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"Safe & Sound"
 
Single by Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars

from the album The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond

Released
December 26, 2011
Format
Digital download
Length
4:01
Label
Big Machine
Writer(s)
Taylor Swift ·
 Joy Williams ·
 John Paul White ·
 T-Bone Burnett
 
Producer(s)
T-Bone Burnett
Taylor Swift singles chronology

"Ours"
 (2011) "Safe & Sound"
 (2011) "Long Live"
 (2012)
 

The Civil Wars singles chronology

"Birds of a Feather (Live)"
 (2011) "Safe & Sound"
 (2011) "Billie Jean"
 (2012)


 
"Safe & Sound" is a song by American recording artist Taylor Swift and alternative country duo The Civil Wars, taken from The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, the official soundtrack for the 2012 film The Hunger Games. The track was written by Swift and T-Bone Burnett along with the duo members, Joy Williams and John Paul White, at Burnett's house within two hours.
The song was released to iTunes in the US December 26, 2011, and was later added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist. The song was critically lauded, with critics praising Swift's breathy vocals, the simplicity of the music, and its lyrics, some citing it as a welcome return to form for Swift.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background and composition
2 Critical reception
3 Chart performance
4 Music video
5 Live performances
6 Track listing
7 Release history
8 Charts and certifications 8.1 Weekly charts
8.2 Certifications
9 References
10 External links

Background and composition



 
"Safe & Sound"







A 27 second sample of "Safe & Sound"
 
Problems playing this file? See media help.
"Safe & Sound" was written by Taylor Swift, Joy Williams, John Paul White, and T-Bone Burnett.[1] In summer 2011, Lionsgate required Burnett to record songs for The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, and he subsequently corralled a range of artists, including Swift, Maroon 5, The Civil Wars, and Arcade Fire. On a fall night in 2011, Burnett and the production team, as well as Swift and The Civil Wars, came to Burnett's house in Los Angeles to write the lyrics. After two hours, the song was finished. Swift further elaborated, "The Civil Wars had a show that night in L.A., so they raced right over to T Bone's house. There's so many things he could've done production-wise to make that song bigger sonically than it is, but I think that would have possibly been a mistake. For him to have left the song as a lullaby is brilliant."[2]
On December 22, 2011, Swift posted a portion of the song's lyrics via her Twitter account and said that "Something I’ve been [very] excited about for a [very] long time is going to be happening very soon."[3] Four days later, the song was released digitally on iTunes Store.[4] "Safe and Sound" is a departure of Swift from her previous country pop releases,[5] a melancholy ballad combining elements from alternative country,[2] and folk music.[6] Written in the key of G major, the track has a moderate slow tempo of 72 beats per minute. Swift's vocal range on the song spans from the low-note of G3 to the high-note of D5.[7] It accompanies an acoustic guitar in its arrangement,[6] and, according to Matthew Perpetua from Rolling Stone, features The Civil Wars' "harmony" vocals.[8] According to Swift, the theme of "Safe & Sound" represents "the empathy and compassion Katniss feels for Rue, Peeta, and Prim in different parts of [The Hunger Games]."[5]
Critical reception
"Safe & Sound" received mainly positive reviews from music critics. Jody Rosen from Rolling Stone gave the song four out of five stars, calling it Swift's "prettiest ballad."[9] In a review of The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, AllMusic's Heather Phares picked it as one of the highlights on the soundtrack, calling it "the most crucial" track.[10] Idolator praised Swift's "breathiness that sounds more eerie than sweet",[11] while Jason Lipshutz writing for Billboard commended the "non-Swiftian anthem that embraces the folksiness of the soundtrack" and favored the guest appearance contributed by The Civil Wars.[12] In a less favorable feedback, Darren Franich, and editor from Entertainment Weekly, was not impressed towards the track's lyrics and Swift's vocals, writing that "there’s no sense of triumph". He further added that "Safe & Sound" "sounds more like a funeral dirge than a victory chant, especially as the song continues with light percussion that sounds like soldiers marching to their doom."[13] The Wall Street Journal '​s Christopher John Farley agreed, opining that the song "has a rural feel, but doesn’t sound like a commercial country song."[3]
At the 2012 Country Music Association Awards, "Safe & Sound" was nominated for Musical Event of the Year.[14] It also garnered a CMT Music Award nomination for Collaborative of the Year in that year.[15] The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 70th Golden Globe Awards in 2013, but lost to Adele's "Skyfall".[16] At the 2013 Grammy Awards, "Safe & Sound" received a nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, but lost to "Pontoon" by Little Big Town, and won the Best Song Written for Visual Media.[17]
Chart performance
During the first week of release, "Safe & Sound" entered the Billboard Hot Digital Songs at number 19 with 136,000 digital units sold.[18] On the Billboard Hot 100, the single debuted and peaked at number 30.[19] Following the release of the song's music video, it re-entered the Hot 100 at number 56.[20] In its eleventh week on chart, the song rose number 71 to number 35, prior to the release of The Hunger Games soundtrack.[21] The track was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of one million units.[22] As of September 2013, the song has sold 1,628,000 copies in the United States.[23] The track also peaked at number 31 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart.[24] Internationally, "Safe & Sound" attained moderate commercial success. The single peaked at number 38 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for three weeks.[25] It was more successful in New Zealand, peaking at number 11 on the New Zealand Singles Chart and remained for five weeks.[26] "Safe & Sound" also charted on the UK Singles Chart at number 67.[27]
Music video
The song's music video, which is directed by Philip Andelman, premiered on February 13, 2012 at 7:54 p.m. ET on MTV.[28] The video features Swift, walking barefoot through a forest in Watertown, Tennessee, wearing a long white gown. Between scenes, The Civil Wars are seen inside a cottage house sitting in front of a fireplace as they sing along to the song.[29]
The music video was shot in a cemetery, and the scene featuring Swift sitting atop the graves are of a real couple who died in 1853.[30]
Live performances
During the Australian leg of the Speak Now World Tour, Swift added "Safe & Sound" to the tour's setlist.[31] Swift performed the track while sitting on a couch onstage, wearing a "sparkling, floor-length gown", which, according to Brittany Cooper of Taste of Country, was slightly reminiscent of Belle from Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991). Cooper provided a positive feedback to the performance, writing that "[Swift] took the song with a whimsical air and gave it all the mystique you would expect from the haunting ballad."[32]
Track listing
Digital download[4]1."Safe & Sound" – 4:01
Release history

Country
Date
Format
Label

Belgium[33]
December 26, 2011 Digital download Big Machine Records
Brazil[34]

Canada[4]

Finland[35]

Germany[36]

Portugal[37]

Russia[38]

Spain[39]

Switzerland[40]

United States[41]

United Kingdom[42]
March 28, 2012 Contemporary hit radio
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts

Chart (2011-12)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[25]
38
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[43]
62
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[24]
31
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[26]
11
Poland (Dance Top 50)[44]
44
South Korea International Singles (Gaon)[45]
42
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[27]
67
US Billboard Hot 100[46]
30

Certifications

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


United States (RIAA)[22]
2× Platinum 2,000,000[23]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
 

References
1.Jump up ^ Various artists (2011). The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond (liner notes). Mercury Records.
2.^ Jump up to: a b Herrera, Monica (March 29, 2012). "Taylor Swift, Arcade Fire Talk 'Hunger Games'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Farley, Christopher (December 23, 2011). "Taylor Swift Releases ‘Safe and Sound’ From ‘Hunger Games’ Soundtrack". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". Canada: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Willman, Chris (March 12, 2012). "Taylor Swift Talks About Her Hunger to Contribute to ‘The Hunger Games’—Exclusive!". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
6.^ Jump up to: a b Holz, Adam (December 26, 2011). "Taylor Swift | Safe & Sound | Track Review". Plugged In. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift 'Safe & Sound' Sheet Music". musicnotes.com. Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ Perpetua, Matthew (December 23, 2011). "Listen: Taylor Swift's 'Hunger Games' Ballad 'Safe and Sound'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ Rosen, Jody (December 30, 2011). "Song Review, 'Safe & Sound'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
10.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "Listen To Taylor Swift's Song 'Safe and Sound'". Idolator. December 23, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
12.Jump up ^ Lipshutz, Jason (March 20, 2012). "'The Hunger Games' Soundtrack: Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ Franich, Darren (December 23, 2011). "'Hunger Games' song: Taylor Swift's 'Safe & Sound'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
14.Jump up ^ "2012 CMA Awards". Country Weekly. November 1, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
15.Jump up ^ "Women Dominate 2012 CMT Music Awards Nominations". CMT. April 23, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
16.Jump up ^ Poehler, Amy (January 14, 2013). "The 70th Golden Globe Awards Winners". IGN.
17.Jump up ^ Kim, Wook (February 11, 2013). "Grammys 2013". Time. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
18.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (December 29, 2011). "Michael Buble Remains No. 1, Adele's '21' Has Best Sales Week Yet". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
19.Jump up ^ Grein, Paul (January 4, 2012). "Week Ending Jan. 1, 2012. Songs: LMFAO Beats Everybody". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
20.Jump up ^ Grein, Paul (February 19, 2012). "Week Ending Feb. 19, 2012. Songs: Women Take Charge". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
21.Jump up ^ Grein, Paul (March 25, 2012). "Week Ending March 25, 2012. Songs: For fun. And Profit". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved July 14, 2012.
23.^ Jump up to: a b Grein, Paul (September 11, 2013). "Week Ending Sept. 8, 2013. Songs: Race & The R&B Chart". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
24.^ Jump up to: a b "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Taylor Swift. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
25.^ Jump up to: a b "Australian-charts.com – Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars – Safe & Sound". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
26.^ Jump up to: a b "Charts.org.nz – Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars – Safe & Sound". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
27.^ Jump up to: a b "Taylor Swift". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
28.Jump up ^ "Safe and Sound video premiere". Facebook. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
29.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift's 'Safe & Sound' Video Matches Song's Eerie Vibe". MTV. MTV. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
30.Jump up ^ Geller, Wendy (2012-02-15). "Taylor Swift Has Ghostly Location For New Video, ‘Safe And Sound’ | Our Country (NEW) - Yahoo! Music". Music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
31.Jump up ^ Nguyen, Giselle (March 12, 2012). "Review: Taylor Swift sparkles on stage in Melbourne". Nova FM. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
32.Jump up ^ Cooper, Brittany (March 9, 2012). "Taylor Swift Performs ‘Safe and Sound’ Live in Australia". Taste of Country. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
33.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". Belgium: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
34.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in Portuguese). Brazil: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
35.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". Finland: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
36.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in German). Germany: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
37.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in Portuguese). Portugal: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
38.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in Russian). Russia: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
39.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in Spanish). Spain: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
40.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". Switzerland: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
41.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". United States: iTunes Store. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
42.Jump up ^ "BBC Radio 1 Playlist – 28 March 2012". BBC Radio 1. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012.
43.Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars – Safe & Sound" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
44.Jump up ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Dance Top 50. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
45.Jump up ^ "South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: January 01, 2012 to January 07, 2012)" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
46.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Taylor Swift. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
External links
Official music video on YouTube


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"Safe & Sound"
 
Single by Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars

from the album The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond

Released
December 26, 2011
Format
Digital download
Length
4:01
Label
Big Machine
Writer(s)
Taylor Swift ·
 Joy Williams ·
 John Paul White ·
 T-Bone Burnett
 
Producer(s)
T-Bone Burnett
Taylor Swift singles chronology

"Ours"
 (2011) "Safe & Sound"
 (2011) "Long Live"
 (2012)
 

The Civil Wars singles chronology

"Birds of a Feather (Live)"
 (2011) "Safe & Sound"
 (2011) "Billie Jean"
 (2012)


 
"Safe & Sound" is a song by American recording artist Taylor Swift and alternative country duo The Civil Wars, taken from The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, the official soundtrack for the 2012 film The Hunger Games. The track was written by Swift and T-Bone Burnett along with the duo members, Joy Williams and John Paul White, at Burnett's house within two hours.
The song was released to iTunes in the US December 26, 2011, and was later added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist. The song was critically lauded, with critics praising Swift's breathy vocals, the simplicity of the music, and its lyrics, some citing it as a welcome return to form for Swift.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background and composition
2 Critical reception
3 Chart performance
4 Music video
5 Live performances
6 Track listing
7 Release history
8 Charts and certifications 8.1 Weekly charts
8.2 Certifications
9 References
10 External links

Background and composition



 
"Safe & Sound"







A 27 second sample of "Safe & Sound"
 
Problems playing this file? See media help.
"Safe & Sound" was written by Taylor Swift, Joy Williams, John Paul White, and T-Bone Burnett.[1] In summer 2011, Lionsgate required Burnett to record songs for The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, and he subsequently corralled a range of artists, including Swift, Maroon 5, The Civil Wars, and Arcade Fire. On a fall night in 2011, Burnett and the production team, as well as Swift and The Civil Wars, came to Burnett's house in Los Angeles to write the lyrics. After two hours, the song was finished. Swift further elaborated, "The Civil Wars had a show that night in L.A., so they raced right over to T Bone's house. There's so many things he could've done production-wise to make that song bigger sonically than it is, but I think that would have possibly been a mistake. For him to have left the song as a lullaby is brilliant."[2]
On December 22, 2011, Swift posted a portion of the song's lyrics via her Twitter account and said that "Something I’ve been [very] excited about for a [very] long time is going to be happening very soon."[3] Four days later, the song was released digitally on iTunes Store.[4] "Safe and Sound" is a departure of Swift from her previous country pop releases,[5] a melancholy ballad combining elements from alternative country,[2] and folk music.[6] Written in the key of G major, the track has a moderate slow tempo of 72 beats per minute. Swift's vocal range on the song spans from the low-note of G3 to the high-note of D5.[7] It accompanies an acoustic guitar in its arrangement,[6] and, according to Matthew Perpetua from Rolling Stone, features The Civil Wars' "harmony" vocals.[8] According to Swift, the theme of "Safe & Sound" represents "the empathy and compassion Katniss feels for Rue, Peeta, and Prim in different parts of [The Hunger Games]."[5]
Critical reception
"Safe & Sound" received mainly positive reviews from music critics. Jody Rosen from Rolling Stone gave the song four out of five stars, calling it Swift's "prettiest ballad."[9] In a review of The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, AllMusic's Heather Phares picked it as one of the highlights on the soundtrack, calling it "the most crucial" track.[10] Idolator praised Swift's "breathiness that sounds more eerie than sweet",[11] while Jason Lipshutz writing for Billboard commended the "non-Swiftian anthem that embraces the folksiness of the soundtrack" and favored the guest appearance contributed by The Civil Wars.[12] In a less favorable feedback, Darren Franich, and editor from Entertainment Weekly, was not impressed towards the track's lyrics and Swift's vocals, writing that "there’s no sense of triumph". He further added that "Safe & Sound" "sounds more like a funeral dirge than a victory chant, especially as the song continues with light percussion that sounds like soldiers marching to their doom."[13] The Wall Street Journal '​s Christopher John Farley agreed, opining that the song "has a rural feel, but doesn’t sound like a commercial country song."[3]
At the 2012 Country Music Association Awards, "Safe & Sound" was nominated for Musical Event of the Year.[14] It also garnered a CMT Music Award nomination for Collaborative of the Year in that year.[15] The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 70th Golden Globe Awards in 2013, but lost to Adele's "Skyfall".[16] At the 2013 Grammy Awards, "Safe & Sound" received a nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, but lost to "Pontoon" by Little Big Town, and won the Best Song Written for Visual Media.[17]
Chart performance
During the first week of release, "Safe & Sound" entered the Billboard Hot Digital Songs at number 19 with 136,000 digital units sold.[18] On the Billboard Hot 100, the single debuted and peaked at number 30.[19] Following the release of the song's music video, it re-entered the Hot 100 at number 56.[20] In its eleventh week on chart, the song rose number 71 to number 35, prior to the release of The Hunger Games soundtrack.[21] The track was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of one million units.[22] As of September 2013, the song has sold 1,628,000 copies in the United States.[23] The track also peaked at number 31 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart.[24] Internationally, "Safe & Sound" attained moderate commercial success. The single peaked at number 38 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for three weeks.[25] It was more successful in New Zealand, peaking at number 11 on the New Zealand Singles Chart and remained for five weeks.[26] "Safe & Sound" also charted on the UK Singles Chart at number 67.[27]
Music video
The song's music video, which is directed by Philip Andelman, premiered on February 13, 2012 at 7:54 p.m. ET on MTV.[28] The video features Swift, walking barefoot through a forest in Watertown, Tennessee, wearing a long white gown. Between scenes, The Civil Wars are seen inside a cottage house sitting in front of a fireplace as they sing along to the song.[29]
The music video was shot in a cemetery, and the scene featuring Swift sitting atop the graves are of a real couple who died in 1853.[30]
Live performances
During the Australian leg of the Speak Now World Tour, Swift added "Safe & Sound" to the tour's setlist.[31] Swift performed the track while sitting on a couch onstage, wearing a "sparkling, floor-length gown", which, according to Brittany Cooper of Taste of Country, was slightly reminiscent of Belle from Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991). Cooper provided a positive feedback to the performance, writing that "[Swift] took the song with a whimsical air and gave it all the mystique you would expect from the haunting ballad."[32]
Track listing
Digital download[4]1."Safe & Sound" – 4:01
Release history

