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LINKIN PARK's SHINODA Talks 'New Divide' Track

June 12, 2009

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with Mike Shinoda of LINKIN PARK. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

ARTISTdirect.com: "New Divide" feels like another big evolution for LINKIN PARK, but at the same time it preserves everything that makes you so unique. Would you say it's indicative of the band's direction on the next album?

Shinoda: I don't think so. It's got it's own thing going on — kind of like a little sonic island in between albums.

ARTISTdirect.com: How do you feel like the song fits in with "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"? Did you come from a different place creatively to get into that mindset?

Shinoda: We actually wrote the song for the soundtrack. Michael [Bay] showed us a bunch of unfinished scenes from the film, and we tried to write something that fit the spirit of the movie, while staying true to the spirit of the band.

ARTISTdirect.com: How did you immerse yourself in the "Transformers" mythos? It must've been a real honor to enter that world in the creative fashion that you do.

Shinoda: It wasn't that difficult; I'm actually a Decepticon [Laughs].

ARTISTdirect.com: Was the song reflective of anything in particular in the new film?

Shinoda: Looking back at it, one thing that seems to fit really well is the dynamic between the more techy sounds and the more organic sounds. The loose live drums versus the crazy sample thing in the bridge, for example. That's pretty much what happens in the movie: the organic vs. the digital. It wasn't an intentional thing to do; that's just how the song came out.

ARTISTdirect.com: Do you draw inspiration from any film composers or soundtracks in particular?

Shinoda: Sure. Recently, we were talking about how some of the great, classic themes — like the ones John Williams used to do — would always stand out in a film, and be played in various ways in different parts...and he was so good at it.

Read the entire interview from ARTISTdirect.com.

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