In a major new development, IRON MAIDEN singer and solo artist Bruce Dickinson has joined forces with directors Leo Liberti and Antoine de Montremy to create an epic film accompaniment for his reworked version of the classic track 'Tears Of The Dragon', which is featured on last year's reworked version of his classic 1994 solo album 'Balls To Picasso', now titled 'More Balls To Picasso'.
Taking over a disused brewery in São Paulo with a full film crew, Bruce and his HOUSE BAND OF HELL were accompanied by the Almai orchestra, conducted by Antonio Teoli, to create a dramatic video for the beloved song.
Their performance in the video, alongside Brazilian ballet dancer Renata Bardazi, has created a striking and emotionally charged film that has already been shown at a number of film festivals around the world, resulting in prestigious nominations and awards.
It has now been released and is available to watch below.
Bruce comments: "When we reimagined the whole 'More Balls To Picasso' album, we always wanted to do an orchestral version of 'Tears Of The Dragon'.
Antonio Teoli scored it and we recorded it, then we called up the filmmaker Leo Liberti who previously shot a load of live stuff for me in Brazil that was fabulous.
We found this amazing location, an enormous old-school brewery that was almost like a renaissance building, and we made up the orchestra so they looked slightly zombified.
All the HOUSE BAND OF HELL band members are in the video and I gave them all instruments to play.
The whole thing was brilliant madness.
Leo also came up with the idea of having a ballet dancer interpreting the song, and she was amazing, poetic, and that adds an incredible extra-emotional dimension to the video." The new video has already won "Best Music Video" at a host of international film festivals, with further official nominations awaiting results.
They are: * Los Angeles Film Festival IAF - Best Music Video * Los Angeles Film Awards - Best Music Video * New York International Film Awards - Best Music Video * Eastern Europe Film Festival - Best Music Video * Sweden Luleå International Film Festival - Best Music Video * World Premiere Films Awards - Best Music Video / Best Editing * Asian Independent Film Festival - Best Music Video * Berlin Music Video Awards - Bronze *Cannes Film Awards *Cannes World Film Festival *International Sound & Film Festival *Rome Prisma Film Awards *Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival *Filmmaker Sessions *New York Short Cinema Awards This new development comes after Dickinson spoke about the reworked version of "Balls To Picasso" in an August 2025 interview with Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show.
Newly enhanced and expanded, it was described by Dickinson as a "reimagined" version of the original LP, which charted at number 21 in the U.K.
The collection includes a pair of previously unreleased live-in-the-studio bonus tracks, as well as the original album track listing — albeit with updated performances, production treatments, and mixing.