Taylor Swift and Arcade Fire Brought Home the Grammy for Safe and Sound from The Hunger Games Soundtrack

Taylor Swift and the Arcade Fire was able to win the Best Song Written for Visual Media for this year's Grammys. Safe and Sound featured on soundtrack of "The Hunger Games," which was entitled "Songs from District 12 and Beyond." 

Congrats Taylor and Arcade Fire and of course T-bone Burnett for producing the THG soundtrack!

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Taylor Swift on Writing "Safe and Sound" for The Hunger Games

Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars were able to get Golden Globe nominations for their contribution to the "The Hunger Games" soundtrack, which is entitled "Safe and Sound."  Unfortunately, they were not able to bring home the award since it was given to Adele for Skyfall. Anyway, Ryan Seacreast of E! Online was able to chat with Taylor Swift and the country sweetheart was able to describe the heart of the song. Find out below.

“This is a song that you wrote, not about yourself, because you’ve got to write about something else,” E!’s Ryan Seacrest pointed out to the Best Original Song nominee for “Safe and Sound” from The Hunger Games.

“For a change!” agreed Swift, looking lovely in deep purple Donna Karan Atelier, about the novelty of such an idea.

“It was interesting, because Lionsgate Films came to us and said, ‘We want you to write from Katniss’ point of view, we want you to completely understand her and come from where she’s coming from and we were given such an amazing opportunity to do that,” Swift gushed, “by Suzanne Collins, who wrote the book, and Jennifer Lawrence, who portrayed Katniss.”

“My cowriters, the Civil Wars and T Bone Burnett, were amazing,” she added. “We had this idea that we wanted the song to be about the empathy that goes into this film and the undertones of sympathy and human compassion that go along with such an incredible film with all this action and fighting in it. 

“We wanted to highlight the fact that there’s a lot of heart beneath that.”

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Safe and Sound Behind the Scenes Images

Here are several behind-the-scenes images featuring Civil Wars and Taylor Swift for this "Safe and Sound" music video.

From: The Civil Wars Tour Diary

And here's the video:

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Official Music Video of Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift ft. Civil Wars in MTV

Today is a very special day for all Hunger Games and Taylor Swift fans out there. The first single of the Hunger Games soundtrack, which is "Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond," has premiered an official video already. I present you, Taylor Swift and Civil Wars' official music video for "Safe and Sound." But wait!!! See the video for an exclusive interview by MTV News with Taylor Swift. Watch as she answers several Twitter questions from fans. Enjoy.

Intro






The Official Music Video of Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift and Civil Wars




Taylor on the Safe and Sound Video




"It's so crazy to see it finished and see it premiering on TV," Swift says.

What If Taylor Swift Were In A Real-Life 'Hunger Games'




"Honestly, I think I would just be the person who runs and hides," Swift says.

Watch more clips at http://www.mtv.com/videos/taylor-swift/732819/safe-sound.jhtml

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Civil Wars Gushes About "Safe and Sound" with Taylor Swift for the Hunger Games Soundtrack

Here is an article featuring Civil Wars' experience working with Taylor Swift for the Hunger Games soundtrack "Safe and Sound." 

What it like working with Taylor Swift on your song together for “The Hunger Games”?

White:  How that happened is we were out on the West Coast touring. We had already worked on a song with T-Bone Burnett on an original song for that soundtrack. Taylor had become fan and friend of ours and kept in touch. When they found out we were close by and she and T-Bone were getting ready to write a song for “The Hunger Games” they decided to give us a call and see if we wanted to do it with them, which worked out pretty well. We went to Los Angeles, went over, and a couple hours later the song was finished, and maybe an hour and a half later we had finished tracking guitars and all the vocals and went out and did our show that night.

Civil Wars is composed of Paul White and Joy Williams. (see image above)

Read more at The WallStreeet Journal

Watch out for the video premiere of Taylor Swift and Civil Wars' "Safe and Sound" at MTV on February 13, 2012 (ET). Click here to find out more.

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Taylor Swift's Safe and Sound Will Premiere on February 13 in MTV

Taylor Swift's official music video to the Hunger Games soundtrack Safe and Sound will be premiered by MTV on the 13th of February 2012. I'm excited to see this video and I hope it will include some clips from Hunger Games (fingers crossed ..please). But I really doubt that. Anyway, read this article from MTV and get a chance to chat with Taylor Swift. 

Taylor Swift is entering the "Hunger Games" arena next week with her soundtrack video for "Safe & Sound" in tow. The clip, which features the Civil Wars, will have its global premiere Monday, February 13, at 7:54 p.m. ET on MTV during "MTV First: Taylor Swift," followed by an exclusive chat with Swift herself. 

After the video's premiere — which will also air live on MTV's channels in Canada, Europe, Latin America, Australia, Asia and Africa — the Grammy-nominated singer will sit down with MTV News' Sway Calloway for a 30-minute interview on MTV.com. Fans of the superstar can get in on the action by submitting questions via Twitter @MTVNews with the hashtags #AskTaylor or #MTVFirst. 

CMT will debut "Safe & Sound" at 8 p.m. ET, the same time the music video will debut exclusively online at MTV.com, CMT.com, VH1.com and MTV's International sites. On Tuesday morning, VH1's "Big Morning Buzz Live" will feature the video at 10 a.m. ET/PT. 