Country
Date
Format
Label

Belgium[33]
December 26, 2011 Digital download Big Machine Records
Brazil[34]

Canada[4]

Finland[35]

Germany[36]

Portugal[37]

Russia[38]

Spain[39]

Switzerland[40]

United States[41]

United Kingdom[42]
March 28, 2012 Contemporary hit radio
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts

Chart (2011-12)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[25]
38
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[43]
62
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[24]
31
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[26]
11
Poland (Dance Top 50)[44]
44
South Korea International Singles (Gaon)[45]
42
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[27]
67
US Billboard Hot 100[46]
30

Certifications

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


United States (RIAA)[22]
2× Platinum 2,000,000[23]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
 

References
1.Jump up ^ Various artists (2011). The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond (liner notes). Mercury Records.
2.^ Jump up to: a b Herrera, Monica (March 29, 2012). "Taylor Swift, Arcade Fire Talk 'Hunger Games'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Farley, Christopher (December 23, 2011). "Taylor Swift Releases ‘Safe and Sound’ From ‘Hunger Games’ Soundtrack". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". Canada: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Willman, Chris (March 12, 2012). "Taylor Swift Talks About Her Hunger to Contribute to ‘The Hunger Games’—Exclusive!". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
6.^ Jump up to: a b Holz, Adam (December 26, 2011). "Taylor Swift | Safe & Sound | Track Review". Plugged In. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift 'Safe & Sound' Sheet Music". musicnotes.com. Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ Perpetua, Matthew (December 23, 2011). "Listen: Taylor Swift's 'Hunger Games' Ballad 'Safe and Sound'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ Rosen, Jody (December 30, 2011). "Song Review, 'Safe & Sound'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
10.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "Listen To Taylor Swift's Song 'Safe and Sound'". Idolator. December 23, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
12.Jump up ^ Lipshutz, Jason (March 20, 2012). "'The Hunger Games' Soundtrack: Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ Franich, Darren (December 23, 2011). "'Hunger Games' song: Taylor Swift's 'Safe & Sound'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
14.Jump up ^ "2012 CMA Awards". Country Weekly. November 1, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
15.Jump up ^ "Women Dominate 2012 CMT Music Awards Nominations". CMT. April 23, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
16.Jump up ^ Poehler, Amy (January 14, 2013). "The 70th Golden Globe Awards Winners". IGN.
17.Jump up ^ Kim, Wook (February 11, 2013). "Grammys 2013". Time. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
18.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (December 29, 2011). "Michael Buble Remains No. 1, Adele's '21' Has Best Sales Week Yet". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
19.Jump up ^ Grein, Paul (January 4, 2012). "Week Ending Jan. 1, 2012. Songs: LMFAO Beats Everybody". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
20.Jump up ^ Grein, Paul (February 19, 2012). "Week Ending Feb. 19, 2012. Songs: Women Take Charge". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
21.Jump up ^ Grein, Paul (March 25, 2012). "Week Ending March 25, 2012. Songs: For fun. And Profit". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved July 14, 2012.
23.^ Jump up to: a b Grein, Paul (September 11, 2013). "Week Ending Sept. 8, 2013. Songs: Race & The R&B Chart". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
24.^ Jump up to: a b "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Taylor Swift. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
25.^ Jump up to: a b "Australian-charts.com – Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars – Safe & Sound". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
26.^ Jump up to: a b "Charts.org.nz – Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars – Safe & Sound". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
27.^ Jump up to: a b "Taylor Swift". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
28.Jump up ^ "Safe and Sound video premiere". Facebook. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
29.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift's 'Safe & Sound' Video Matches Song's Eerie Vibe". MTV. MTV. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
30.Jump up ^ Geller, Wendy (2012-02-15). "Taylor Swift Has Ghostly Location For New Video, ‘Safe And Sound’ | Our Country (NEW) - Yahoo! Music". Music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
31.Jump up ^ Nguyen, Giselle (March 12, 2012). "Review: Taylor Swift sparkles on stage in Melbourne". Nova FM. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
32.Jump up ^ Cooper, Brittany (March 9, 2012). "Taylor Swift Performs ‘Safe and Sound’ Live in Australia". Taste of Country. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
33.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". Belgium: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
34.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in Portuguese). Brazil: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
35.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". Finland: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
36.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in German). Germany: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
37.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in Portuguese). Portugal: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
38.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in Russian). Russia: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
39.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single" (in Spanish). Spain: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
40.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". Switzerland: iTunes Store. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
41.Jump up ^ "Safe & Sound [feat. The Civil Wars] – Single". United States: iTunes Store. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
42.Jump up ^ "BBC Radio 1 Playlist – 28 March 2012". BBC Radio 1. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012.
43.Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars – Safe & Sound" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
44.Jump up ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Dance Top 50. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
45.Jump up ^ "South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: January 01, 2012 to January 07, 2012)" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
46.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Taylor Swift. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
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Eyes Open (song)
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"Eyes Open"
 
Single by Taylor Swift

from the album The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond

Released
March 27, 2012
Genre
Alternative rock, country rock
Length
4:04
Label
Big Machine, Republic[1]
Writer(s)
Taylor Swift
Producer(s)
Nathan Chapman, Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift singles chronology

"Long Live"
 (2012) "Eyes Open"
 (2012) "Both of Us"
 (2012)
 
"Eyes Open" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from the soundtrack album The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, which is not included in the film. The song was written by Swift and produced by Nathan Chapman. It was released as the lead single from the album and was sent to mainstream radio on March 27, 2012. A music video consisting of animation with the lyrics of the song was released on Vevo in May 2012.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Composition
3 Critical reception
4 Chart performance
5 Chart and certifications 5.1 Weekly charts
5.2 Certifications
6 Release history
7 References
8 External links

Background[edit]
The song was one of two songs that Swift wrote and recorded for the soundtrack to the film, The Hunger Games, the other song being "Safe & Sound". Swift first premiered the song during a performance in Auckland for her Speak Now World Tour, before launching into the song she told the crowd: "I'm really excited about it...but, I mean, you don't think I'd get in trouble if I played it now? Probably not, right?"[2] The song was leaked before its official release date of March 20, 2012.[3] A music video[4] comprised as a lyric video was released on May 17, 2012 on Swift's Vevo account.[5] The video consist of animation with the lyrics.[6]
Composition[edit]



 
"Eyes Open" (2012)







A sample of Taylor Swift's "Eyes Open", featuring the chorus and rock sound. The song is from The Hunger Games soundtrack.
 
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"Eyes Open" is a song of four minutes and four seconds in length. According to Swift she wrote the song "about Katniss's" relationship with the Capitol. It basically serves as a warning for her not to trust anyone — in many ways the opposite of "Safe & Sound". [It is] more frantic and fast-paced, a completely different shade of music."[7]
Critical reception[edit]
The song garnered general critical acclaim from contemporary critics. While reviewing The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, Matt Bjorke named "Eyes Open" as one of the "standouts" on the record.[8] Scott Shetler of Pop Crush gave the song four stars saying that "Eyes Open" "bridges the gap between Swift’s typical radio-friendly tales about the teenage experience and her most recent release, the mature, haunting ballad "Safe & Sound," but described the production of the song to be "the least country-sounding song Swift has ever recorded." David Renshaw of EntertainmentWise described the track to be "rockier" than some of Swift's usual material.[9]
Chart performance[edit]
The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 as the Hot Shot Debut at number 19 with sales of 176,000 in its first week.[10] "Eyes Open" debuted on Billboard Pop Songs chart at number 28, making it Swift's highest Pop Songs chart debut,[11] later overtaken by "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" which debuted at number 18. The song would later reach number 20 on the said chart on the week ending April 28, 2012.[12] The song also debuted on Billboard Adult Pop Songs at number 24 and later peaked at number 11 on the week ending May 12, 2012.[13] The song became Swift's 16th million-seller and her second million-seller from the soundtrack to The Hunger Games.[14] The song has sold 1,281,000 copies in the US as of September 2013.[15]
Outside the U.S., "Eyes Open" achieved moderate success. In Canada, the song entered the Canadian Hot 100 and peaked at number 17 on the week ending April 7, 2012.[16] In Australia, the song peaked at Australian Singles Chart at number 47 on the week ending March 26, 2012.[17] On New Zealand, the song peaked at number six, became Swift's third top ten hit there, following "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me".[18] "Eyes Open" also appeared in Ireland and UK, where it peaked at number 65 and number 70 respectively.[19]
Chart and certifications[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2012)
Peak
 position

Australia (ARIA)[17] 47
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[20] 17
Ireland (IRMA) 65
New Zealand (RIANZ)[18] 6
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[21] 70
US Billboard Hot 100[22] 19
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[23] 20
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[24] 50
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[25] 11
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[26] 21

Certifications[edit]

Country
Certification
New Zealand Gold[27]
United States Platinum[28]
 
Release history[edit]

Country
Date
Format
Label

United States
March 27, 2012[1] Mainstream radio Big Machine Records, Republic Records
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Top 40/M Future Releases". allaccess.com. Retrieved March 21, 2012. Archived by WebCite from the original on March 21, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ Josh, Grossman (March 19, 2012). "Taylor Swift Unveils Hunger Games Song "Eyes Open"". E! Online. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
3.Jump up ^ Bell, Crystal (March 15, 2012). "'Hunger Games': Taylor Swift's 'Eyes Open' And Kid Cudi's 'The Ruler And The Killer' Leak (LISTEN)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
4.Jump up ^ "Music Videos". Taylor Swift. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
5.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift - Eyes Open (Lyric Version)". TaylorSwiftVevo. YouTube. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-05-21. Note: In the description of the video it clearly states: Music video by Taylor Swift performing Eyes Open. (C) 2012 Big Machine Records, LLC. making this the official music video.
6.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift, 'Eyes Open' -- Lyric Video (WATCH)". Erin Duvall. TheBoot.com. 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
7.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Spills About Writing ‘Eyes Open’ for ‘The Hunger Games’ Soundtrack". Tasteofcountry.com. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
8.Jump up ^ "Various Artists - The Hunger Games Soundtrack".
9.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Previews Hunger Games Song 'Eyes Open'".
10.Jump up ^ Trust, Gary (March 28, 2012). "Fun. Notch Fourth Week Atop Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
11.Jump up ^ "Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez Storm Pop Songs". Billboard.com. April 2, 2012.
12.Jump up ^ "Billboard Hot 100 for Taylor Swift". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
13.Jump up ^ "Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Taylor Swift". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
14.Jump up ^ "Week Ending July 15, 2012. Songs: Blow Me (One More Hit)". yahoo.com.
15.Jump up ^ Grein, Paul (September 11, 2013). "Week Ending Sept. 8, 2013. Songs: Race & The R&B Chart". Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
17.^ Jump up to: a b "Discography Taylor Swift". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
18.^ Jump up to: a b "Discography Taylor Swift". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
19.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift - Eyes Open - Music Charts". aCharts.us. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
20.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Taylor Swift.
21.Jump up ^ "Chart Stats - Taylor Swift". Chart Stats. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
22.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Taylor Swift.
23.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Taylor Swift.
24.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Taylor Swift.
25.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Taylor Swift.
26.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Taylor Swift.
27.Jump up ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles". RadioScope. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
28.Jump up ^ "American singles certifications – Taylor Swift – Eyes Open". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select ', then click SEARCH
External links[edit]
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Lyrics at Taylor Swift official site


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Eyes Open (song)
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"Eyes Open"
 
Single by Taylor Swift

from the album The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond

Released
March 27, 2012
Genre
Alternative rock, country rock
Length
4:04
Label
Big Machine, Republic[1]
Writer(s)
Taylor Swift
Producer(s)
Nathan Chapman, Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift singles chronology

"Long Live"
 (2012) "Eyes Open"
 (2012) "Both of Us"
 (2012)
 
"Eyes Open" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from the soundtrack album The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, which is not included in the film. The song was written by Swift and produced by Nathan Chapman. It was released as the lead single from the album and was sent to mainstream radio on March 27, 2012. A music video consisting of animation with the lyrics of the song was released on Vevo in May 2012.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Composition
3 Critical reception
4 Chart performance
5 Chart and certifications 5.1 Weekly charts
5.2 Certifications
6 Release history
7 References
8 External links

Background[edit]
The song was one of two songs that Swift wrote and recorded for the soundtrack to the film, The Hunger Games, the other song being "Safe & Sound". Swift first premiered the song during a performance in Auckland for her Speak Now World Tour, before launching into the song she told the crowd: "I'm really excited about it...but, I mean, you don't think I'd get in trouble if I played it now? Probably not, right?"[2] The song was leaked before its official release date of March 20, 2012.[3] A music video[4] comprised as a lyric video was released on May 17, 2012 on Swift's Vevo account.[5] The video consist of animation with the lyrics.[6]
Composition[edit]



 
"Eyes Open" (2012)







A sample of Taylor Swift's "Eyes Open", featuring the chorus and rock sound. The song is from The Hunger Games soundtrack.
 
