The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedNovember 15, 2013 (2013-11-15)
Recorded2012–13
Genre
Length47:58
Label
Producer
The Hunger Games soundtrack chronology
The Hunger Games:
Original Motion Picture Score

(2012)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2013)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(Original Motion Picture Score)

(2013)
Singles from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Atlas"
    Released: September 6, 2013
  2. "Elastic Heart"
    Released: October 1, 2013
  3. "We Remain"
    Released: October 1, 2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 63/100 [1]
Review scores
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Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Digital Spy Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
New York Daily News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Newsday B+ [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the official soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire . The movie is an adaptation of the 2009 novel by Suzanne Collins and the sequel of The Hunger Games . The soundtrack was released through Republic Records on November 15, 2013.

Contents

The album sold 151,000 copies in the US in 2013, making it the seventh best-selling soundtrack album for the year. [11]

Promotion

On May 14, 2013, Alexandra Patsavas was listed in the credits as the new music supervisor, replacing T Bone Burnett from the first film. Christina Aguilera announced over Twitter on September 26, 2013 that her new song, "We Remain", would be part of the official soundtrack of the film. [12] On September 26, as a part of the #ticktock campaign for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , #ticktock9 revealed the artwork and track-listing to the soundtrack of the film.

Singles

"Atlas", written and performed by British alternative rock band Coldplay (who also co-wrote the song "We're a Team" for the Hunger Games Score), was released as the lead single from the soundtrack on September 6, 2013. [13] The single charted high in many countries, including a debut at #12 on the UK Singles Chart, [14] and peaking at #3 in the Netherlands and #9 in Italy. A lyric video for the song was also released alongside the single on the day of release. It features an art style reflecting the imagery of The Hunger Games . [15] "Atlas" is one of only four songs on the album to actually be used in the film; the others are "Silhouettes", "Gale Song" and "Who We Are."

"Elastic Heart", performed by Australian recording artist Sia, was released as the second single from the soundtrack on October 1, 2013. [16] It has charted on the Australian, UK and New Zealand music charts, the latter mentioned having greater success, peaking at number 7. The song later went on to be included on Sia's sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear as a solo version, which charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the UK Official Chart.

"We Remain", performed by American singer Christina Aguilera, was released as the third single from the soundtrack on October 1, 2013. [17]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Atlas" Coldplay 3:56
2."Silhouettes" Of Monsters and Men 4:31
3."Elastic Heart" Sia featuring the Weeknd & Diplo 4:17
4."Lean" The National 4:31
5."We Remain" Christina Aguilera 4:00
6."Devil May Cry" The Weeknd 5:23
7."Who We Are" Imagine Dragons 4:09
8."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Lorde 2:35
9."Gale Song" The Lumineers 3:05
10."Mirror"


Ellie Goulding 4:21
11."Capitol Letter" Patti Smith Patti Smith 3:33
12."Shooting Arrows at the Sky" Santigold 3:37
Deluxe edition [18]
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
13."Place for Us" Mikky Ekko, Ammar Malik, Nick Ruth Mikky Ekko 3:31
14."Lights"Josh Carter, Sarah Barthel Phantogram 3:45
15."Angel on Fire" Antony Hegarty Antony and the Johnsons 3:47
German/Austrian edition bonus tracks [19]
No.TitleArtistLength
16."Again"Abby4:26
Brazilian edition bonus tracks [20]
No.TitleArtistLength
13."13"CPM 221:53

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [21] 37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 88
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] 96
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [24] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [25] 71
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [26] 14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [27] 96
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [28] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] 66
UK Compilation Albums (OCC) [30] 24
US Billboard 200 [31] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
US Billboard 200 [32] 110
US Alternative Albums (Billboard) [33] 15
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [34] 22
US Soundtracks (Billboard) [35] 5

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalog no.
France [36] November 15, 2013 Digital download Republic Records none
Italy [37]
Poland [38]
United Kingdom [39]
United StatesNovember 19, 2013 Compact disc (Standard)B0019019-02
Compact disc (Deluxe)B0019110-02
Digital downloadRepublic Records, Mercury Records none

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