Immortals (song)
"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.[3] The "End Credits" single version was released by Walt Disney Records on October 14, 2014, as a digital download."[7] Wentz later stated, "Disney asked the band to come in and talk to the directors so we did that.... and we discussed the scene and what our song would attempt to do."[8] Vocalist Patrick Stump said that the song's title was inspired by "the idea of this kid stepping up on behalf of his brother."[9] On December 15, when the band's upcoming American Beauty/American Psycho (2015) album was made available for preorder, "Immortals" was revealed to also be included as track 10.Rick Dempsey, senior vice president of Disney Character Voices International, said, "he’d sing every phrase again and again and just change the pronunciation just a little bit until the person listening—who spoke fluent Italian—said, ‘That’s it!’".[12] A music video was released with the song, depicting the four members of the band walking up to a jukebox and choosing to play the single.A second music video for the band's album version of "Immortals" was released on December 24, 2014, composed of scenes taken from Big Hero 6 intertwined with Fall Out Boy performing live.