Problems playing this file? See media help.
"Eyes Open" is a song of four minutes and four seconds in length. According to Swift she wrote the song "about Katniss's" relationship with the Capitol. It basically serves as a warning for her not to trust anyone — in many ways the opposite of "Safe & Sound". [It is] more frantic and fast-paced, a completely different shade of music."[7]
Critical reception[edit]
The song garnered general critical acclaim from contemporary critics. While reviewing The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, Matt Bjorke named "Eyes Open" as one of the "standouts" on the record.[8] Scott Shetler of Pop Crush gave the song four stars saying that "Eyes Open" "bridges the gap between Swift’s typical radio-friendly tales about the teenage experience and her most recent release, the mature, haunting ballad "Safe & Sound," but described the production of the song to be "the least country-sounding song Swift has ever recorded." David Renshaw of EntertainmentWise described the track to be "rockier" than some of Swift's usual material.[9]
Chart performance[edit]
The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 as the Hot Shot Debut at number 19 with sales of 176,000 in its first week.[10] "Eyes Open" debuted on Billboard Pop Songs chart at number 28, making it Swift's highest Pop Songs chart debut,[11] later overtaken by "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" which debuted at number 18. The song would later reach number 20 on the said chart on the week ending April 28, 2012.[12] The song also debuted on Billboard Adult Pop Songs at number 24 and later peaked at number 11 on the week ending May 12, 2012.[13] The song became Swift's 16th million-seller and her second million-seller from the soundtrack to The Hunger Games.[14] The song has sold 1,281,000 copies in the US as of September 2013.[15]
Outside the U.S., "Eyes Open" achieved moderate success. In Canada, the song entered the Canadian Hot 100 and peaked at number 17 on the week ending April 7, 2012.[16] In Australia, the song peaked at Australian Singles Chart at number 47 on the week ending March 26, 2012.[17] On New Zealand, the song peaked at number six, became Swift's third top ten hit there, following "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me".[18] "Eyes Open" also appeared in Ireland and UK, where it peaked at number 65 and number 70 respectively.[19]
Chart and certifications[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2012)
Peak
 position

Australia (ARIA)[17] 47
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[20] 17
Ireland (IRMA) 65
New Zealand (RIANZ)[18] 6
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[21] 70
US Billboard Hot 100[22] 19
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[23] 20
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[24] 50
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[25] 11
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[26] 21

Certifications[edit]

Country
Certification
New Zealand Gold[27]
United States Platinum[28]
 
Release history[edit]

Country
Date
Format
Label

United States
March 27, 2012[1] Mainstream radio Big Machine Records, Republic Records
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Top 40/M Future Releases". allaccess.com. Retrieved March 21, 2012. Archived by WebCite from the original on March 21, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ Josh, Grossman (March 19, 2012). "Taylor Swift Unveils Hunger Games Song "Eyes Open"". E! Online. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
3.Jump up ^ Bell, Crystal (March 15, 2012). "'Hunger Games': Taylor Swift's 'Eyes Open' And Kid Cudi's 'The Ruler And The Killer' Leak (LISTEN)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
4.Jump up ^ "Music Videos". Taylor Swift. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
5.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift - Eyes Open (Lyric Version)". TaylorSwiftVevo. YouTube. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-05-21. Note: In the description of the video it clearly states: Music video by Taylor Swift performing Eyes Open. (C) 2012 Big Machine Records, LLC. making this the official music video.
6.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift, 'Eyes Open' -- Lyric Video (WATCH)". Erin Duvall. TheBoot.com. 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
7.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Spills About Writing ‘Eyes Open’ for ‘The Hunger Games’ Soundtrack". Tasteofcountry.com. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
8.Jump up ^ "Various Artists - The Hunger Games Soundtrack".
9.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Previews Hunger Games Song 'Eyes Open'".
10.Jump up ^ Trust, Gary (March 28, 2012). "Fun. Notch Fourth Week Atop Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
11.Jump up ^ "Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez Storm Pop Songs". Billboard.com. April 2, 2012.
12.Jump up ^ "Billboard Hot 100 for Taylor Swift". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
13.Jump up ^ "Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Taylor Swift". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
14.Jump up ^ "Week Ending July 15, 2012. Songs: Blow Me (One More Hit)". yahoo.com.
15.Jump up ^ Grein, Paul (September 11, 2013). "Week Ending Sept. 8, 2013. Songs: Race & The R&B Chart". Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
17.^ Jump up to: a b "Discography Taylor Swift". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
18.^ Jump up to: a b "Discography Taylor Swift". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
19.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift - Eyes Open - Music Charts". aCharts.us. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
20.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Taylor Swift.
21.Jump up ^ "Chart Stats - Taylor Swift". Chart Stats. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
22.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Taylor Swift.
23.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Taylor Swift.
24.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Taylor Swift.
25.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Taylor Swift.
26.Jump up ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Taylor Swift.
27.Jump up ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles". RadioScope. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
28.Jump up ^ "American singles certifications – Taylor Swift – Eyes Open". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select ', then click SEARCH
External links[edit]
"Eyes Open" official music video on Vevo (YouTube)
Lyrics at Taylor Swift official site


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Atlas (Coldplay song)
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"Atlas"
 
Single by Coldplay

from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Released
6 September 2013
Format
Digital download
Recorded
April–July 2013[1]
London, United Kingdom
Genre
Alternative rock
Length
3:56
Label
Parlophone
Writer(s)
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin
Producer(s)
Coldplay, Daniel Green, Rik Simpson
Coldplay singles chronology

"Up in Flames"
 (2012) "Atlas"
 (2013) "Magic"
 (2014)
 

Music video
"Atlas" (Lyric video) on YouTube

 
"Atlas" is a song written and recorded by British alternative rock band Coldplay for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.[2] It was released digitally as the lead single from the soundtrack on 6 September 2013 worldwide, and on 8 September in the United Kingdom. The song was accompanied by a lyric video, which also premiered on 6 September.
"Atlas" has charted in 16 countries and reached top ten positions in three of them, and has also received mostly positive reviews from music critics. The ballad, which is the first song ever written and recorded by Coldplay for a film, won the Hollywood Song Award at the 17th Hollywood Film Awards,[3] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.[4]


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Composition, recording and production
3 Critical reception 3.1 Awards and accolades
4 Commercial performance
5 Music video
6 Track listing
7 Personnel
8 Charts
9 Release history
10 References

Background[edit]
"Atlas" is Coldplay's first new track in almost two years, as the band's fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto was released in October 2011. The song was written specifically for Catching Fire and marks the first time that Coldplay have ever recorded an original song for a motion picture, or any piece of media outside the music industry.[5] According to Billboard magazine, "the lyrics abstractly touch upon main characters Katniss and Peeta's mutual reliance."[2]
"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. 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," said the film's director Francis Lawrence.[5]
"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. 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," added Tracy McKnight, Lionsgate's Head of Film Music.[6]
Composition, recording and production[edit]



 
"Atlas"







"Atlas" carries a similar production style to the band's fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto.
 
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"Atlas" was written by Coldplay members, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, and recorded in London between April and July 2013.[1]
The song is a down-tempo ballad, featuring delicate piano refrain with a "moody, haunting melody", and showcasing Martin's lower-register vocals.[7] According to some reviewers, it sounds "less like more recent Coldplay tracks and more like a throwback to their sound on A Rush of Blood to the Head,"[8] and "like a tossed-off remnant from the outfit's early days, before it began experimenting with deep rhythms and vivid textures."[1] The piano builds to a bolder,[8] "anthemic-quality" chorus with richly layered production,[7] reminiscent of the band's fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto. The song was produced by Coldplay, Rik Simpson (with whom the band has previously worked on the Grammy Award-winning album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and Mylo Xyloto), and Daniel Green (Mylo Xyloto).[2]
Critical reception[edit]
Upon release, "Atlas" received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Michael Nelson of Stereogum called the track "a swooning, appropriately cinematic ballad."[9] Erin Coulehan of Rolling Stone magazine wrote, "The dreamy tune features a classic Coldplay presentation, with twinkling piano that builds as Chris Martin croons 'I'll carry your world'."[10] "The dreamy, piano-driven track was clearly written specifically for ‘Catching Fire,’ with lyrics like “some bend the bow” — about bow-and-arrow-wielding heroine Katniss, presumably — and “caught in the fire” (pretty self-explanatory)," wrote Karen Lanza of PopCrush.[11]
The Needle Drop's Anthony Fantano complimented Coldplay for returning to their sound prior to Mylo Xyloto. Fantano praised the contrast between the "soaring, beautiful, uplifting" chorus and "dark, dreary" verses, also comparing its verses to Radiohead. In the same collaborative review with Fantano, Sami Jarroush of the Rock it Out! Blog stated the song was similar to a "religious experience" and praised Martin for utilizing a lower vocal register in the song and complimented the uplifting emotions in the song, although both reviews noted that, while the song had "epic" moments, it was generally uninteresting and would likely be played during the end credits of the film.[12]
Upon release of the soundtrack album, Consequence of Sound's Rob Hakimian called the song "spirited",[13] and AllMusic's Heather Phares described it as "typically sweeping and earnest".[14] Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Coldplay is here too, but in a battle with Lorde's haunting version of Tears for Fears' 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World', Lorde would forever reign supreme."[1] Slant Magazine's Blue Sullivan commented that "'Atlas' is autopilot Coldplay dipping into its back catalogue for a paycheck, but at least it approximates a pulse. Though the band may have zero insider-cred, 'Atlas' proves that 'Clocks' played at three-quarter speed with most of the chorus scooped out still runs rings around most of the current zeitgeist."[15]
Awards and accolades[edit]
On 15 October 2013, it was announced that "Atlas" would receive the Hollywood Song Award at the 17th Hollywood Film Awards. The song was also performed at the gala ceremony, which took place on 21 October 2013 at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Carlos de Abreau, the Hollywood Film Awards founder and executive director, told The Hollywood Reporter, "The Hollywood Film Awards is thrilled to present the Hollywood Song Award to a band as globally respected and prolific as Coldplay. They continue to build their legacy and, with 'Atlas' marking the first time they have recorded for a motion picture, we cannot think of an artist better deserving of this honor."[3]
On 7 December 2013, "Atlas" received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category.[4][16] On 12 December 2013, it was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
Commercial performance[edit]
"Atlas" has achieved moderate chart success, having charted in 16 countries. The song debuted at number twelve in the United Kingdom with sales of 19,546,[17] and has reached top ten positions in the Netherlands,[18] Italy[19] and Switzerland.[20] In the United States, it has reached number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[21] number 12 on the Rock Songs chart,[22] and number 18 on the Alternative Songs chart.[23] "Atlas" was also reported to have reached number one positions on iTunes Store charts in 43 countries upon its release.[24] As of August 2014, "Atlas" has sold 246,000 downloads in the US.[25]
Music video[edit]

 

 The lyric video makes numerous allusions to space phenomena, such as star trails (pictured) and mythological constellations.
A lyric video, reflecting the art style associated with The Hunger Games, premiered on music video website Vevo on the day of the single's release.[26] It was directed by Mario Hugo and featured illustration by Micah Lidberg.[26][27] The video "follows a shooting star coursing through the universe while tracing various constellations in the zodiac to the point of supernova."[10]
Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Three things the internet is definitely not tired of yet — Coldplay, The Hunger Games, and high-production lyric videos — have all converged in the form of “Atlas.” (...) The just-released visual is an intense affair set on an astral plane, full of all sorts of Olympian imagery designed to get you excited for Katniss’ return to the big screen this November."[28]
Track listing[edit]

Digital download
 
No.
Title
Length

1. "Atlas"   3:56
Personnel[edit]
Adapted from liner notes of the "Atlas" single.[29]
ColdplayGuy Berryman – bass guitar
Jonny Buckland – lead guitar
Will Champion – drums, backing vocals
Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano
 Additional personnelDaniel Green – production
Rik Simpson – production
 
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[30]
30
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[31]
31
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[32]
17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[33]
20
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[34]
33
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[35]
80
Denmark (Tracklisten)[36]
20
France (SNEP)[37]
31
Germany (Media Control Charts)[38]
19
Ireland (IRMA)[39]
12
Italy (FIMI)[19]
9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18]
3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[40]
20
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[41]
13
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[42]
18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]
10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[43]
12
US Billboard Hot 100[21]
69
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[22]
12
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[44]
26
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[45]
8
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[23]
18

Release history[edit]

Region
Date
Format
Label

Italy[46]
6 September 2013 Contemporary hit radio Universal Music
United States[47]
Digital download Parlophone
United Kingdom[48]
8 September 2013
United States[49][50][51][52]
9 September 2013 Adult album alternative radio Republic Records
10 September 2013 Modern rock radio
14 October 2013 Hot adult contemporary radio
15 October 2013 Contemporary hit radio
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c d Wood, Mikael (6 September 2013). "Listen to 'Atlas,' Coldplay's single for the new 'Hunger Games' film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c "Coldplay Heads To 'Hunger Games' on 'Atlas' Single: Listen". Billboard. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Feinberg, Scott (15 October 2013). "Coldplay to Receive Honor for 'Hunger Games' Song at Hollywood Film Awards (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
4.^ Jump up to: a b "56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
5.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay reveal new song 'Atlas', taken from 'The Hunger Games' soundtrack - listen". NME. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "Coldplay's 'Atlas' is first single from 'Hunger Games' soundtrack". Los Angeles Times. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
7.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay unveils their new single "Atlas"". Radio Creme Brulee. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
8.^ Jump up to: a b O'Keefe, Meghan (6 September 2013). "Does Coldplay’s New Catching Fire Single "Atlas" Sound Like Their Old Stuff?". VH1. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Nelson, Michael (6 September 2013). "Coldplay – "Atlas"". Stereogum. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Coulehan, Erin (6 September 2013). "Coldplay Return With 'Atlas'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
11.Jump up ^ Lanza, Karen (7 September 2013). "Listen to Coldplay, 'Atlas' From 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'". PopCrush. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Jarroush, Sami (7 September 2013). "Rock it Out! Blog and The Needle Drop unite to review Coldplay’s "Atlas"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Hakimiar, Rob (19 November 2013). "Album Review: Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack". Consequence of Sound. 
14.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Sullivan, Blue (24 November 2013). "Original Soundtrack The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "Atlas nominated for Grammy Award!". Coldplay.com. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
17.Jump up ^ Jones, Alan (16 September 2013). "Official Charts Analysis: Arctic Monkeys' AM doubles predecessor's week-one sales". Music Week. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
18.^ Jump up to: a b "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Atlas" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
19.^ Jump up to: a b "Top Digital Download - Classifica settimanale WK 36 (dal 02-09-2013 al 08-09-2013)" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
20.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay – Atlas – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
21.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Coldplay. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Coldplay. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
23.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for Coldplay. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
24.Jump up ^ Grow, Kory (15 October 2013). "Coldplay to Be Honored for 'Hunger Games' Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
25.Jump up ^ Gallo, Phil (8 August 2014). "The Inside Story of How Lorde Came to Rule 'The Hunger Games'". Billboard.
26.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay - Atlas (Hunger Games: Catching Fire)(Lyric)". YouTube. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
27.Jump up ^ "Coldplay - Atlas". MarioHugo.com. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
28.Jump up ^ Rahman, Ray (6 September 2013). "Coldplay debut 'Hunger Games' song 'Atlas' via elaborate lyric video: Watch it here". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
29.Jump up ^ "Atlas" (liner notes). Coldplay. Parlophone. 2013.
30.Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – Coldplay – Atlas". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
31.Jump up ^ "Coldplay – Atlas – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
32.Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Atlas" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
33.Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Atlas" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
34.Jump up ^ "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Coldplay. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
35.Jump up ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201339 into search. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
36.Jump up ^ "Danishcharts.com – Coldplay – Atlas". Tracklisten. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
37.Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Atlas" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
38.Jump up ^ "Coldplay – Atlas". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
39.Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 37, 2013". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
40.Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Coldplay – Atlas". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
41.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
42.Jump up ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Coldplay – Atlas" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
43.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2013-09-21" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
44.Jump up ^ "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rock Airplay for Coldplay. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
45.Jump up ^ "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Coldplay. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
46.Jump up ^ Mompellio, Gabriel. "Coldplay – Atlas (Universal)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
47.Jump up ^ "Atlas – Coldplay". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
48.Jump up ^ Anchorman (30 August 2013). "Pre-order Atlas from UK iTunes". Coldplay.com. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
49.Jump up ^ "Triple A > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
50.Jump up ^ "Alternative > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
51.Jump up ^ "Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
52.Jump up ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.


