Immortals (song)
2014 soundtrack single by Fall Out Boy; from the 2014 film "Big Hero 6"
"Immortals" is a song written and recorded by American rock band Fall Out Boy for the 2014 Walt Disney Animation Studios film Big Hero 6. An alternative version appears on the band's sixth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho (2015).
The "End Credits" single version was released by Walt Disney Records on October 14, 2014, as a digital download. A 7" vinyl bundled with a poster was released on December 16, 2014. As of November 6, 2023, "Immortals" was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for one million units sold.
Background and composition
"Immortals" is composed in the key of F-sharp minor. Disney asked the band to write and perform the song for the film's sequence in which the Big Hero 6 team is transformed from a group of super smart individuals to a band of high-tech heroes. "We went over to Disney and met with the directors," bassist Pete Wentz recalled. "They explained the story to us. It was insane how much it lined up with the way our band saw the world." Wentz later stated, "Disney asked the band to come in and talk to the directors so we did that....
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