Pearce alum Chris Pearson and his rock band Sleeperstar have a new song getting lots of high-profile airplay. “Everything Must Find Its Place” runs in the trailer for the new Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock movie “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” playing now in theaters and on Youtube. The movie, which opens January 20, 2012, is about a nine-year-old boy who searches for the lock to match a key left behind by his father who died in the World Trade Center September 11th.

Chris sang in the pop group Forte during his years as a Mustang and graduated in 2001 and heading off to Baylor University. His band has picked up steam of late, with their song “I Was Wrong” playing in the popular CW show Vampire Diaries. They’ve been touring with their album “Just Another Ghost” and last January, they were chosen to perform at the big Big D NYE (New Years Eve) show at American Airlines Plaza when they received a majority of the votes in a selection contest.

We last wrote about Sleeperstar here on the blog in June, when they did a benefit concert for another Forte alum, Drew Cotten. Drew was raising funds for a foundation in the name of Jackson Hill, his 10-year-old cousin who died of osteosarcoma, and the band was happy to help.

You can check out Sleeperstar’s new Christmas song, “Emmanuel”, here.