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"Atlas"
 
Single by Coldplay

from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Released
6 September 2013
Format
Digital download
Recorded
April–July 2013[1]
London, United Kingdom
Genre
Alternative rock
Length
3:56
Label
Parlophone
Writer(s)
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin
Producer(s)
Coldplay, Daniel Green, Rik Simpson
Coldplay singles chronology

"Up in Flames"
 (2012) "Atlas"
 (2013) "Magic"
 (2014)
 

Music video
"Atlas" (Lyric video) on YouTube

 
"Atlas" is a song written and recorded by British alternative rock band Coldplay for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.[2] It was released digitally as the lead single from the soundtrack on 6 September 2013 worldwide, and on 8 September in the United Kingdom. The song was accompanied by a lyric video, which also premiered on 6 September.
"Atlas" has charted in 16 countries and reached top ten positions in three of them, and has also received mostly positive reviews from music critics. The ballad, which is the first song ever written and recorded by Coldplay for a film, won the Hollywood Song Award at the 17th Hollywood Film Awards,[3] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.[4]


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Composition, recording and production
3 Critical reception 3.1 Awards and accolades
4 Commercial performance
5 Music video
6 Track listing
7 Personnel
8 Charts
9 Release history
10 References

Background[edit]
"Atlas" is Coldplay's first new track in almost two years, as the band's fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto was released in October 2011. The song was written specifically for Catching Fire and marks the first time that Coldplay have ever recorded an original song for a motion picture, or any piece of media outside the music industry.[5] According to Billboard magazine, "the lyrics abstractly touch upon main characters Katniss and Peeta's mutual reliance."[2]
"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. 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," said the film's director Francis Lawrence.[5]
"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. 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," added Tracy McKnight, Lionsgate's Head of Film Music.[6]
Composition, recording and production[edit]



 
"Atlas"







"Atlas" carries a similar production style to the band's fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto.
 
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"Atlas" was written by Coldplay members, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, and recorded in London between April and July 2013.[1]
The song is a down-tempo ballad, featuring delicate piano refrain with a "moody, haunting melody", and showcasing Martin's lower-register vocals.[7] According to some reviewers, it sounds "less like more recent Coldplay tracks and more like a throwback to their sound on A Rush of Blood to the Head,"[8] and "like a tossed-off remnant from the outfit's early days, before it began experimenting with deep rhythms and vivid textures."[1] The piano builds to a bolder,[8] "anthemic-quality" chorus with richly layered production,[7] reminiscent of the band's fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto. The song was produced by Coldplay, Rik Simpson (with whom the band has previously worked on the Grammy Award-winning album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and Mylo Xyloto), and Daniel Green (Mylo Xyloto).[2]
Critical reception[edit]
Upon release, "Atlas" received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Michael Nelson of Stereogum called the track "a swooning, appropriately cinematic ballad."[9] Erin Coulehan of Rolling Stone magazine wrote, "The dreamy tune features a classic Coldplay presentation, with twinkling piano that builds as Chris Martin croons 'I'll carry your world'."[10] "The dreamy, piano-driven track was clearly written specifically for ‘Catching Fire,’ with lyrics like “some bend the bow” — about bow-and-arrow-wielding heroine Katniss, presumably — and “caught in the fire” (pretty self-explanatory)," wrote Karen Lanza of PopCrush.[11]
The Needle Drop's Anthony Fantano complimented Coldplay for returning to their sound prior to Mylo Xyloto. Fantano praised the contrast between the "soaring, beautiful, uplifting" chorus and "dark, dreary" verses, also comparing its verses to Radiohead. In the same collaborative review with Fantano, Sami Jarroush of the Rock it Out! Blog stated the song was similar to a "religious experience" and praised Martin for utilizing a lower vocal register in the song and complimented the uplifting emotions in the song, although both reviews noted that, while the song had "epic" moments, it was generally uninteresting and would likely be played during the end credits of the film.[12]
Upon release of the soundtrack album, Consequence of Sound's Rob Hakimian called the song "spirited",[13] and AllMusic's Heather Phares described it as "typically sweeping and earnest".[14] Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Coldplay is here too, but in a battle with Lorde's haunting version of Tears for Fears' 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World', Lorde would forever reign supreme."[1] Slant Magazine's Blue Sullivan commented that "'Atlas' is autopilot Coldplay dipping into its back catalogue for a paycheck, but at least it approximates a pulse. Though the band may have zero insider-cred, 'Atlas' proves that 'Clocks' played at three-quarter speed with most of the chorus scooped out still runs rings around most of the current zeitgeist."[15]
Awards and accolades[edit]
On 15 October 2013, it was announced that "Atlas" would receive the Hollywood Song Award at the 17th Hollywood Film Awards. The song was also performed at the gala ceremony, which took place on 21 October 2013 at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Carlos de Abreau, the Hollywood Film Awards founder and executive director, told The Hollywood Reporter, "The Hollywood Film Awards is thrilled to present the Hollywood Song Award to a band as globally respected and prolific as Coldplay. They continue to build their legacy and, with 'Atlas' marking the first time they have recorded for a motion picture, we cannot think of an artist better deserving of this honor."[3]
On 7 December 2013, "Atlas" received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category.[4][16] On 12 December 2013, it was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
Commercial performance[edit]
"Atlas" has achieved moderate chart success, having charted in 16 countries. The song debuted at number twelve in the United Kingdom with sales of 19,546,[17] and has reached top ten positions in the Netherlands,[18] Italy[19] and Switzerland.[20] In the United States, it has reached number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[21] number 12 on the Rock Songs chart,[22] and number 18 on the Alternative Songs chart.[23] "Atlas" was also reported to have reached number one positions on iTunes Store charts in 43 countries upon its release.[24] As of August 2014, "Atlas" has sold 246,000 downloads in the US.[25]
Music video[edit]

 

 The lyric video makes numerous allusions to space phenomena, such as star trails (pictured) and mythological constellations.
A lyric video, reflecting the art style associated with The Hunger Games, premiered on music video website Vevo on the day of the single's release.[26] It was directed by Mario Hugo and featured illustration by Micah Lidberg.[26][27] The video "follows a shooting star coursing through the universe while tracing various constellations in the zodiac to the point of supernova."[10]
Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Three things the internet is definitely not tired of yet — Coldplay, The Hunger Games, and high-production lyric videos — have all converged in the form of “Atlas.” (...) The just-released visual is an intense affair set on an astral plane, full of all sorts of Olympian imagery designed to get you excited for Katniss’ return to the big screen this November."[28]
Track listing[edit]

Digital download
 
No.
Title
Length

1. "Atlas"   3:56
Personnel[edit]
Adapted from liner notes of the "Atlas" single.[29]
ColdplayGuy Berryman – bass guitar
Jonny Buckland – lead guitar
Will Champion – drums, backing vocals
Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano
 Additional personnelDaniel Green – production
Rik Simpson – production
 
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[30]
30
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[31]
31
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[32]
17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[33]
20
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[34]
33
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[35]
80
Denmark (Tracklisten)[36]
20
France (SNEP)[37]
31
Germany (Media Control Charts)[38]
19
Ireland (IRMA)[39]
12
Italy (FIMI)[19]
9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18]
3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[40]
20
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[41]
13
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[42]
18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]
10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[43]
12
US Billboard Hot 100[21]
69
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[22]
12
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[44]
26
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[45]
8
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[23]
18

Release history[edit]

Region
Date
Format
Label

Italy[46]
6 September 2013 Contemporary hit radio Universal Music
United States[47]
Digital download Parlophone
United Kingdom[48]
8 September 2013
United States[49][50][51][52]
9 September 2013 Adult album alternative radio Republic Records
10 September 2013 Modern rock radio
14 October 2013 Hot adult contemporary radio
15 October 2013 Contemporary hit radio
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c d Wood, Mikael (6 September 2013). "Listen to 'Atlas,' Coldplay's single for the new 'Hunger Games' film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c "Coldplay Heads To 'Hunger Games' on 'Atlas' Single: Listen". Billboard. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Feinberg, Scott (15 October 2013). "Coldplay to Receive Honor for 'Hunger Games' Song at Hollywood Film Awards (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
4.^ Jump up to: a b "56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
5.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay reveal new song 'Atlas', taken from 'The Hunger Games' soundtrack - listen". NME. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "Coldplay's 'Atlas' is first single from 'Hunger Games' soundtrack". Los Angeles Times. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
7.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay unveils their new single "Atlas"". Radio Creme Brulee. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
8.^ Jump up to: a b O'Keefe, Meghan (6 September 2013). "Does Coldplay’s New Catching Fire Single "Atlas" Sound Like Their Old Stuff?". VH1. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Nelson, Michael (6 September 2013). "Coldplay – "Atlas"". Stereogum. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Coulehan, Erin (6 September 2013). "Coldplay Return With 'Atlas'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
11.Jump up ^ Lanza, Karen (7 September 2013). "Listen to Coldplay, 'Atlas' From 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'". PopCrush. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Jarroush, Sami (7 September 2013). "Rock it Out! Blog and The Needle Drop unite to review Coldplay’s "Atlas"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Hakimiar, Rob (19 November 2013). "Album Review: Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack". Consequence of Sound. 
14.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Sullivan, Blue (24 November 2013). "Original Soundtrack The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "Atlas nominated for Grammy Award!". Coldplay.com. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
17.Jump up ^ Jones, Alan (16 September 2013). "Official Charts Analysis: Arctic Monkeys' AM doubles predecessor's week-one sales". Music Week. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
18.^ Jump up to: a b "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Atlas" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
19.^ Jump up to: a b "Top Digital Download - Classifica settimanale WK 36 (dal 02-09-2013 al 08-09-2013)" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
20.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay – Atlas – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
21.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Coldplay. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Coldplay. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
23.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for Coldplay. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
24.Jump up ^ Grow, Kory (15 October 2013). "Coldplay to Be Honored for 'Hunger Games' Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
25.Jump up ^ Gallo, Phil (8 August 2014). "The Inside Story of How Lorde Came to Rule 'The Hunger Games'". Billboard.
26.^ Jump up to: a b "Coldplay - Atlas (Hunger Games: Catching Fire)(Lyric)". YouTube. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
27.Jump up ^ "Coldplay - Atlas". MarioHugo.com. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
28.Jump up ^ Rahman, Ray (6 September 2013). "Coldplay debut 'Hunger Games' song 'Atlas' via elaborate lyric video: Watch it here". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
29.Jump up ^ "Atlas" (liner notes). Coldplay. Parlophone. 2013.
30.Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – Coldplay – Atlas". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
31.Jump up ^ "Coldplay – Atlas – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
32.Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Atlas" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
33.Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Atlas" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
34.Jump up ^ "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Coldplay. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
35.Jump up ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201339 into search. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
36.Jump up ^ "Danishcharts.com – Coldplay – Atlas". Tracklisten. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
37.Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Atlas" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
38.Jump up ^ "Coldplay – Atlas". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
39.Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 37, 2013". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
40.Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Coldplay – Atlas". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
41.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
42.Jump up ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Coldplay – Atlas" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
43.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2013-09-21" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
44.Jump up ^ "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rock Airplay for Coldplay. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
45.Jump up ^ "Coldplay Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Coldplay. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
46.Jump up ^ Mompellio, Gabriel. "Coldplay – Atlas (Universal)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
47.Jump up ^ "Atlas – Coldplay". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
48.Jump up ^ Anchorman (30 August 2013). "Pre-order Atlas from UK iTunes". Coldplay.com. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
49.Jump up ^ "Triple A > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
50.Jump up ^ "Alternative > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
51.Jump up ^ "Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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We Remain
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"We Remain"
 
Single by Christina Aguilera

from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Released
October 1, 2013
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2013
Genre
Arena pop
Length
4:00
Label
RCA ·
 Republic ·
 Lionsgate
 
Writer(s)
Ryan Tedder ·
 Brent Kutzle ·
 Mikky Ekko
 
Christina Aguilera singles chronology


"Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti"
(2013)

"We Remain"
(2013)

"Say Something"
(2013)

 
"We Remain" is a song by American recording artist Christina Aguilera, taken from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. It was released as the third single from the soundtrack on October 1, 2013, following Coldplay's "Atlas" and Sia's "Elastic Heart". Composed by Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle and Mikky Ekko, "We Remain" is an arena pop power ballad talking about "perseverance". Contemporary music critics lauded the song for its sound and picked it as one of the highlights from the soundtrack. The single appeared on a few national record charts including Belgium and South Korea.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background and composition
2 Critical reception
3 Track listing
4 Charts
5 Release history
6 References

Background and composition[edit]
Following the release of her seventh studio album, Lotus (2012), which spawned two singles "Your Body" and "Just a Fool",[1] Aguilera was reported to be featured on the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with a song called "We Remain" in September 2013.[2] On September 25, 2013, Aguilera unveiled a 90-second preview of the track.[3]
The song was released as the third single from the soundtrack, following "Atlas" by Coldplay and "Elastic Heart" by Sia Furler.[3][4][5][6] It was released as a digital download single at Amazon.com on October 1, 2013.[7] It was also released on the iTunes Stores on the same day.[8][9] On October 8, "We Remain" impacted US contemporary hit radio.[10] Aguilera performed "We Remain" live with her contestant Jacquie Lee during the season finale of the fifth season of The Voice on December 17, 2013.[11] A studio version of the duet was released on the US iTunes Store on December 16, 2013.[12]



 
"We Remain"







A 25-second sample of "We Remain"
 
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"We Remain" was written by Ryan Tedder and Brent Kutzle of OneRepublic, and Mikky Ekko. The song is a midtempo[6] arena pop[13] power ballad.[14][15] It lasts for a duration of 4:00 (four minutes).[7] Aguilera sings with "enormous" and "soaring" vocals on a "propulsive Ryan Tedder-ish beat" background.[16] "We Remain" incorporates a smooth piano and drum machine in its instrumentation.[14] According to Billboard magazine, the ballad "finds [Aguilera] tamping down [...] for a natural and forceful message of perseverance".[6] At the chorus, Aguilera sings "So burn me with fire/ Drown me with rain/ I'm gonna wake up screaming your name/ Yes I'm a sinner, yes I'm a saint/ whatever happens here, whatever happens here, we remain".[15] Several critics compared "We Remain" to Aguilera's previous hit "Beautiful" (2002) and Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire" (2012) for musical similarities.[17][18]
Critical reception[edit]
"We Remain" received critical acclaim from music critics. Ryan Reed from Rolling Stone magazine praised the "triumphant sounding" track "sure to be a hit at District 12 radio".[13] An editor from The Huffington Post picked "We Remain" as one of the standout tracks from the soundtrack that "encapsulates the spirit and power of Games' heroine, Katniss".[14] Sam Lansky for Idolator praised the single's musical departure from Aguilera's ballads for her 2012 album Lotus.[16] Brett Malec of E! simply called it "a beautiful track",[15] while a staff writer from Billboard named it a "triumphant" song.[6] While reviewing the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Alex Young from Consequence of Sound selected "We Remain" as one of the highlights from the album, which made Aguilera "the biggest star on display".[19] Entertainment Weekly writer Nick Catucci picked it as one of the best tracks, calling it "an awesome reminder of Christina's power" and "one of the most righteous doses of uplift this year, on any platform".[17]
Track listing[edit]
Digital download[7]1."We Remain" – 4:00
Charts[edit]
"We Remain" peaked at number 58 on the South Korean Gaon International Download Chart with 2,689 copies sold on October 6, 2013.[20] The single also peaked at number 31 on the Belgian Flanders Singles Chart[21] and number 14 on the Belgian Wallonian Singles Chart.[22]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position


Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[21]
31
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[22]
14
South Korea (GAON Download Chart)[20]
58
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[23]
64

Release history[edit]

Country
Date
Format
Label(s)
Ref.

