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Ella Langley, Tyler Childers and Stevie Nicks join Hunger Games soundtrack
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The 29-song soundtrack for *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping* is set for release on 13 November, with Ella Langley, Tyler Childers, Stevie Nicks and The Smashing Pumpkins among its contributors. Executive producer Dave Cobb says he and the team assembled artists they wanted to work with and shaped the album around the film’s varied emotions.
Other contributors include Noah Kahan, Kacey Musgraves, The Cure, Noah Cyrus, Gigi Perez, Madeline Edwards and Carter Faith. The film opens in cinemas on 20 November and follows 16-year-old Haymitch Abernathy as he enters the 50th Hunger Games, 24 years before the original trilogy; Cobb says some musicians drew inspiration from the franchise’s characters and world.
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In short
- A 29-song soundtrack arrives on 13 November.
- Ella Langley, Stevie Nicks and Tyler Childers feature.
- The album accompanies the film opening a week later.
How this story developed
- 1 hour ago Cobb also said some contributors were already fans of the franchise and drew on its characters and world, as the soundtrack brings emerging artists Madeline Edwards and Carter Faith together with established names including Noah Kahan, Kacey Musgraves and The Cure.
- 1 hour ago Dave Cobb said the 29-track soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, due on 13 November, was assembled around the film’s varied emotions, with Ella Langley, Tyler Childers, Stevie Nicks and The Smashing Pumpkins among its contributors ahead of the film’s 20 November cinema release.
- Variety ‘Hunger Games’ Companion Album to Feature Jennifer Lawrence, Ella Langley, Tyler Childers, Mckenna Grace and 25 More
- Billboard Ella Langley, Tyler Childers and Stevie Nicks join Hunger Games soundtrack
- Consequence The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Soundtrack to Feature Stevie Nicks, The Cure, and Jennifer Lawrence
Explained simply
The Hunger Games is a series of novels and films set in a future society where young people are forced to compete in televised fights to the death. Sunrise on the Reaping is a prequel, set decades before the events of the original trilogy, and centres on Haymitch Abernathy as a teenager.
The music for Hunger Games films helps establish their mood and connect the stories to audiences. This soundtrack brings together performers from several musical backgrounds, including country, rock and pop, with some drawing on the series’ characters and fictional world.
Coverage · 3 sources
- BillboardElla Langley, Tyler Childers and Stevie Nicks join Hunger Games soundtrack
- Variety‘Hunger Games’ Companion Album to Feature Jennifer Lawrence, Ella Langley, Tyler Childers, Mckenna Grace and 25 More
- ConsequenceThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Soundtrack to Feature Stevie Nicks, The Cure, and Jennifer Lawrence
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Originally published by Billboard as “‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (The Album)’ to Feature Ella Langley, Tyler Childers, Stevie Nicks & More: ‘Great Artists & Great Music’”.