Name: The Hunger Games
Released: 2012

This guide currently identifies 47 songs heard in The Hunger Games (2012), with scene details and placement information where available.

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The Hunger Games soundtrack songs

Rue's Lullaby
Jennifer Lawrence
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Rue's tragic death scene. Katniss sings for Rue as a last request.
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Tomorrow Will Be Kinder
The Secret Sisters
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Nothing to Remember
Neko Case
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Safe & Sound (feat. The Civil Wars)
Taylor Swift
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During the closing titles
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The Ruler and the Killer
Kid Cudi
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Dark Days
Punch Brothers
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One Engine
The Decemberists
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Daughter's Lament
Carolina chocolate drops
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Kingdom Come
The Civil Wars
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During the closing titles
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Take the Heartland
Glen Hansard
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Come Away to the Water (feat. Rozzi Crane)
Maroon 5
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Run Daddy Run (feat. Pistol Annies)
Miranda Lambert
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Rules
Jayme Dee
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Eyes Open
Taylor Swift
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Lover Is Childlike
The Low Anthem
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Just a Game
Birdy
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Allt Varð Hljótt
Ólafur Arnalds
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when Katniss is hallucinating in the games
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Farewell (feat. Mariana Tootsie)
Evgueni Galperine
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when Katniss is hunting in the woods at the beginning of the movie
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War
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
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when the tributes are interviewed
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Sediment
Laurie Spiegel
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The game begins.
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A Wasp on Her Abdomen
Chas Smith
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The bell rings for the game to begin.
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Three Movements for Orchestra: I. Mvt 1
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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Katniss runs away from the initial bloodbath.
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Marissa's flashback
Tom Rowlands
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The winners are taken out of the games and the berries are shown; (repeats) At the end.
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Let's not play pretend
Kimmy West
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Girl On Fire
Arshad
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Marissa Flashback
The Chemical Brothers
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Katniss and Peeta survive; Haymitch and Katniss talk; Seneca is locked in a room; Ceasar interviews the victors.
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Abraham's Daughter
Arcade Fire
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at the very end of the movie when the credits start rolling
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The Hunger Games
James Newton Howard
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Main theme
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Katniss Afoot
James Newton Howard
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Reaping Day
James Newton Howard
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Peeta is selected as the male tribute after Katniss volunteers
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The Train
James Newton Howard
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Katniss, Peeta and Effie board the train to the Capitol
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Entering the Capitol
James Newton Howard
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The train arrives at the Capitol
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Preparing the Chariots
James Newton Howard
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Horn of Plenty
James Newton Howard
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It is panems anthem and plays during the parade and at night when we see the dead tributes in the sky.
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Penthouse/training
James Newton Howard
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Learning the Skills
James Newton Howard
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The tributes train for the games in the training centre
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The Countdown
James Newton Howard
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Booby Trap
James Newton Howard
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Healing Katniss
James Newton Howard
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Haymitch talks to sponsors in the Capitol to get burn medicine for Katniss. Katniss and Rue fall asleep after becoming allies
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Rue's Farewell
James Newton Howard
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Katniss covers Rue’s body in flowers and salutes to the camera, riots break out in District 11
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We Could Go Home
James Newton Howard
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Searching for Peeta
James Newton Howard
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Katniss searches for Peeta after the announcement that two tributes from the same district can win
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The Cave
James Newton Howard
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Katniss and Peeta in the cave
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Muttations
James Newton Howard
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Katniss, Peeta and Cato run from the mutts.
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Tenuous Winners / Returning Home
James Newton Howard
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Katniss and Peeta nearly eat the Nightlock berries and win the games.
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Three Movements for Orchestra: I. Mvt 1
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Stefan Asbury
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Katniss runs away from the initial bloodbath.
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Deep Shadow
T.T.L.
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Music Trailer
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The Hunger Games Soundtrack (2012)

The Hunger Games soundtrack songs