"We're proud to be partnering with Taylor to introduce her new music video to our worldwide audience to every screen known to man or robot, while simultaneously providing multiple layers of editorial content and context," Van Toffler, president of Viacom Music & Logo Group, said in a statement. "This global premiere underscores our mission to connect artists and their fans through a content-first strategy." 

Before the premiere, fans will be treated to exclusive content from the video and learn more about the song, which is the lead single from the "Hunger Games" soundtrack. "Safe & Sound" was written by Swift, the Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, the film's composer. 

The "Hunger Games" soundtrack, which also features Arcade Fire and the Decemberists, drops March 20; the movie hits theaters days later, on March 23.

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Safe and Sound Fan Made Video Featuring Rue and Katniss of the Hunger Games

Here is a fan made video I made about Rue and Katniss' team-up during the 74th Hunger Games. This is one of the most important points of the story and one of my favorites as well. I was really sad when Rue died and I think Taylor Swift's Safe and Sound fits it all.

Basically, I grab some fan art from Deviantart.com and lots of artists in that site have different interpretation of the scene and they are really awesome. I kind of combine stills from the movie and the drawings I found at deviantArt. So, here you go, I hope you like it. Don't forget to drop your comments if you've got something to tell.

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Hunger Games Music Instrumental -- Taylor Swift's Safe and Sound

I've found an instrumental copy of Taylor Swift's Safe and Sound, an official soundtrack to the Hunger Games movie. I've found it from Amazon but unfortunately, it's not for free. You can listen to the preview of the song. If you love to sing along, there's also a karaoke version of it.

Safe & Sound - Instrumental






Safe & Sound - Karaoke

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Taylor Swift Safe and Sound Lyrics and Chords from the Hunger Games

In this post, you will learn the guitar chords and lyrics of the first official soundtrack of the Hunger Games announced by Lionsgate.





Song: Safe and Sound
Artists: Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars
Movie: The Hunger Games
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States

(Am)...(Em)...(C)...(G)
(Am)...(Em)...(C)...(G)

(Am)I remember tears
Streaming (Em)down your face
When I (C)said, I'll never let you (G)go
(Am)When all those shadows
(Em)Almost killed your (C)light...(G)

(Am)I remember (Em)you said
Don't (C)leave me here (G)alone
But (Am)all that's dead
And (Em)gone and passed (C)tonight...(Em)

(C)Just (F#m)close your (G)eyes
The (D)sun is going (C)down
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You'll (F#m)be (G)alright
No (D)one can hurt you (C)now
Come (F#m)morning (G)light
(D)You and I'll be (Em)safe (D)and (C)sound...(Em)

Variant
(C)Just (Em)close your (G)eyes
The (D)sun is going (C)down
You'll (Em)be (G)alright
No (D)one can hurt you (C)now
Come (Em)morning (G)light
(D)You and I'll be (Em)safe (D)and (C)sound...(Em)

(Am)...(Em)...(C)...(G)
(Am)...(Em)...(C)...(G)

(Am)Don't you dare
Look (Em)out your window
(C)Darling everything's on (G)fire
The (Am)war outside
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Our (Em)door keeps raging (C)on...(G)
(Am)Hold on (Em)to this (C)lulla(G)by
(Am)Even when the (Em)musics (C)gone...(Em)

(C)Just (F#m)close your (G)eyes
The (D)sun is going (C)down
You'll (F#m)be (G)alright
No (D)one can hurt you (C)now
Come (F#m)morning (G)light
(D)You and I'll be (Em)safe (D)and (C)sound...(Em)

Variant
(C)Just (Em)close your (G)eyes
The (D)sun is going (C)down
You'll (Em)be (G)alright
No (D)one can hurt you (C)now
Come (Em)morning (G)light
(D)You and I'll be (Em)safe (D)and (C)sound...(Em)

(C)Just (F#m)close your (G)eyes...(D)
(C)You'll (F#m)be (G)alright...(D)
(C)Come (F#m)morning (G)light
(D)You and I'll be (Em)safe (D)and (C)sound...(Em)

Source: http://www.guitarchordworld.net/2011/12/safe-and-sound-lyrics-chords-taylor.html#ixzz1isSmNtML

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Taylor Swift Renders Her Voice at the Hunger Games with Safe and Sound

Taylor Swift is surely in demand these days. She is definitely one of the best stars of our generation. At 22, she already won an Artist of the Year award not to mention her entries at the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records. Now, she become part of the highly anticipated movie of 2012, The Hunger Games -- the world will be surely watching if the odds will be on the franchise's popularity and success in the box office.

The title of the song is Safe and Sound. The country sweetheart is joined by Civil Wars. The song is really emotional and is not really accompanied by lots of instruments. It's more acoustic and the lyrics fits the Rue's death scene.

Here is the lyrics to Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift featuring Civil Wars. You can actually download the song from iTunes and Amazon. The Safe and Sound mp3 costs $1.29 in iTunes and $0.99 in Amazon, so I suggest you to buy from Amazon since it's cheaper. Don't worry, you could still play the song on any mp3 devices like iPod or iPhone.

Taylor Swift featuring Civil Wars Lyrics

I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, I'll never let you go
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, Don't leave me here alone
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight

Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

Don't you dare look out your window darling

Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone

Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

Just close your eyes
You'll be alright
Come morning light,
You and I'll be safe and sound...

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