United States
October 1, 2013 Digital download
RCA ·
 Republic
  [7]
Germany
[24]
United States
October 8, 2013 Contemporary hit radio
RCA ·
 Republic ·
 Lionsgate
  [10]
December 16, 2013 Digital download (live from The Voice) Republic [12]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Discography Christina Aguilera". ARIA Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Vlessing, Etan (September 26, 2013). "'Catching Fire' Soundtrack: Christina Aguilera, The Weeknd, Lorde Join The Hunger Games". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Earp, Catherine (September 26, 2013). "Christina Aguilera previews 'Hunger Games' song 'We Remain' - listen". Digital Spy. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Ng, Philiana (September 26, 2013). "Christina Aguilera Records Song for New 'Hunger Games' Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Sia's 'Elastic Heart' Single For 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Drops With The Weeknd And Diplo". The Huffington Post. September 30, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c d "Christina Aguilera Delivers 'We Remain' for 'Catching Fire' Soundtrack: Listen". Billboard. October 1, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c d "We Remain (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Soundtrack): Christina Aguilera". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ Nicodemo, Tara (September 30, 2013). "Christina Aguilera Teases 'Hunger Games' Ballad: 'We Remain'". RyanSeacrest.com. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (September 30, 2013). "Christina Aguilera's Fiery 'Hunger Games' Single Art Revealed: Take A Look!". MTV News. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
10.^ Jump up to: a b "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access. All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "The Voice Season 5 (2013): And the Winner Is...". International Business Times. December 18, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
12.^ Jump up to: a b "We Remain (The Voice Performance) – Single by Jacquie Lee & Christina Aguilera". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved December 17, 2013.
13.^ Jump up to: a b Reed, Ryan (September 26, 2013). "Christina Aguilera Catches Fire on 'We Remain'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
14.^ Jump up to: a b c Lopez, Michael (September 27, 2013). "Christina Aguilera Adds 'We Remain' To 'Catching Fire' Soundtrack (LISTEN)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
15.^ Jump up to: a b c Malec, Brett (September 30, 2013). "Christina Aguilera's Catching Fire Song "We Remain" Released—Listen to the Power Ballad Now!". E!. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
16.^ Jump up to: a b Lansky, Sam (September 30, 2013). "Christina Aguilera's "We Remain": Hear The Monster 'Hunger Games' Power Ballad". Idolator. Spin Media. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
17.^ Jump up to: a b Catucci, Nick (January 23, 2014). "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
18.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "The Hunger Games:Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
19.Jump up ^ Young, Alex (November 19, 2013). "Album Review: Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
20.^ Jump up to: a b "Gaon Download Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
21.^ Jump up to: a b "Ultratop.be – Christina Aguilera – We Remain" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Ultratop.be – Christina Aguilera – We Remain" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
23.Jump up ^ "Christina Aguilera Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Digital Songs for Christina Aguilera. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
24.Jump up ^ "We Remain (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire") - Single". Germany: iTunes Store. Retrieved August 17, 2014.


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We Remain
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"We Remain"
 
Single by Christina Aguilera

from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Released
October 1, 2013
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2013
Genre
Arena pop
Length
4:00
Label
RCA ·
 Republic ·
 Lionsgate
 
Writer(s)
Ryan Tedder ·
 Brent Kutzle ·
 Mikky Ekko
 
Christina Aguilera singles chronology


"Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti"
(2013)

"We Remain"
(2013)

"Say Something"
(2013)

 
"We Remain" is a song by American recording artist Christina Aguilera, taken from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. It was released as the third single from the soundtrack on October 1, 2013, following Coldplay's "Atlas" and Sia's "Elastic Heart". Composed by Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle and Mikky Ekko, "We Remain" is an arena pop power ballad talking about "perseverance". Contemporary music critics lauded the song for its sound and picked it as one of the highlights from the soundtrack. The single appeared on a few national record charts including Belgium and South Korea.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background and composition
2 Critical reception
3 Track listing
4 Charts
5 Release history
6 References

Background and composition[edit]
Following the release of her seventh studio album, Lotus (2012), which spawned two singles "Your Body" and "Just a Fool",[1] Aguilera was reported to be featured on the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with a song called "We Remain" in September 2013.[2] On September 25, 2013, Aguilera unveiled a 90-second preview of the track.[3]
The song was released as the third single from the soundtrack, following "Atlas" by Coldplay and "Elastic Heart" by Sia Furler.[3][4][5][6] It was released as a digital download single at Amazon.com on October 1, 2013.[7] It was also released on the iTunes Stores on the same day.[8][9] On October 8, "We Remain" impacted US contemporary hit radio.[10] Aguilera performed "We Remain" live with her contestant Jacquie Lee during the season finale of the fifth season of The Voice on December 17, 2013.[11] A studio version of the duet was released on the US iTunes Store on December 16, 2013.[12]



 
"We Remain"







A 25-second sample of "We Remain"
 
Problems playing this file? See media help.
"We Remain" was written by Ryan Tedder and Brent Kutzle of OneRepublic, and Mikky Ekko. The song is a midtempo[6] arena pop[13] power ballad.[14][15] It lasts for a duration of 4:00 (four minutes).[7] Aguilera sings with "enormous" and "soaring" vocals on a "propulsive Ryan Tedder-ish beat" background.[16] "We Remain" incorporates a smooth piano and drum machine in its instrumentation.[14] According to Billboard magazine, the ballad "finds [Aguilera] tamping down [...] for a natural and forceful message of perseverance".[6] At the chorus, Aguilera sings "So burn me with fire/ Drown me with rain/ I'm gonna wake up screaming your name/ Yes I'm a sinner, yes I'm a saint/ whatever happens here, whatever happens here, we remain".[15] Several critics compared "We Remain" to Aguilera's previous hit "Beautiful" (2002) and Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire" (2012) for musical similarities.[17][18]
Critical reception[edit]
"We Remain" received critical acclaim from music critics. Ryan Reed from Rolling Stone magazine praised the "triumphant sounding" track "sure to be a hit at District 12 radio".[13] An editor from The Huffington Post picked "We Remain" as one of the standout tracks from the soundtrack that "encapsulates the spirit and power of Games' heroine, Katniss".[14] Sam Lansky for Idolator praised the single's musical departure from Aguilera's ballads for her 2012 album Lotus.[16] Brett Malec of E! simply called it "a beautiful track",[15] while a staff writer from Billboard named it a "triumphant" song.[6] While reviewing the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Alex Young from Consequence of Sound selected "We Remain" as one of the highlights from the album, which made Aguilera "the biggest star on display".[19] Entertainment Weekly writer Nick Catucci picked it as one of the best tracks, calling it "an awesome reminder of Christina's power" and "one of the most righteous doses of uplift this year, on any platform".[17]
Track listing[edit]
Digital download[7]1."We Remain" – 4:00
Charts[edit]
"We Remain" peaked at number 58 on the South Korean Gaon International Download Chart with 2,689 copies sold on October 6, 2013.[20] The single also peaked at number 31 on the Belgian Flanders Singles Chart[21] and number 14 on the Belgian Wallonian Singles Chart.[22]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position


Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[21]
31
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[22]
14
South Korea (GAON Download Chart)[20]
58
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[23]
64

Release history[edit]

Country
Date
Format
Label(s)
Ref.

United States
October 1, 2013 Digital download
RCA ·
 Republic
  [7]
Germany
[24]
United States
October 8, 2013 Contemporary hit radio
RCA ·
 Republic ·
 Lionsgate
  [10]
December 16, 2013 Digital download (live from The Voice) Republic [12]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Discography Christina Aguilera". ARIA Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Vlessing, Etan (September 26, 2013). "'Catching Fire' Soundtrack: Christina Aguilera, The Weeknd, Lorde Join The Hunger Games". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Earp, Catherine (September 26, 2013). "Christina Aguilera previews 'Hunger Games' song 'We Remain' - listen". Digital Spy. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Ng, Philiana (September 26, 2013). "Christina Aguilera Records Song for New 'Hunger Games' Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Sia's 'Elastic Heart' Single For 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Drops With The Weeknd And Diplo". The Huffington Post. September 30, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c d "Christina Aguilera Delivers 'We Remain' for 'Catching Fire' Soundtrack: Listen". Billboard. October 1, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c d "We Remain (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Soundtrack): Christina Aguilera". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ Nicodemo, Tara (September 30, 2013). "Christina Aguilera Teases 'Hunger Games' Ballad: 'We Remain'". RyanSeacrest.com. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (September 30, 2013). "Christina Aguilera's Fiery 'Hunger Games' Single Art Revealed: Take A Look!". MTV News. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
10.^ Jump up to: a b "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access. All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "The Voice Season 5 (2013): And the Winner Is...". International Business Times. December 18, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
12.^ Jump up to: a b "We Remain (The Voice Performance) – Single by Jacquie Lee & Christina Aguilera". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved December 17, 2013.
13.^ Jump up to: a b Reed, Ryan (September 26, 2013). "Christina Aguilera Catches Fire on 'We Remain'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
14.^ Jump up to: a b c Lopez, Michael (September 27, 2013). "Christina Aguilera Adds 'We Remain' To 'Catching Fire' Soundtrack (LISTEN)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
15.^ Jump up to: a b c Malec, Brett (September 30, 2013). "Christina Aguilera's Catching Fire Song "We Remain" Released—Listen to the Power Ballad Now!". E!. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
16.^ Jump up to: a b Lansky, Sam (September 30, 2013). "Christina Aguilera's "We Remain": Hear The Monster 'Hunger Games' Power Ballad". Idolator. Spin Media. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
17.^ Jump up to: a b Catucci, Nick (January 23, 2014). "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
18.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "The Hunger Games:Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
19.Jump up ^ Young, Alex (November 19, 2013). "Album Review: Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
20.^ Jump up to: a b "Gaon Download Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
21.^ Jump up to: a b "Ultratop.be – Christina Aguilera – We Remain" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Ultratop.be – Christina Aguilera – We Remain" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
23.Jump up ^ "Christina Aguilera Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Digital Songs for Christina Aguilera. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
24.Jump up ^ "We Remain (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire") - Single". Germany: iTunes Store. Retrieved August 17, 2014.


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Elastic Heart
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For the song by Marina and the Diamonds, see Electra Heart (song).

"Elastic Heart"
 
Single by Sia featuring The Weeknd and Diplo

from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack & 1000 Forms of Fear

Released
October 1, 2013
Format
Digital download
Genre
PBR&B, indie pop, electronic
Length
4:20
Label
RCA/Republic/Lionsgate
Writer(s)
Sia Furler, Thomas Wesley Pentz, Andrew Swanson
Producer(s)
Diplo, Greg Kurstin
Sia singles chronology

"She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)"
 (2012) "Elastic Heart"
 (2013) "Chandelier"
 (2014)
 

The Weeknd singles chronology

"Live For"
 (2013) "Elastic Heart"
 (2013) "Wanderlust"
 (2014)


 
Elastic Heart is a song by Sia, recorded for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack for the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. It was released as a digital single on October 1, 2013.[1] "Elastic Heart" was produced by American producers Diplo and Greg Kurstin. It has reached number 7 on the New Zealand music chart, and has also made chart appearances in UK, Australia and Belgium. Although the film version features The Weeknd singing the second verse, a solo version of the song also appears on Sia's sixth studio album 1000 Forms of Fear, with only Diplo featured.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Reception
3 Music video
4 Charts and certifications 4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Certifications
5 Release history
6 References

Background[edit]
"Elastic Heart" marks Sia's first release as the lead artist since her 2012 collaboration with David Guetta for "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)". While the single is technically the second to be released, it is the second single to be confirmed, following by Christina Aguilera's "We Remain". It was sent to US rhythmic contemporary radio by RCA Records, Republic Records and Lions Gate Entertainment on October 8, 2013.[2]
Reception[edit]
"Elastic Heart" has received critical acclaim from a variety of music critics claiming it as one of the best tracks from the album. Blue Sullivan of Slant Magazine wrote that "'Elastic Heart' is a seamless and highly successful team-up that reads like a grimier after-market version of Lady Gaga's 'Do What U Want'."[3] Spin magazine's Chris Martins stated that "Sia soared" and it was a "bubbling ballad,"[4] and Bradley Stern of MuuMuse claimed it was "a perfectly chaotic combination."[5]
Music video[edit]
A self-directed[6] music video for the track appeared on the Banana's Music Club YouTube channel on 13 November 2013. The video features a couple struggling to cope with their break-up. Most of the locations shown in the video appeared later on the artwork for the album 1000 Forms of Fear.
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position

Australia (ARIA)[7]
67
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[8]
27
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9]
7
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10]
79
Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


New Zealand (RMNZ)[11]
Gold 7,500*

*sales figures based on certification alone
 

Release history[edit]

Region
Date
Format
Label


United States
October 1, 2013 Digital download[1] RCA/Republic
October 22, 2013 Contemporary hit radio[12] RCA/Republic/Lionsgate

References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Elastic Heart (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Soundtrack) [feat. The Weeknd, Diplo]". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "Top 40/R Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013.
3.Jump up ^ Sullivan, Blue (24 November 2013). "Original Soundtrack: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Martins, Chris (30 September 2013). "Sia Soars With the Weeknd and Diplo on 'Elastic Heart'". Spin. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Stern, Bradley (September 2013). ""Elastic Heart (feat. The Weeknd & Diplo)": Sia Soldiers On With Almighty 'Hunger Games' Anthem". MuuMuse. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
6.Jump up ^ Twitter.com - Sia's tweet, 14 November 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014
7.Jump up ^ "The ARIA Report". ARIA Charts. November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Sia feat. The Weeknd & Diplo – Elastic Heart" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Sia feat. The Weeknd & Diplo – Elastic Heart". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100 - 12th October 2013". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Sia feat. The Weeknd and Diplo – Elastic Heart". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
12.Jump up ^ "CHR Airplay Archive". FMQB. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.


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Elastic Heart
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For the song by Marina and the Diamonds, see Electra Heart (song).

"Elastic Heart"
 
Single by Sia featuring The Weeknd and Diplo

from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack & 1000 Forms of Fear

Released
October 1, 2013
Format
Digital download
Genre
PBR&B, indie pop, electronic
Length
4:20
Label
RCA/Republic/Lionsgate
Writer(s)
Sia Furler, Thomas Wesley Pentz, Andrew Swanson
Producer(s)
Diplo, Greg Kurstin
Sia singles chronology

"She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)"
 (2012) "Elastic Heart"
 (2013) "Chandelier"
 (2014)
 

The Weeknd singles chronology

"Live For"
 (2013) "Elastic Heart"
 (2013) "Wanderlust"
 (2014)


 
Elastic Heart is a song by Sia, recorded for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack for the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. It was released as a digital single on October 1, 2013.[1] "Elastic Heart" was produced by American producers Diplo and Greg Kurstin. It has reached number 7 on the New Zealand music chart, and has also made chart appearances in UK, Australia and Belgium. Although the film version features The Weeknd singing the second verse, a solo version of the song also appears on Sia's sixth studio album 1000 Forms of Fear, with only Diplo featured.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Reception
3 Music video
4 Charts and certifications 4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Certifications
5 Release history
6 References

Background[edit]
"Elastic Heart" marks Sia's first release as the lead artist since her 2012 collaboration with David Guetta for "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)". While the single is technically the second to be released, it is the second single to be confirmed, following by Christina Aguilera's "We Remain". It was sent to US rhythmic contemporary radio by RCA Records, Republic Records and Lions Gate Entertainment on October 8, 2013.[2]
Reception[edit]
"Elastic Heart" has received critical acclaim from a variety of music critics claiming it as one of the best tracks from the album. Blue Sullivan of Slant Magazine wrote that "'Elastic Heart' is a seamless and highly successful team-up that reads like a grimier after-market version of Lady Gaga's 'Do What U Want'."[3] Spin magazine's Chris Martins stated that "Sia soared" and it was a "bubbling ballad,"[4] and Bradley Stern of MuuMuse claimed it was "a perfectly chaotic combination."[5]
Music video[edit]
A self-directed[6] music video for the track appeared on the Banana's Music Club YouTube channel on 13 November 2013. The video features a couple struggling to cope with their break-up. Most of the locations shown in the video appeared later on the artwork for the album 1000 Forms of Fear.
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position

Australia (ARIA)[7]
67
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[8]
27
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9]
7
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10]
79
Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


New Zealand (RMNZ)[11]
Gold 7,500*

*sales figures based on certification alone
 

Release history[edit]

Region
Date
Format
Label


United States
October 1, 2013 Digital download[1] RCA/Republic
October 22, 2013 Contemporary hit radio[12] RCA/Republic/Lionsgate

References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Elastic Heart (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Soundtrack) [feat. The Weeknd, Diplo]". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "Top 40/R Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013.
3.Jump up ^ Sullivan, Blue (24 November 2013). "Original Soundtrack: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Martins, Chris (30 September 2013). "Sia Soars With the Weeknd and Diplo on 'Elastic Heart'". Spin. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Stern, Bradley (September 2013). ""Elastic Heart (feat. The Weeknd & Diplo)": Sia Soldiers On With Almighty 'Hunger Games' Anthem". MuuMuse. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
6.Jump up ^ Twitter.com - Sia's tweet, 14 November 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014
7.Jump up ^ "The ARIA Report". ARIA Charts. November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
8.Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Sia feat. The Weeknd & Diplo – Elastic Heart" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Sia feat. The Weeknd & Diplo – Elastic Heart". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100 - 12th October 2013". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Sia feat. The Weeknd and Diplo – Elastic Heart". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
12.Jump up ^ "CHR Airplay Archive". FMQB. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.


