"Battle Cry" is a song by American rock band

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. It was released on June 2, 2014 as a single promoting '' Transformers: Age of Extinction'', a 2014 science fiction action film based on the '' Transformers'' franchise. The song was also included on the band’s second studio album, '' Smoke + Mirrors''. It is the first theme song in the live-action ''Transformers'' film franchise not to be performed by

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, though the latter's "

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" is included on the accompanying video game.

Background

As part of his efforts to distance ''Age of Extinction'' from the previous films in the series, ''Transformers'' director

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sought out a new musical act to soundtrack the film and hand picked

for the job. "Battle Cry" was written by the group members specifically for use in the film, inspired by the story as pitched to them by Bay. Lead singer Dan Reynolds revealed to ''

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'' that the aim with "Battle Cry" was to write "in a more cinematic way" to compose a song that was satisfying as a piece of music but also benefited the visual it was set to accompany.

Track listing

Personnel

Imagine Dragons * Dan Reynolds – vocals, piano * Wayne Sermon – acoustic and electric guitars * Ben McKee – bass guitar, keyboards * Daniel Platzman – drums, percussion Additional Musicians * Hans Zimmer – production * Steve Jablonsky – production

Charts

Weekly charts

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References

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