Adam
Lambert's first post-American Idol single, "Time
for Miracles" -- the theme song to Roland
Emmerich's upcoming apocalyptic flick 2012 --
has leaked online ahead of its scheduled debut
date of Oct. 27.
Last week a snippet of the song, paired with
some of the movie's footage, premiered as planned
on AOL's Moviefone website. The full version of
the song and its music video were then supposed
to premiere globally on Oct. 27 as part of a special
2012 promotional trailer tied to screenings of
the Michael Jackson documentary This Is It. Instead,
the track appeared prematurely over the weekend
on the iTunes Store in Italy and, as expected,
savvy techies quickly uploaded it to YouTube and
other websites.
2012 stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet and Chiwetel
Ejiofor caught in the havoc of global destruction
by fire, flood and seismological disturbances
on Dec. 21, 2012 -- a date some believe is predicted
by the ancient Mayan calendar to be the end of
the world as we know it.
Emmerich's movie is an epic story that demanded
a booming and dramatic theme song, so earlier
this fall, the proudly "glam-boyant"
Lambert recorded "Time for Miracles"
with veteran music producer Rob Cavallo, who's
produced bombastic albums for Green Day, My Chemical
Romance and Paramore. Cavallo also produced several
songs for Lambert's upcoming major-label debut
album, due Nov. 23.
The result of the Lambert/Cavallo pairing is
a swelling power ballad full of soaring guitars,
orchestral flourishes, and a super-climactic performance
by Lambert who propels lyrics full of hope (a
major theme in the movie):
Baby you know that,
Maybe it's time for miracles,
'Cause I ain't givin' up on love...
"We wanted to match how epic the film is,"
Lambert told Rolling Stone, "we wanted to
reach out and grab people by the heart."
The song is reminiscent of Aerosmith's "I
Don't Want to Miss a Thing" -- the blockbuster
theme song from Michael Bay's 1998 disaster hit,
Armageddon. The song was one of the biggest hits
of the band's career.
Although the world can now hear the entire "Time
for Miracles" song earlier than planned,
its music video is still under wraps until tomorrow
when it premieres exclusively on MySpace Music.
Last week Lambert told MTV News that while the
clip is primarily performance-driven with him
as the main focus, it does feature some end-of-the-world
moments: "There were a ton of extras on the
set," Adam said, "staging scenes reminiscent
of what happens in 2012."
The special 2012 trailer that includes the "Time
for Miracles" music video will premiere before
screenings of This Is It starting on Oct. 27 --
the same day the song will be available for digital
download in the U.S. The 2012 soundtrack drops
on Nov. 10 and the movie opens on Nov. 13.
Adam
Lambert's first post-American Idol single, "Time
for Miracles" -- the theme song to Roland
Emmerich's upcoming apocalyptic flick 2012 --
has leaked online ahead of its scheduled debut
date of Oct. 27.