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Everybody Wants to Rule the World
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See also: Everybody Wants to Run the World

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

One of cover arts for UK editions
 
Single by Tears for Fears

from the album Songs from the Big Chair

B-side
"Pharaohs"
Released
22 March 1985
Format
7", 10", 12"
Recorded
1984
Genre
New wave
Length
4:11
Label
Phonogram Records (UK)
Mercury Records (US)
Vertigo Records (Canada)
Writer(s)
Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes
Producer(s)
Chris Hughes
Tears for Fears singles chronology

"Shout"
 (1984) "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
 (1985) "Head over Heels"
 (1985)
 

Music sample

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"









 
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English band Tears for Fears. Originally released in the UK on 22 March 1985,[1] it was the band's ninth single release in the United Kingdom (the third from their second LP: Songs from the Big Chair) and seventh UK Top 30 chart hit, peaking at number two in April 1985. In the US, it was the lead single from the album and gave the band their first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit on 8 June 1985, remaining there for two weeks. It also reached number one on both the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales charts in the US. The song has since become the pinnacle of Tears for Fears' chart success.
In 1986, the song won "Best Single" at the Brit Awards.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Composition
3 Awards and accolades
4 B-side
5 Music video
6 Track listings 6.1 7": Mercury / IDEA9 (UK)
6.2 2x7": Mercury / IDEA99 (UK)
6.3 10": Mercury / IDEA910 (UK)
6.4 12": Mercury / IDEA912 (UK)
6.5 12": Mercury / IDER912 (UK)
7 Charts and certifications 7.1 Weekly charts
7.2 Year-end charts
7.3 Certifications and sales
8 Cover versions 8.1 Lorde version
8.2 Other cover versions
9 Remixes
10 In other media
11 References
12 External links

Background[edit]
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was somewhat of an afterthought during the recording of Songs from the Big Chair. According to Roland Orzabal, he initially regarded the song as a lightweight that would not fit with the rest of the album. It was producer Chris Hughes who convinced him to try recording it, in a calculated effort to cross over into American chart success.

It was written and recorded in two weeks and was the final track to be added to the Songs from the Big Chair album. The shuffle beat was alien to our normal way of doing things. It was jolly rather than square and rigid in the manner of 'Shout', but it continued the process of becoming more extrovert.
—Roland Orzabal
As was the case with the three hit singles from Tears for Fears' debut LP The Hurting, the song featured bassist Curt Smith on lead vocals.
Composition[edit]
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a new wave song,[2] set in the key of D major with a 12
 8 time signature and a tempo of 112 beats per minute.[3]
“ The concept is quite serious – it's about everybody wanting power, about warfare and the misery it causes. ”
 
— Curt Smith[4]
 
Awards and accolades[edit]
In 1986, the song won "Best Single" at the Brit Awards. Band member and co-writer Roland Orzabal argued that the song deserved to win the Ivor Novello International Hit of the Year award, claiming that the winner—"19" by Paul Hardcastle—was not an actual song, but only a "dialogue collage".[5]
B-side[edit]
"Pharaohs" is the B-side to the "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" single. It is a slower, largely instrumental variation of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World", featuring a recording of BBC Radio announcer Brian Perkins reading the Shipping Forecast for the sea lanes around the United Kingdom (see below). The title of the song is a play on the name of the Faroe Islands ("Faroes"), one of the places referenced in the forecast. This is one of the few songs in the Tears for Fears catalogue on which founding member Curt Smith shares a writing credit. The song has since been included in the band's 1996 B-sides and rarities collection Saturnine Martial & Lunatic, as well as the remastered and deluxe edition reissues of Songs from the Big Chair. "Pharaohs" is also included on the Groove Armada compilation album Back to Mine.

No matter how horrifying the conditions may really be, the voice reading the shipping forecast is deliberately calm and relaxed. Recorded at the Wool Hall for the B-side of 'Everybody' in a calm and relaxed way.
—Chris Hughes
"Pharaohs" shipping forecast read by Brian Perkins (BBC Radio 4, c. 1984):
"There are warnings of gales in Viking, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Fisher, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth, Finisterre, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faroes and Southeast Iceland.
The general synopsis at one eight double-O: low just north of Viking, nine double-seven, moving steadily east-northeast.
Low 300 miles south of Iceland. Atlantic low forming, moving steadily northeast.
A ridge of high pressure has swayed between North and South Utsire. The area forecast for the next twenty-four hours. Viking, Forties, Cromarty, Forth."
Music video[edit]
The promotional clip for "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", filmed in early 1985, was the third Tears for Fears clip directed by famed music video producer Nigel Dick. It features Curt Smith driving an antique Austin-Healey 3000 sports car around various Southern California locales, including Salton Sea and Cabazon. Interspersed with these clips are shots of the full band performing the song in a London studio. Along with the clip for "Shout", the "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" video had a big hand in helping establish Tears for Fears in America, due to its heavy amount of play on the music video channel MTV.
Track listings[edit]
The single was released on a wide variety of formats in the United Kingdom, including a standard 7", a 7" double pack, two separate 12" versions, and a 10" single.
7": Mercury / IDEA9 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (4:10)
2."Pharaohs" (3:42)
2x7": Mercury / IDEA99 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (4:10)
2."Pharaohs" (3:42)
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Urban Mix]" (6:06)
2."Interview Excerpt" (7:30)
10": Mercury / IDEA910 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (4:10)
2."Pharaohs" (3:42)
12": Mercury / IDEA912 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Extended Version]" (5:43)
2."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (4:10)
3."Pharaohs" (3:42)
12": Mercury / IDER912 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Urban Mix]" (6:06)
2."Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Instrumental]" (4:26)
Charts and certifications[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1985)
Peak
 position

Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 19
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 3
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[9] 2
Canada (CHUM)[10] 1
Canada Adult Contemporary Tracks (RPM)[11] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[12] 1
France (SNEP)[13] 18
Germany (Media Control Charts)[14] 11
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 2
Italy (FIMI)[16] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 1
Poland (LP3)[20] 7
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[21] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 13
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] 2
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[24] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[24] 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[24] 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[24] 1
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks[24] 2
US Cash Box[25] 1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1985)
Position

Australia (Kent Music Report)[26] 36
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[27] 31
Canada (RPM Top 100 Singles)[28] 19
Italy (FIMI)[16] 86
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29] 20
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30] 31
US Billboard Hot 100[31] 7
US Cash Box[32] 3

Certifications and sales[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Canada (Music Canada)[33]
Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[34]
Gold 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[35]
Silver 250,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
 
 

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Cover versions[edit]
Lorde version[edit]
New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde recorded a cover of the song for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack in addition to the Epix promo for the premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.[36] The cover was produced by Michael A. Levine and Lucas Cantor and was later used in the cinematic trailer of Assassin's Creed Unity at E3 2014,[37] promos for the new network BBC First,[38] the 2014 ABC show How to Get Away with Murder, and a Season 4 promo of Showtime show Homeland, as well as the trailer for the 2014 film Dracula Untold.[39] Her cover appeared on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 14.[40] It reached number 53 in Australia,[38] number 65 in the UK,[41] number 93 in France,[42] and number 27 on the US Hot Rock Songs.[43]

Chart (2013–2014)
Peak
 position

Australia (ARIA)[38] 53
France (SNEP)[42] 93
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[40] 14
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[41] 65
US Billboard Hot Rock Songs[43] 27

Other cover versions[edit]
Mojo Jojo from the Powerpuff Girls franchise performed his own cover of the song.
Australian jazz singer Frank Bennett performed a lush big-band arrangement of the song on his 1998 album Cash Landing.
American rapper Nas sampled elements from the song on the single "Rule" featuring Amerie on his 2002 album Stillmatic.
A version by Clare and the Reasons begins with chords played by a string quintet.
Jazz trio The Bad Plus covered the song for their 2007 album Prog.
In 2007, Patti Smith covered the song for her album Twelve.
In 2011, Relient K covered the song for their cover album, Is for Karaoke.
In 2011, Australian artist Andy Bull covered the song for Australian radio station Triple J in their Like a Version segment.
Also in 2011, American singer Anthony David covered the song on his album As Above So Below.
In 2012, pop punk girl band Care Bears on Fire released a cover version of the song which is much different from the original. This version was featured during the credits of the "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" episode of the HBO series True Blood.
In 2012, the song was sung in the Glee episode "Makeover" by Darren Criss (as his character Blaine Anderson).
In 2013, the song was covered again for the video game BioShock Infinite, this time as a light Noël Coward-style early 1900's piano-and-vocals tune, albeit also half the length of the original. The original Tears for Fears version can be heard briefly during a scene early in the game.
In 2013, Atomic Tom released a cover version of the song with video.
In 2014, singer-songwriter Mike Viola released a cover version of the song on the multi-artist compilation album Here Comes The Reign Again: The Second British Invasion.[44]
Fingerstyle guitar player Andy McKee performs an acoustic arrangement of the song which appears on his 2010 album Joyland and gained great response on YouTube receiving over 1.2 million views.
Remixes[edit]


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"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" has seen relatively few remixes. Extended, instrumental, and "urban mix" versions were done by producer Chris Hughes for inclusion on the single's various 7" and 12" releases. The only other remix of note was one done by electronica act The Chosen Few, included on the 2004 reissue of the greatest hits compilation Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92). A version labeled as the 7" version is included on the 2006 remaster of Songs from the Big Chair, but is actually the album version (the album's liner notes show the track as "Everybody Wants to Run the World", but this song was not included).
In other media[edit]
Plays during the closing credits of Martha Coolidge's 1985 comedy film Real Genius.
Partially re-recorded with a new lyric and released as "Everybody Wants to Run the World" for the 1986 Sport Aid fund-raising campaign, once again reaching the UK Top 5.
Used as the theme song for the Dennis Miller HBO show Dennis Miller (1994-2002) with Dennis Miller playing pool with one ball painted to look like planet Earth.
Featured in the 1997 film Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion.
Featured in the open-world video game Saints Row 2 in 2008.
Featured in the stage musical version of American Psycho in 2013.
Portion of the song was used in the 2013 game BioShock Infinite by Irrational Games.
Featured in the 2013 film In a World....
Used in the credits sequence for the 2014 documentary film Print the Legend.
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26.Jump up ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
27.Jump up ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1985" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
28.Jump up ^ "Top Singles – Volume 43, No. 16, December 28, 1985". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
29.Jump up ^ "Single Top 100 over 1985" (PDF) (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
30.Jump up ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "Top 100 Hits for 1985". The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
32.Jump up ^ The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1985 at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 October 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
33.Jump up ^ "Canadian single certifications – Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Music Canada.
34.Jump up ^ Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Wellington: Dean Scapolo and Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1877443-00-8.
35.Jump up ^ "British single certifications – Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Everybody Wants to Rule the World in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
36.Jump up ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (30 September 2013). "Is Lorde's 'Catching Fire' Track An 80's Cover?". MTV News. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
37.Jump up ^ "Assassin's Creed Unity trailer". 3 News (MediaWorks New Zealand). 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014.
38.^ Jump up to: a b c "The ARIA Report" (1273). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
39.Jump up ^ Ellwood, Gregory (27 June 2014). "'Dracula Untold's new trailer needs a Lorde cover to rule the world". HitFix. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
40.^ Jump up to: a b "Charts.org.nz – Lorde – Everybody Wants To Rule The World". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
41.^ Jump up to: a b "Lorde: Artist Chart History" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
42.^ Jump up to: a b "Lescharts.com – Lorde – Everybody Wants To Rule The World" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
43.^ Jump up to: a b "Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
44.Jump up ^ https://currycuts.bandcamp.com/track/everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world
External links[edit]
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" video on YouTube
Cover version by Clare and the Reasons
Review at AllMusic
Curt Smith discusses Everybody Wants To Rule The World - RetroRewind interview
Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics


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Everybody Wants to Rule the World
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See also: Everybody Wants to Run the World

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

One of cover arts for UK editions
 
Single by Tears for Fears

from the album Songs from the Big Chair

B-side
"Pharaohs"
Released
22 March 1985
Format
7", 10", 12"
Recorded
1984
Genre
New wave
Length
4:11
Label
Phonogram Records (UK)
Mercury Records (US)
Vertigo Records (Canada)
Writer(s)
Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes
Producer(s)
Chris Hughes
Tears for Fears singles chronology

"Shout"
 (1984) "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
 (1985) "Head over Heels"
 (1985)
 

Music sample

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"









 
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English band Tears for Fears. Originally released in the UK on 22 March 1985,[1] it was the band's ninth single release in the United Kingdom (the third from their second LP: Songs from the Big Chair) and seventh UK Top 30 chart hit, peaking at number two in April 1985. In the US, it was the lead single from the album and gave the band their first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit on 8 June 1985, remaining there for two weeks. It also reached number one on both the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales charts in the US. The song has since become the pinnacle of Tears for Fears' chart success.
In 1986, the song won "Best Single" at the Brit Awards.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Composition
3 Awards and accolades
4 B-side
5 Music video
6 Track listings 6.1 7": Mercury / IDEA9 (UK)
6.2 2x7": Mercury / IDEA99 (UK)
6.3 10": Mercury / IDEA910 (UK)
6.4 12": Mercury / IDEA912 (UK)
6.5 12": Mercury / IDER912 (UK)
7 Charts and certifications 7.1 Weekly charts
7.2 Year-end charts
7.3 Certifications and sales
8 Cover versions 8.1 Lorde version
8.2 Other cover versions
9 Remixes
10 In other media
11 References
12 External links

Background[edit]
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was somewhat of an afterthought during the recording of Songs from the Big Chair. According to Roland Orzabal, he initially regarded the song as a lightweight that would not fit with the rest of the album. It was producer Chris Hughes who convinced him to try recording it, in a calculated effort to cross over into American chart success.

It was written and recorded in two weeks and was the final track to be added to the Songs from the Big Chair album. The shuffle beat was alien to our normal way of doing things. It was jolly rather than square and rigid in the manner of 'Shout', but it continued the process of becoming more extrovert.
—Roland Orzabal
As was the case with the three hit singles from Tears for Fears' debut LP The Hurting, the song featured bassist Curt Smith on lead vocals.
Composition[edit]
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a new wave song,[2] set in the key of D major with a 12
 8 time signature and a tempo of 112 beats per minute.[3]
“ The concept is quite serious – it's about everybody wanting power, about warfare and the misery it causes. ”
 
— Curt Smith[4]
 
Awards and accolades[edit]
In 1986, the song won "Best Single" at the Brit Awards. Band member and co-writer Roland Orzabal argued that the song deserved to win the Ivor Novello International Hit of the Year award, claiming that the winner—"19" by Paul Hardcastle—was not an actual song, but only a "dialogue collage".[5]
B-side[edit]
"Pharaohs" is the B-side to the "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" single. It is a slower, largely instrumental variation of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World", featuring a recording of BBC Radio announcer Brian Perkins reading the Shipping Forecast for the sea lanes around the United Kingdom (see below). The title of the song is a play on the name of the Faroe Islands ("Faroes"), one of the places referenced in the forecast. This is one of the few songs in the Tears for Fears catalogue on which founding member Curt Smith shares a writing credit. The song has since been included in the band's 1996 B-sides and rarities collection Saturnine Martial & Lunatic, as well as the remastered and deluxe edition reissues of Songs from the Big Chair. "Pharaohs" is also included on the Groove Armada compilation album Back to Mine.

