Watch Bruce Dickinson's epic video for his reimagining of 'Tears of the Dragon'
The video has already won numerous awards
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has premiered the aesthetically striking video for his reimagined version of his signature solo song ‘Tears of the Dragon’.
Bruce reworked ‘Tears of the Dragon’ for last year’s album ‘More Balls To Picasso’, which was released 31 years after the original record in 1994.
Directed by Leo Liberti and Antoine de Montremy, the epic new ‘Tears of the Dragon’ video was shot shortly after Bruce performed at The Town Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil in September 2025 as part of the The Mandrake Project world tour.
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 song.
Teoli and the orchestra featured in the studio re-recording of the track, adding a whole new dimension to the atmospheric ballad.
Their performance in the video, alongside Bruce and Brazilian ballet dancer Renata Bardazi, has created a striking and emotionally charged film that has already been shown at several film festivals around the world, resulting in numerous prestigious nominations and awards.
Watch Bruce Dickinson’s ‘Tears of the Dragon’ music video:
Bruce Dickinson says of the video: “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 film-maker 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 HBOH 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.”
Here’s a full list of the awards and nominations the ‘Tears of the Dragon’ music video has already received:
2026 Awards:
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
2026 Nominations:
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
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