Bruce Dickinson has released the official video for “Tears of the Dragon,” a newly filmed orchestral production that has won Best Music Video at eight international film festivals. The video was shot in September 2025 at a disused brewery in São Paulo, Brazil, and directed by Leo Liberti and Antoine de Montremy. It features the Almai orchestra conducted by Antonio Teoli, Brazilian ballet dancer Renata Bardazi and the House Band of Hell.
The video has won Best Music Video at the LA Film Festival IAF, LA Film Awards, NY International Film Awards, Eastern Europe Film Festival, Sweden Luleå International Film Festival, World Premiere Films Awards (which also awarded Best Editing), Asian Independent Film Festival and Berlin Music Video Awards (Bronze). Nominations are pending at the Cannes Film Awards, Cannes World Film Festival, International Sound & Film Festival, Rome Prisma Film Awards, Tokyo Lift-Off, Filmmaker Sessions and NY Short Cinema Awards.
“Tears of the Dragon” appears on More Balls to Picasso, Dickinson‘s reworked version of his 1994 solo album Balls to Picasso. In an August 2025 interview on the “Full Metal Jackie” radio program, Dickinson explained the origins of the project: the label wanted a Dolby Atmos upgrade of his catalog. That process led to new orchestral versions of “Tears of the Dragon” and “Change of Heart,” a horn section on “Shoot All the Clowns” — contributed by professors at Berklee College of Music — and a full remix by Brendan Duffey.
Balls to Picasso was Dickinson‘s second solo album and his first with guitarist Roy “Z” Ramirez and the Tribe of Gypsies. Produced by Shay Baby, it was released in 1994 and charted at No. 21 in the UK. Dickinson is the vocalist of Iron Maiden and a multidisciplinary figure whose other pursuits include a career as a commercial airline pilot — flying three configurations of Iron Maiden‘s Ed Force One, including a 747 — a BBC radio show, a podcast, television documentaries, films, novels, memoirs, film scripts and comics. He also co-created a multi-million-selling beer with Robinsons Brewery.
