm |
[...] I’ll concede it is a hard theme song to consider rearranging, because it form the beginning lacked any sort of flow with this awkwardly timed and written chorus thrown in there about Autobots and Decepticons. I would be hard pressed to say I could imagine finding a theme song that does a good job updating the original theme for today’s blockbuster movie. My imagination, though, would apparently be lacking, as Black Lab has apprently done just that. [...]
June 23rd, 2007 at 5:52 pm |
Why does dude sing like he’s trying to take a dump? Music sounds ok, just replace the vocals.
June 27th, 2007 at 8:07 pm |
Holy shit. this has officailly renewed my anticipation for this movie. I agree totally that the MuteMath verision is worse than shit. An eleven-year-old kid with a mic and a synth bored can do a better job than MuteMath.
I will probably buy their new album just for this song.
Once again this is really badass.
June 27th, 2007 at 8:09 pm |
And comapring this to Lion’s version is not fair. We’re here to bash mutemath’s sack of crap and Micheal bay’s continuous crusade to destroy the Transformers entirely.
July 1st, 2007 at 7:20 am |
I like this one a lot better then the one they picked for the movie not sure what the heck they were thinking with that piece of trash.
July 3rd, 2007 at 10:53 pm |
Now, thats more like it… its much more betterthan the selected theme song…. what were they thinking when they picked the theme song….i wonder…
July 5th, 2007 at 5:43 pm |
hey try this link and see what you think of the clip of the transformers theme its awesome but I don’t know who sings it does anyone know?! if so enlighten me!
July 10th, 2007 at 4:30 pm |
So now there’s three new versions of the theme floating out there. Sadly the one I like the least is the official one. I’m thankful it didn’t end up in the movie or even the credits for that matter. The Black Lab version is probably the best even if it is just a cover of Lion’s theme. That’s not a bad thing because the theme done by Lion will always be THE Transformer theme.
July 12th, 2007 at 2:31 pm |
ok that fucking kicked ass!!!! i think the vocals are better in this one for one reason……. because its not a freakin hair band cover!!! hair bands suck almost as bad as rap(I FREAKIN HATE RAP!!!!) i saw the movie and i was pissed that i didnt hear it! but other than that the movie was one of the best movies i have ever seen and seeing that i was born in 84 i grew up watching transformers and ghostbusters this was one of the best movies to come out about something from my childhood, the child in me is going crazy over the new song and movie!!!
July 16th, 2007 at 1:10 am |
Can you tell me why the theme song is not played at all in the movie? We saw the movie today—and we were very shocked and disappointed to not hear ANY version of the theme song—I had hopes of everyone in the theater (born in the 70s and 80s) bursting into song together with “more than meets the eye…”
This was a huge letdown—-Why did Dreamworks leave it out? I didn’t think the Ann Bryant issue would stop them from including the theme song that makes transformers so nostalgic….what’s up with this?
July 16th, 2007 at 1:12 am |
Do LOVE this new version of the song by the way!!!–This is great…
way better than Mute Math—but didn’t hear anything at the movies!
July 16th, 2007 at 11:16 am |
That was a kick as movie!!!!!! thing is poor jazz dies ;(.
July 18th, 2007 at 6:14 am |
That is dreadful man!!! What kind of vocals are those?? Painful!!!
July 19th, 2007 at 11:21 pm |
they totally ripped this off of the version from the 80s cartoon movie by lion. you can find it in itunes. i like the 80s version better….
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:29 am |
movie was ok, the song kinda sucks, sure it seems good at first cause you get nostalgic as you hear the 80s cartoon rythmn as it starts. But still this song gets annoying quick, i got bored halfway through
movie could’ve IS ok, but could’ve been done better…megatron should’ve stayed a gun too many planes, should’ve kept most of the transforming sounds…also when the humans find a way to destroy the deceptacons they should’ve brought in ‘devastor’…..prime looks dumb without mask….movie 8/10……THIS song is 4/10
July 26th, 2007 at 8:19 pm |
Fuckin awesome.Black Lab did a awesome job
July 29th, 2007 at 10:37 am |
What the fuck is shit?
The Lion Original is 200% better.
Blacklab is worse than Mutemath.
August 1st, 2007 at 12:03 pm |
When I heard what “mutemath” had done to the TF theme, I couldn’t talk for about 2 or 3 days I so pissed off. I grew up on transformers, and here it was, some crap fag-rock wannabe assholes had shit all over my 20+ years worth of memory. Way to go Michael Bay.
