Bruce Dickinson has released a newly reimagined music video for “Tears Of The Dragon,” giving fresh visual life to one of the most iconic tracks from his solo catalog. The release continues the renewed creative chapter surrounding his 1994 album Balls To Picasso, which was recently revisited and expanded under the title 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. 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 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.”
Part of what has already pushed the project into wider recognition is its early festival success. The video has picked up “Best Music Video” wins across multiple international events, signaling strong reception not only from music fans but also from the film festival circuit. Among the awards already secured are honors from the Los Angeles Film Festival IAF, Los Angeles Film Awards, New York International Film Awards, Eastern Europe Film Festival, Sweden’s Luleå International Film Festival, and the Asian Independent Film Festival. It also earned a Bronze award at the Berlin Music Video Awards, along with additional recognition for editing and overall production.
Further momentum is building as the video continues to circulate through major competitions. It has been officially nominated for several 2026 awards, including the Cannes Film Awards, Cannes World Film Festival, International Sound & Film Festival, Rome Prisma Film Awards, Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival, Filmmaker Sessions, and the New York Short Cinema Awards.
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