No matter how horrifying the conditions may really be, the voice reading the shipping forecast is deliberately calm and relaxed. Recorded at the Wool Hall for the B-side of 'Everybody' in a calm and relaxed way.
—Chris Hughes
"Pharaohs" shipping forecast read by Brian Perkins (BBC Radio 4, c. 1984):
"There are warnings of gales in Viking, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Fisher, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth, Finisterre, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faroes and Southeast Iceland.
The general synopsis at one eight double-O: low just north of Viking, nine double-seven, moving steadily east-northeast.
Low 300 miles south of Iceland. Atlantic low forming, moving steadily northeast.
A ridge of high pressure has swayed between North and South Utsire. The area forecast for the next twenty-four hours. Viking, Forties, Cromarty, Forth."
Music video[edit]
The promotional clip for "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", filmed in early 1985, was the third Tears for Fears clip directed by famed music video producer Nigel Dick. It features Curt Smith driving an antique Austin-Healey 3000 sports car around various Southern California locales, including Salton Sea and Cabazon. Interspersed with these clips are shots of the full band performing the song in a London studio. Along with the clip for "Shout", the "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" video had a big hand in helping establish Tears for Fears in America, due to its heavy amount of play on the music video channel MTV.
Track listings[edit]
The single was released on a wide variety of formats in the United Kingdom, including a standard 7", a 7" double pack, two separate 12" versions, and a 10" single.
7": Mercury / IDEA9 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (4:10)
2."Pharaohs" (3:42)
2x7": Mercury / IDEA99 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (4:10)
2."Pharaohs" (3:42)
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Urban Mix]" (6:06)
2."Interview Excerpt" (7:30)
10": Mercury / IDEA910 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (4:10)
2."Pharaohs" (3:42)
12": Mercury / IDEA912 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Extended Version]" (5:43)
2."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (4:10)
3."Pharaohs" (3:42)
12": Mercury / IDER912 (UK)[edit]
1."Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Urban Mix]" (6:06)
2."Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Instrumental]" (4:26)
Charts and certifications[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1985)
Peak
 position

Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 19
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 3
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[9] 2
Canada (CHUM)[10] 1
Canada Adult Contemporary Tracks (RPM)[11] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[12] 1
France (SNEP)[13] 18
Germany (Media Control Charts)[14] 11
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 2
Italy (FIMI)[16] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 1
Poland (LP3)[20] 7
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[21] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 13
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] 2
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[24] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[24] 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[24] 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[24] 1
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks[24] 2
US Cash Box[25] 1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1985)
Position

Australia (Kent Music Report)[26] 36
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[27] 31
Canada (RPM Top 100 Singles)[28] 19
Italy (FIMI)[16] 86
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29] 20
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30] 31
US Billboard Hot 100[31] 7
US Cash Box[32] 3

Certifications and sales[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Canada (Music Canada)[33]
Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[34]
Gold 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[35]
Silver 250,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
 
 

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Cover versions[edit]
Lorde version[edit]
New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde recorded a cover of the song for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack in addition to the Epix promo for the premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.[36] The cover was produced by Michael A. Levine and Lucas Cantor and was later used in the cinematic trailer of Assassin's Creed Unity at E3 2014,[37] promos for the new network BBC First,[38] the 2014 ABC show How to Get Away with Murder, and a Season 4 promo of Showtime show Homeland, as well as the trailer for the 2014 film Dracula Untold.[39] Her cover appeared on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 14.[40] It reached number 53 in Australia,[38] number 65 in the UK,[41] number 93 in France,[42] and number 27 on the US Hot Rock Songs.[43]

Chart (2013–2014)
Peak
 position

Australia (ARIA)[38] 53
France (SNEP)[42] 93
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[40] 14
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[41] 65
US Billboard Hot Rock Songs[43] 27

Other cover versions[edit]
Mojo Jojo from the Powerpuff Girls franchise performed his own cover of the song.
Australian jazz singer Frank Bennett performed a lush big-band arrangement of the song on his 1998 album Cash Landing.
American rapper Nas sampled elements from the song on the single "Rule" featuring Amerie on his 2002 album Stillmatic.
A version by Clare and the Reasons begins with chords played by a string quintet.
Jazz trio The Bad Plus covered the song for their 2007 album Prog.
In 2007, Patti Smith covered the song for her album Twelve.
In 2011, Relient K covered the song for their cover album, Is for Karaoke.
In 2011, Australian artist Andy Bull covered the song for Australian radio station Triple J in their Like a Version segment.
Also in 2011, American singer Anthony David covered the song on his album As Above So Below.
In 2012, pop punk girl band Care Bears on Fire released a cover version of the song which is much different from the original. This version was featured during the credits of the "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" episode of the HBO series True Blood.
In 2012, the song was sung in the Glee episode "Makeover" by Darren Criss (as his character Blaine Anderson).
In 2013, the song was covered again for the video game BioShock Infinite, this time as a light Noël Coward-style early 1900's piano-and-vocals tune, albeit also half the length of the original. The original Tears for Fears version can be heard briefly during a scene early in the game.
In 2013, Atomic Tom released a cover version of the song with video.
In 2014, singer-songwriter Mike Viola released a cover version of the song on the multi-artist compilation album Here Comes The Reign Again: The Second British Invasion.[44]
Fingerstyle guitar player Andy McKee performs an acoustic arrangement of the song which appears on his 2010 album Joyland and gained great response on YouTube receiving over 1.2 million views.
Remixes[edit]


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"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" has seen relatively few remixes. Extended, instrumental, and "urban mix" versions were done by producer Chris Hughes for inclusion on the single's various 7" and 12" releases. The only other remix of note was one done by electronica act The Chosen Few, included on the 2004 reissue of the greatest hits compilation Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92). A version labeled as the 7" version is included on the 2006 remaster of Songs from the Big Chair, but is actually the album version (the album's liner notes show the track as "Everybody Wants to Run the World", but this song was not included).
In other media[edit]
Plays during the closing credits of Martha Coolidge's 1985 comedy film Real Genius.
Partially re-recorded with a new lyric and released as "Everybody Wants to Run the World" for the 1986 Sport Aid fund-raising campaign, once again reaching the UK Top 5.
Used as the theme song for the Dennis Miller HBO show Dennis Miller (1994-2002) with Dennis Miller playing pool with one ball painted to look like planet Earth.
Featured in the 1997 film Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion.
Featured in the open-world video game Saints Row 2 in 2008.
Featured in the stage musical version of American Psycho in 2013.
Portion of the song was used in the 2013 game BioShock Infinite by Irrational Games.
Featured in the 2013 film In a World....
Used in the credits sequence for the 2014 documentary film Print the Legend.
References[edit]
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7.Jump up ^ "Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
8.Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
9.Jump up ^ "Radio 2 Top 30 : 25 mei 1985" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
10.Jump up ^ CHART NUMBER 1483 – Saturday, May 25, 1985 at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 November 2006). CHUM. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
12.Jump up ^ "RPM Top Singles." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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15.Jump up ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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17.Jump up ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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19.Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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21.Jump up ^ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (T)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
22.Jump up ^ "Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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25.Jump up ^ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JUNE 8, 1985 at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 September 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
26.Jump up ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
27.Jump up ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1985" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
28.Jump up ^ "Top Singles – Volume 43, No. 16, December 28, 1985". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
29.Jump up ^ "Single Top 100 over 1985" (PDF) (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
30.Jump up ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "Top 100 Hits for 1985". The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
32.Jump up ^ The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1985 at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 October 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
33.Jump up ^ "Canadian single certifications – Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Music Canada.
34.Jump up ^ Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Wellington: Dean Scapolo and Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1877443-00-8.
35.Jump up ^ "British single certifications – Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Everybody Wants to Rule the World in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
36.Jump up ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (30 September 2013). "Is Lorde's 'Catching Fire' Track An 80's Cover?". MTV News. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
37.Jump up ^ "Assassin's Creed Unity trailer". 3 News (MediaWorks New Zealand). 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014.
38.^ Jump up to: a b c "The ARIA Report" (1273). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
39.Jump up ^ Ellwood, Gregory (27 June 2014). "'Dracula Untold's new trailer needs a Lorde cover to rule the world". HitFix. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
40.^ Jump up to: a b "Charts.org.nz – Lorde – Everybody Wants To Rule The World". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
41.^ Jump up to: a b "Lorde: Artist Chart History" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
42.^ Jump up to: a b "Lescharts.com – Lorde – Everybody Wants To Rule The World" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
43.^ Jump up to: a b "Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
44.Jump up ^ https://currycuts.bandcamp.com/track/everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world
External links[edit]
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" video on YouTube
Cover version by Clare and the Reasons
Review at AllMusic
Curt Smith discusses Everybody Wants To Rule The World - RetroRewind interview
Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics


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"Who We Are"

Track by Imagine Dragons from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Recorded
2013 at
Westlake Recording Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Alternative rock
Length
4:09
Label
Republic, Mercury
Writer
Alexander Grant, Ben McKee, Josh Mosser, Dan Platzman, Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon
Producer
Grant, Mosser

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"Who We Are" is a song written by Ben McKee, Dan Platzman, Dan Reynolds and Wayne Sermon of American alternative rock band Imagine Dragons, co-written with producers Alexander Grant and Josh Mosser. The song was originally recorded for the 2013 Soundtrack album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which serves as the official soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. It appears as the seventh track on the album.[1]
Composition[edit]
The song's lyrics allude to District 12, a region of the fictional country of Panem in the The Hunger Games universe, subject to the nation's mining industry, and recounts the feelings of the rebels in District 12 at the onset of the rebellion towards the end of Catching Fire. In addition, the song makes several apparent references to The Hunger Games, especially the events of Catching Fire, including the attic where the protagonists of the novel meet during the rebellion of District 11 and "the view from up here", which references Katniss Everdeen's strategy of climbing trees to get a better view of the arena during the Hunger Games themselves.[2]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[3] 89
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 194
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[5] 22

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Carlin, Shannon. "‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Soundtrack Features The Weeknd, Imagine Dragons & Lorde". Radio.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Sims, Andrew. "Listen to Imagine Dragons’ ‘Who We Are’ from the ‘Catching Fire’ soundtrack". Hypable. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
3.Jump up ^ "Imagine Dragons Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Imagine Dragons.
4.Jump up ^ "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update (30.11.2013 – Week 47)". zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Imagine Dragons Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 29, 2012.


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Who We Are (Imagine Dragons song)
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"Who We Are"

Track by Imagine Dragons from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Recorded
2013 at
Westlake Recording Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Alternative rock
Length
4:09
Label
Republic, Mercury
Writer
Alexander Grant, Ben McKee, Josh Mosser, Dan Platzman, Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon
Producer
Grant, Mosser

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"Who We Are" is a song written by Ben McKee, Dan Platzman, Dan Reynolds and Wayne Sermon of American alternative rock band Imagine Dragons, co-written with producers Alexander Grant and Josh Mosser. The song was originally recorded for the 2013 Soundtrack album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which serves as the official soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. It appears as the seventh track on the album.[1]
Composition[edit]
The song's lyrics allude to District 12, a region of the fictional country of Panem in the The Hunger Games universe, subject to the nation's mining industry, and recounts the feelings of the rebels in District 12 at the onset of the rebellion towards the end of Catching Fire. In addition, the song makes several apparent references to The Hunger Games, especially the events of Catching Fire, including the attic where the protagonists of the novel meet during the rebellion of District 11 and "the view from up here", which references Katniss Everdeen's strategy of climbing trees to get a better view of the arena during the Hunger Games themselves.[2]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[3] 89
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 194
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[5] 22

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Carlin, Shannon. "‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Soundtrack Features The Weeknd, Imagine Dragons & Lorde". Radio.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Sims, Andrew. "Listen to Imagine Dragons’ ‘Who We Are’ from the ‘Catching Fire’ soundtrack". Hypable. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
3.Jump up ^ "Imagine Dragons Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Imagine Dragons.
4.Jump up ^ "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update (30.11.2013 – Week 47)". zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Imagine Dragons Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 29, 2012.


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"Yellow Flicker Beat"
 
Single by Lorde

from the album The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Soundtrack

Released
29 September 2014
Format
Digital download
Recorded
28–29 August 2014;
 Lakehouse Recording Studios (New Jersey)
Genre
Art pop ·
 electropop
 
Length
3:52
Label
Republic
Writer(s)
Ella Yelich-O'Connor ·
 Joel Little
 
Producer(s)
Paul Epworth
Lorde singles chronology


"Glory and Gore"
(2014)

"Yellow Flicker Beat"
(2014)
 
 
"Yellow Flicker Beat" is a song by New Zealand recording artist Lorde. It was released on 29 September 2014 as the lead single from the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 by Republic Records. The song was written by Lorde (credited by her real name Ella Yelich-O' Connor) and Joel Little and produced by Paul Epworth. "Yellow Flicker Beat", which accompanied an electronic production, was characterised as an art pop and electropop number. Its style was compared to that of Lorde's earlier releases, including her song "Biting Down" from The Love Club EP (2013) and her debut studio album Pure Heroine (2013). The lyrics of the track reference the rise of The Hunger Games '​ heroine Katniss Everdeen.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background and release
2 Composition
3 Critical reception
4 Commercial performance
5 Track listing
6 Charts
7 Release history
8 References
9 External links

Background and release[edit]
On 31 July 2014, it was announced that Lorde would be recording songs for the soundtrack for the film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. It was also revealed that Lorde would released a single from the soundtrack in Autumn 2014.[1] On 23 September 2014, Lorde announced that the song, which entitled "Yellow Flicker Beat", would be released on 29 September 2014.[2]
The song was written by Lorde (credited by her birth name Ella Yelich-O' Connor) and Joel Little and produced by Paul Epworth.[3] "Yellow Flicker Beat" was recorded at the Lakehouse Recording Studios in New Jersey over a two day period of 28-29 August 2014. The song was engineered by Matt Wiggins and Erik Kase Romero.[4] On 29 September 2014, "Yellow Flicker Beat" was released digitally on the iTunes Stores worldwide by Republic Records.[5] The same day, it was sent to Italian contemporary hit radio and US adult album alternative (AAA) and modern rock stations.[6][7]
Composition[edit]
"Yellow Flicker Beat" lasts for a duration of 3:52 (three minutes and fifty two seconds).[5] The Sydney Morning Herald '​s reviewer Bernard Zuel characterised it as an electropop song and noted the electronic production on the song.[8] Meanwhile, Billboard '​s Jason Lipshutz shared that the track explored Lorde's art pop styles.[9] The song features Lorde's "brooding croon" over minimal synthesisers and rattling drums.[10] Alex Young and Michelle Geslani from Consequence of Sound labelled the song an "entrancing" number with initial atmospherics.[11] Brennan Carley from Spin compared the style of "Yellow Flicker Beat" to that of Lorde's debut studio album Pure Heroine (2013) for the "typically sweeping themes and moody, electronically enhanced melodies." He eventually draw comparisons between the track and "Biting Down" (from The Love Club EP).[12] Lipshutz wrote that the hook from the song reminded of Lorde's "Team" (2013).[9]
The lyrics of "Yellow Flicker Beat" reference the rise of The Hunger Games '​ heroine Katniss Everdeen.[9] The song begins with a slow and measured start, which features the "touched by pain" lyrics "I'm a princess cut from marble / smoother than a storm." As the drums start, Lorde sings "This is the start." Zuelit opined that the line was "also the beginning of the end of something. Not their innocence, already sacrificed for a higher goal, but definitely any easy comfort."[8] Carley pointed out that the lines "The scars that mark my body / They're silver and gold" and "My blood is a flood of rubies, precious stones" showcased "a big step towards more mature lyrics."[12]
Critical reception[edit]
The song received critical acclaim. Brennan Carley from Spin praised the metaphorical and mature lyrics of "Yellow Flicker Beat".[12] Billboard '​s Steven J. Horowitz opined that Lorde's voice complemented the song's beat well, and rated it three and a half out of five stars.[13] Chris Schulz of The New Zealand Herald wrote that "Yellow Flicker Beat" sounded too similar to Lorde's previous work, and lamented the lack of a catchy hook and chorus. Lydia Jenkin, also from the Herald, pointed out that its purpose was to promote the Mockingjay soundtrack, not a Lorde studio album, and lauded the song as "a perfect musical depiction of Katniss Everdeen".[14]
Commercial performance[edit]
Following the release of the song in the US, "Yellow Flicker Beat" debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, in doing so Lorde logged the highest launch by a female artist on the chart since 1995 when Juliana Hatfield's "Universal Heart-Beat" also debuted at number seventeen. The song also debuted at number nineteen on the Adult Alternative Songs and opened with 5.2 million radio audience impressions in first-week audience, according to Nielsen BDS.[15]
Track listing[edit]
Digital download[5]1."Yellow Flicker Beat" – 3:52
Charts[edit]

