I went to see Alice in Wonderland and then I saw this preview of the new movie called Legend of the Guardians which has incredible animation (from the people behind Happy Feet). Then I was captivated by the music used in the trailer. It sounded a lot like U2 but it wasn’t anything I remembered them doing and I know their whole catalog. I had to use my Shazam iPhone app so I could find out the name of this amazing song and the artist. Turns out it was an artist I’d never heard of before, 30 seconds to Mars. The song is called Kings and Queens and it’s eerily similar to something U2 would have done. Especially the powerful ending with a chanting chorus, similar to a U2 concert at the end of “Where the Streets have no name”.
The band’s lead singer is Jared Leto who’s also an actor. His brother is the drummer. Jared’s cinematic experience explains why their music videos are so good.
Here’s the trailer followed by the full song in a music video.