Of Monsters and Men Talks About Their Song in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack

Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men was able to gush about their contribution to the official soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Their song is entitled Silhouettes. Here's what band member Ragnar þórhallsson can say about the song and their involvment in the franchise.

"We had been traveling for a long time and away from our family and doing something we had never done before, so that was kind of how we related to the story," þórhallsson told MTV News. "So this is all based on our experience."

I think that's stronger than digging into and dissecting the book and writing a song about one scene or something," þórhallsson said. "It's more about the feeling of the whole story."

"A thousand silhouettes/ Dancing on my chest/ No matter where I sleep/ You are haunting me," sings the band's Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir over an increasingly tortured beat.

"Being away from your home and your family and your girlfriend and stuff like that [is hard]," þórhallsson said. "I think this song touches on that. Definitely."

"Writing about what's out there without knowing what's out there. I think now that we've seen what's out there... and how we feel about being away [from home], it kind of turns around a bit. I'm not sure what the next album will sound like....but we know more about the world, so it's probably going to be a lot different from the first, I think. Maybe a bit more personal."

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Three Local Songs Added on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack

Spanish alternative band Lori Meyers, Brazilian rockers CPM22, and Berlin-based ABBY will add local versions of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack. The local songs will be played at the end credits of the movie at their respective country. 

The song Hombre a Tierra by Lori Meyers will be available Spain, Central America, and South America on November 18 while the song "Again" will be released on November 15 in Germany and Austria.  Moreover, the song "13" by CPM22 will be available on November 18 in Brazil. More information about the report can be read at http://variety.com/2013/film/news/hunger-games-catching-fire-soundtrack-adds-cpm22-lori-meyers-abby-1200730864/.

For the official tracklist of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, go to this page. Pre-order the soundtrack at Amazon.

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Coldplay to Receive the Hollywood Song Award for "Atlas" of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack

According to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Coldplay will receive the Hollywood Song Award for their contribution to soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack entitled "Atlas." The award- winning group will perform the song during the 17th annual Hollywood Film Awards on October 21, 2013 at Beverly Hilton. 

For more information, read the full report here.

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Tracklist of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Official Soundtrack (OST) - Includes Sia, Coldplay, Christina Aguilera, Imagine Dragons and More

Here is the full list of songs to be included on the official soundtrack (OST) of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. You can pre-order it here.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

1. “Atlas” – Coldplay
2. “Silhouettes” – Of Monsters and Men
3. “Elastic Heart” – Sia (ft. The Weeknd & Diplo)
4. “Lean” – The National
5. “We Remain” – Christina Aguilera
6. “Devil May Cry” – The Weeknd
7. “Who We Are” – Imagine Dragons
8. “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” – Lorde
9. “Gale Song” – The Lumineers
10. “Mirror” – Ellie Goulding
11. “Capital Letter” – Patti Smith
12. “Shooting Arrows At The Sky” – Santigold
13. “Place For Us” – Mikky Ekko
14. “Lights” – Phantogram
15. “Angel On Fire” – Antony & The Johnsons

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Christina Aguilera to Contribute a Song in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Christina Aguilera will be rendering her voice to the official soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The singer announced it via her social media account. The title of the song will be "We Remain." The official artists announced for the OST of Catching Fire are Coldplay and The Nationals. 

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The National to Add the Song Lean on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack

Stereogum has reported that The National will add up the song "Lean" in the upcoming soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The song was originally titled "Dying is Easy." Lean will be added on the recently released song by Coldplay entitled "Atlas," which you could listen here.

According to the artist:

The song almost didn’t make it because it was too dark for The Hunger Games soundtrack, which I thought was sort of funny because it’s about killing kids. I don’t know how a song can be darker than that. So we had to change the name of the song; I actually like the name ‘Lean.’… You know, I get it. It was a really fun project… It was a cool change from how we normally work on things, to write something for something else. It was kind of a pressure release thing, and it was fun.”

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Listen to Coldplay's Atlas for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Full Song)

In case you missed it, Coldplay will contribute the song "Atlas" for the official soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. You can see a lyric video of the song from Vevo below. If you wanted to purchase the song, you can buy it on this link.

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Coldplay to Contribute at the Soundtrack of Catching Fire

In a recent press release, Lionsgate has revealed that British group Coldplay will contribute the track entitled "Atlas" for the official soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which will be released in November 2013.

“I have great respect and admiration for Coldplay, and we are thrilled with how well they have connected to the themes and ideas within the film,” said filmmaker Francis Lawrence. “Their unwavering passion and excitement for the project elevated the collaboration even further, and we can’t wait to share this music with audiences around the world.”

“We are so honored that Coldplay, one of the iconic rock bands of our generation, will perform the first song out on the new soundtrack,” said Tracy McKnight, Lionsgate’s Head of Film Music. “Knowing that Chris Martin is a fan of the books makes this even more meaningful. The Coldplay single underscores the stature of recording artists we’ve assembled for this powerful soundtrack.”

Monte Lipman, Chairman & CEO of Republic Records, stated, “The creative alliance between Coldplay and The Hunger Games franchise will create a level of excitement and anticipation of epic proportions.”

Here's a sneak peek of the song's lyrics.

Update: Coldplay's track Atlas for the soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will be released on September 6, 2013.

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Catchcing Fire Soundtrack New: T-Bone Burnett Not Returning to Produce the Catching Fire Soundtrack

T-Bone Burnett confirms in a recent interview with the Rolling Stone that he will not return to produce the soundtrack of "The Hunger Games" sequel Catching Fire. Find out why from the interview excerpt below:

I wanted to congratulate you on the Grammy nod[For Hunger Games].

Thank you very much, that’s very kind of you.

Are you gonna have any involvement with the Hunger Games sequel?
No, I’m not. You know, that was a period of time – I’m not gonna do anymore of that stuff for a few moments.

Read the rest of the interview here.

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Catching Fire Soundtrack: We The Kings Just Wrote a Song

According to the recent tweet of Travis Clark, the front man of pop-punk band We the Kings (they collaborated with Demi Lovato in the song We'll be a Dream), they just wrote a song for "The Hunger Games." Here's a screenshot of his tweet.

We don't know if it is official unless Lionsgate will release an official statement. As for now, we don't know if We the Kings will also perform that song. Anyway, what do you think?

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