Transformers 2 Soundtrack Has Got ‘The Touch’

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 15, 2009

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Our jolly friends over at Slashfilm (and TFW2005) have uncovered something that, if left uncovered, might result in a firestorm of bad karma for our site — it is a look at the remix of Stan Bush’s cult classic song “The Touch,” which was originally featured on the soundtrack for the 1986 animated film Transformers: The Movie. It has been given a modern upgrade or two and will now be called “The Touch: Sam’s Theme” (it always has to be about Sam, doesn’t it).

You can check out the new song via the embed below, along with the original video. I’ve also included — because it is yet another thing that I missed last week — the MySpace first look at Linkin Park in the studio, working on their new song “New Divide,” which will also be featured on the soundtrack for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hits theaters on June 24, 2009.

The new version of “The Touch”:

The old version of “The Touch”:

Linkin Park’s preview of “The Divide”:

What do you think of the new version of ‘The Touch’?


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  • I HATE the new version! The original is classic and catchy, and this is absolute garbage. Even Dirk Diggler's performance of "the touch" is 1000x better than this new version.
  • Linkin Park sounds good! The closing of T1 with Linkin Park was AWESOME!!
  • Bee
    I thought the whole "rap rock" fad was dead...oh wait, it is! Just another example of formulaic "rock" music trying to stay relevant. The chorus is okay as long as you don't look at him directly. And the ending.... Exactly. Just kinda stopped like that sentence. Overall: Fail.
  • I have to agree the original is much better and will stay in your residual memory longer than this version ever will.
  • Wow...yeah, wow. It's like my ears were lured into a back alley and brutally raped.

    I thought there were laws in this country to protect people like me from 50 year old guys rapping. The system has failed my ears yet again.

    Although I never thought that something could be made that would make the hilariously cheesy original sound like 'Thunder Road'.
  • Becatron
    The new version of The Touch isnt very good. Its no where near as good as the old version.
    I LOVE the old version. Its one of my fave songs...
  • nice upgrade to the original
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