The Black Lab version was slightly better… but only because they ripped off the original riffs and 80s beat. The vocals are horrible. Why is it so hard for someone to step to the plate and actually play a decent version?
August 3rd, 2007 at 1:04 am |
I went looking for a new version of the theme song and what a load of crap i found. This version is slightly bearable… by God there are worse out there. Either way… good thing they didnt ruin the movie with any of these pathetic versions. Lion’s version was good, a remake of that would have been good if you gave it to a Metal band. Giant, dangerous, metal robots deserve giant metal sounds.
Hopefully they can get a real band by the time they do a sequel.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:23 am |
THAT IS FUCKING GREAT!!!!! MUTE MATH SUCKS BALLS
August 14th, 2007 at 11:16 pm |
Sorry, but I hated this BlackLab version. Truthfully, I prefer Mute Math (I went and bought the Transformers soundtrack last week and it’s bangin’!). Yeah, Mute Math doesn’t comepare to Lion’s version years ago, but Mute Math will get it stuck in your head…
I hate BlackLab’s because he sounds so….whiny…and like he’s PUSHING the song from his ass….gross vocals. Hated it.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:19 pm |
I just read Vampiro’s comment and I agree with him. Give the song to a true Metal Band. Linkin Park may be able to pull it off by if they can get Chester to do the vocals just right…
Oh man…I’m gonna have a orgasm just thinkin’ about Linkin Park recreating the Transformers Theme. I love them and think they are awesome. Maybe we should write in and tell them to try it. I think they’re up to the challenge.
September 24th, 2007 at 9:23 pm |
So, there was that version that people thought was going to be attached to the movie. Y’know the one I’m talking about? The one that sounded like a Linkin Park wannabe band? It sounded like someone wrote and recorded what they thought Linkin Park would sound like doing the theme. Crap.
Black Lab: even worse. That vocalist sounded like he was trying to squeeze out a stubborn turd.
Yeah, it’s nice to imagine what the theme might have sounded like if Linkin Park did it. But I for one absolutely love Mute Math’s version. I think that band’s creative genius is fantastic. Honestly, folks. Give some of the more obscure artists a listen. And watch some of their videos. You really don’t need a $50 million budget to make a cool music video. Just a little brainstorming.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:08 pm |
wow… um no offence but this really sucks it sounds like the little kid show songs by pot heads its really bad transformers.. robots in disguise idk but id reallly take mutemath over this and they rejected it for a reasons their proffesionals
January 16th, 2008 at 4:30 am |
I LOVE Mutemath, I’ve seen them live and they are amazing. If you haven’t seen their live stuff, check it out on YouTube. That said, I personally hate the Transformers song. I didn’t see the movie (on purpose) because I’m a film snob, but the song made me want to see it even less.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:07 pm |
i love the movie transformers and the song to much is awseome who ever created transformers is a good movie!
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE TRSNSFORMERS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm |
dude that song rocked way better than mutemaths crud of a song
July 30th, 2008 at 4:46 pm |
Massive FAIL. mutemath actually has talent… and you can hear what they are saying, it doesn’t sound like they have a wad of chew in their mouth…
December 6th, 2008 at 9:13 pm |
The vocals really KILL this version. He just sounds bad, I understand people today have no clue about good music, it just gets worse and worse each generation, but still, Black Lab obviously listened to the original because the music is really good, it’s just the vocals….
Especially when you listen to the original version. Lion really sang “TRANSFORMERS!!!!!!” in a glorious Valhalla style, like the gods were coming to earth, this guy is like “mehhhhh, i need my cold medicine, mommy, and my allergies are starting to flare up, meeehhhh wheeeese meeeeeeeeh transformers meeeeeh” Still… better than Mute Math’s version.
It’s the difference between the crap character design of the new movie compared to the great design of the original.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:37 am |
Okay, I can understand not liking MuteMath’s version. And I can understand liking this version better (Transformers always have needed some loud, crunchy rock music) But seriously, “MUTE MATH SUCKS BALLS” is pretty stupid. I, as an amateur musician, can play every single instrument in Black Lab’s version and sing much better than he can. I don’t really like it because it’s such a typical rock song that follows the decade old formula of crap punk rock music.
Mute Math puts on a show like no other and their music is brilliant. Not liking them is fine, but c’mon, broaden your musical horizons for once.
The lyrics in Black Lab’s song are actually really stupid.
BUT! I will concede that this version of Transformers is more true to the original theme song. I think it was a poor decision by the makers of the film to hire MuteMath to do the “Transformers Theme” when it’s pretty obvious that their musical style is waaaaay different than what most people envision Transformers to be.