Chart (2014)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[16]
33
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[17]
51
Canada Rock (Billboard)[18]
33
France (SNEP)[19]
154
Ireland (IRMA)[20]
83
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21]
4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[22]
99
US Billboard Hot 100[23]
74
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[24]
7
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[25]
15
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[26]
13
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[27]
10

Release history[edit]

Region
Date
Format
Label

Australia[5]
29 September 2014 Digital download Republic Records
Belgium[28]

Canada[29]

Finland[30]

Germany[31]

New Zealand[32]

Portugal[33]

Spain[34]

Switzerland[35]

United Kingdom[36]

United States[37]

Italy[6]
Contemporary hit radio Universal Music Group
United States[7]
Adult album alternative
Lava Records ·
 Republic Records
 
Modern rock
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Michaels, Sean (1 August 2014). "Lorde appointed as 'sole curator' of music for next Hunger Games film". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Young, Alex (23 September 2014). "Lorde announces new single, 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Yellow Flicker Beat (Single download notes). Lorde. Republic Records. 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Angermiller, Michele Amabile (5 September 2014). "Inside Lorde's 'Hunger Games' Recording Session". Billboard. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c d "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". Australia: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
6.^ Jump up to: a b Aldi, Giorgia. "Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat (Universal)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
7.^ Jump up to: a b Radio add dates for "Yellow Flicker Beat": Adult album alternative (Triple A): "Impacting Now". Triple A Radio. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014.
Modern rock: "Lorde 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Republic Records. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014.
8.^ Jump up to: a b Zuel, Bernard (29 September 2014). "Yellow Flicker Beat Review: Lorde finds her inner Katniss". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c Lipshutz, Jason (29 September 2014). "Lorde Unleashes 'Yellow Flicker Beat' from 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay' Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
10.Jump up ^ Reed, Ryan (29 September 2014). "Lorde Shares Alluring New Single, 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
11.Jump up ^ Young, Alex; Geslani, Michelle (29 September 2014). "Lorde releases new single 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
12.^ Jump up to: a b c Carley, Brennan (29 September 2014). "Lorde Bares Her Fangs on 'Hunger Games' Single 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Spin. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
13.Jump up ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (3 October 2014). "The Best and Worst Singles of the Week -- From Lorde to One Direction". Billboard. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
14.Jump up ^ Schulz, Chris; Jenkin, Lydia (9 October 2014). "Lorde's new song: For and against". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
15.Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6274274/lorde-leaps-onto-radio-with-yellow-flicker-beat
16.Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
17.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Lorde. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
18.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canada Rock for Lorde. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
19.Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
20.Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 41, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
21.Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
22.Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100". Official Charts Company. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
23.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Lorde. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
24.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Lorde. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
25.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rock Airplay for Lorde. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
26.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Lorde. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
27.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for Lorde. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
28.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". Belgium: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
29.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". Canada: iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014.
30.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". Finland: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single" (in German). Germany: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
32.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". New Zealand: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
33.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single" (in Portuguese). Portugal: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
34.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single" (in Spanish). Spain: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
35.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single" (in German). Switzerland: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
36.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". United Kingdom: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
37.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". United States: iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014.
External links[edit]
Audio on YouTube
Full Lyrics at LyricsOnDemand.com


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"Yellow Flicker Beat"
 
Single by Lorde

from the album The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Soundtrack

Released
29 September 2014
Format
Digital download
Recorded
28–29 August 2014;
 Lakehouse Recording Studios (New Jersey)
Genre
Art pop ·
 electropop
 
Length
3:52
Label
Republic
Writer(s)
Ella Yelich-O'Connor ·
 Joel Little
 
Producer(s)
Paul Epworth
Lorde singles chronology


"Glory and Gore"
(2014)

"Yellow Flicker Beat"
(2014)
 
 
"Yellow Flicker Beat" is a song by New Zealand recording artist Lorde. It was released on 29 September 2014 as the lead single from the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 by Republic Records. The song was written by Lorde (credited by her real name Ella Yelich-O' Connor) and Joel Little and produced by Paul Epworth. "Yellow Flicker Beat", which accompanied an electronic production, was characterised as an art pop and electropop number. Its style was compared to that of Lorde's earlier releases, including her song "Biting Down" from The Love Club EP (2013) and her debut studio album Pure Heroine (2013). The lyrics of the track reference the rise of The Hunger Games '​ heroine Katniss Everdeen.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background and release
2 Composition
3 Critical reception
4 Commercial performance
5 Track listing
6 Charts
7 Release history
8 References
9 External links

Background and release[edit]
On 31 July 2014, it was announced that Lorde would be recording songs for the soundtrack for the film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. It was also revealed that Lorde would released a single from the soundtrack in Autumn 2014.[1] On 23 September 2014, Lorde announced that the song, which entitled "Yellow Flicker Beat", would be released on 29 September 2014.[2]
The song was written by Lorde (credited by her birth name Ella Yelich-O' Connor) and Joel Little and produced by Paul Epworth.[3] "Yellow Flicker Beat" was recorded at the Lakehouse Recording Studios in New Jersey over a two day period of 28-29 August 2014. The song was engineered by Matt Wiggins and Erik Kase Romero.[4] On 29 September 2014, "Yellow Flicker Beat" was released digitally on the iTunes Stores worldwide by Republic Records.[5] The same day, it was sent to Italian contemporary hit radio and US adult album alternative (AAA) and modern rock stations.[6][7]
Composition[edit]
"Yellow Flicker Beat" lasts for a duration of 3:52 (three minutes and fifty two seconds).[5] The Sydney Morning Herald '​s reviewer Bernard Zuel characterised it as an electropop song and noted the electronic production on the song.[8] Meanwhile, Billboard '​s Jason Lipshutz shared that the track explored Lorde's art pop styles.[9] The song features Lorde's "brooding croon" over minimal synthesisers and rattling drums.[10] Alex Young and Michelle Geslani from Consequence of Sound labelled the song an "entrancing" number with initial atmospherics.[11] Brennan Carley from Spin compared the style of "Yellow Flicker Beat" to that of Lorde's debut studio album Pure Heroine (2013) for the "typically sweeping themes and moody, electronically enhanced melodies." He eventually draw comparisons between the track and "Biting Down" (from The Love Club EP).[12] Lipshutz wrote that the hook from the song reminded of Lorde's "Team" (2013).[9]
The lyrics of "Yellow Flicker Beat" reference the rise of The Hunger Games '​ heroine Katniss Everdeen.[9] The song begins with a slow and measured start, which features the "touched by pain" lyrics "I'm a princess cut from marble / smoother than a storm." As the drums start, Lorde sings "This is the start." Zuelit opined that the line was "also the beginning of the end of something. Not their innocence, already sacrificed for a higher goal, but definitely any easy comfort."[8] Carley pointed out that the lines "The scars that mark my body / They're silver and gold" and "My blood is a flood of rubies, precious stones" showcased "a big step towards more mature lyrics."[12]
Critical reception[edit]
The song received critical acclaim. Brennan Carley from Spin praised the metaphorical and mature lyrics of "Yellow Flicker Beat".[12] Billboard '​s Steven J. Horowitz opined that Lorde's voice complemented the song's beat well, and rated it three and a half out of five stars.[13] Chris Schulz of The New Zealand Herald wrote that "Yellow Flicker Beat" sounded too similar to Lorde's previous work, and lamented the lack of a catchy hook and chorus. Lydia Jenkin, also from the Herald, pointed out that its purpose was to promote the Mockingjay soundtrack, not a Lorde studio album, and lauded the song as "a perfect musical depiction of Katniss Everdeen".[14]
Commercial performance[edit]
Following the release of the song in the US, "Yellow Flicker Beat" debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, in doing so Lorde logged the highest launch by a female artist on the chart since 1995 when Juliana Hatfield's "Universal Heart-Beat" also debuted at number seventeen. The song also debuted at number nineteen on the Adult Alternative Songs and opened with 5.2 million radio audience impressions in first-week audience, according to Nielsen BDS.[15]
Track listing[edit]
Digital download[5]1."Yellow Flicker Beat" – 3:52
Charts[edit]

Chart (2014)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[16]
33
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[17]
51
Canada Rock (Billboard)[18]
33
France (SNEP)[19]
154
Ireland (IRMA)[20]
83
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21]
4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[22]
99
US Billboard Hot 100[23]
74
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[24]
7
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[25]
15
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[26]
13
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[27]
10

Release history[edit]

Region
Date
Format
Label

Australia[5]
29 September 2014 Digital download Republic Records
Belgium[28]

Canada[29]

Finland[30]

Germany[31]

New Zealand[32]

Portugal[33]

Spain[34]

Switzerland[35]

United Kingdom[36]

United States[37]

Italy[6]
Contemporary hit radio Universal Music Group
United States[7]
Adult album alternative
Lava Records ·
 Republic Records
 
Modern rock
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Michaels, Sean (1 August 2014). "Lorde appointed as 'sole curator' of music for next Hunger Games film". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Young, Alex (23 September 2014). "Lorde announces new single, 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Yellow Flicker Beat (Single download notes). Lorde. Republic Records. 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Angermiller, Michele Amabile (5 September 2014). "Inside Lorde's 'Hunger Games' Recording Session". Billboard. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c d "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". Australia: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
6.^ Jump up to: a b Aldi, Giorgia. "Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat (Universal)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
7.^ Jump up to: a b Radio add dates for "Yellow Flicker Beat": Adult album alternative (Triple A): "Impacting Now". Triple A Radio. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014.
Modern rock: "Lorde 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Republic Records. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014.
8.^ Jump up to: a b Zuel, Bernard (29 September 2014). "Yellow Flicker Beat Review: Lorde finds her inner Katniss". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c Lipshutz, Jason (29 September 2014). "Lorde Unleashes 'Yellow Flicker Beat' from 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay' Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
10.Jump up ^ Reed, Ryan (29 September 2014). "Lorde Shares Alluring New Single, 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
11.Jump up ^ Young, Alex; Geslani, Michelle (29 September 2014). "Lorde releases new single 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
12.^ Jump up to: a b c Carley, Brennan (29 September 2014). "Lorde Bares Her Fangs on 'Hunger Games' Single 'Yellow Flicker Beat'". Spin. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
13.Jump up ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (3 October 2014). "The Best and Worst Singles of the Week -- From Lorde to One Direction". Billboard. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
14.Jump up ^ Schulz, Chris; Jenkin, Lydia (9 October 2014). "Lorde's new song: For and against". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
15.Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6274274/lorde-leaps-onto-radio-with-yellow-flicker-beat
16.Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
17.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Lorde. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
18.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canada Rock for Lorde. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
19.Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
20.Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 41, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
21.Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
22.Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100". Official Charts Company. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
23.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Lorde. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
24.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Lorde. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
25.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rock Airplay for Lorde. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
26.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Lorde. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
27.Jump up ^ "Lorde Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for Lorde. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
28.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". Belgium: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
29.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". Canada: iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014.
30.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". Finland: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single" (in German). Germany: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
32.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". New Zealand: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
33.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single" (in Portuguese). Portugal: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
34.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single" (in Spanish). Spain: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
35.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single" (in German). Switzerland: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
36.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". United Kingdom: iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
37.Jump up ^ "Yellow Flicker Beat – Single". United States: iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014.
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Audio on YouTube
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The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
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The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
 
Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
March 16, 2012
Recorded
2011–12
Length
58:10
Label
Universal Republic ·
 Mercury
 
Producer
T-Bone Burnett ·
 Greg Wells
 
The Hunger Games soundtracks chronology

 The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
 (2012) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 (2013)

 
Singles from The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
1."Safe & Sound"
 Released: December 23, 2011
2."Eyes Open"
 Released: March 27, 2012
 

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores

Source
Rating
Metacritic 72/100[1]
Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly B[3]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[4]
Slant Magazine 4/5 stars[5]
The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond is the official companion album for the 2012 film The Hunger Games. The score for the film was composed by James Newton Howard, but the companion album consists primarily of songs by various artists inspired by, but not heard in, the film. "Safe & Sound" by Taylor Swift and featuring The Civil Wars, was released as a promotional single for the soundtrack. On February 14, 2012, "One Engine" was made available for download on iTunes. "Eyes Open", also by Taylor Swift, was released as the first single on March 27, 2012. She performed the song live in Auckland, New Zealand on her Speak Now World Tour. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, and has also charted in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland.


Contents  [hide]
1 Promotion
2 Charts performance
3 Track listing 3.1 iTunes digital album
3.2 Grammy and Golden Globe nominations
4 Charts and certifications 4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Certifications
5 References
6 External links

Promotion[edit]
The soundtrack was released on March 20, 2012.[6] The soundtrack track listing was revealed on iTunes on February 13, 2012. Jennifer Lawrence singing "Rue's Lullaby" is not included in the soundtrack. On February 14, 2012, "One Engine" was released as the first promotional single by iTunes.[7] A bonus song, "Deep in the Meadow (Lullaby)", by Sting, was included as a bonus download with purchase of the soundtrack.[8]
Charts performance[edit]
The soundtrack debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 175,000 copies sold on its first week. It sold 100K digital copies the next week, making it the highest one-week total for a theatrically released movie soundtrack in digital history.[9] It has been certified as Gold by the RIAA since April 27, 2012.[10] It sold 463,000 copies in 2012 in the US and was the best-selling soundtrack album of the year.[11] As of November 22, 2013, the album has sold 481,000 copies in the US.[12]
Track listing[edit]

No.
Title
Performer(s)
Length

1. "Abraham's Daughter"   Arcade Fire 3:22
2. "Tomorrow Will Be Kinder"   The Secret Sisters 3:25
3. "Nothing to Remember"   Neko Case 2:58
4. "Safe & Sound"   Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars 4:00
5. "The Ruler and the Killer"   Kid Cudi 4:33
6. "Dark Days"   Punch Brothers 3:53
7. "One Engine"   The Decemberists 3:01
8. "Daughter's Lament"   Carolina Chocolate Drops 2:46
9. "Kingdom Come"   The Civil Wars 3:42
10. "Take the Heartland"   Glen Hansard 2:45
11. "Come Away to the Water"   Maroon 5 featuring Rozzi Crane 5:13
12. "Run Daddy Run"   Miranda Lambert featuring Pistol Annies 2:45
13. "Rules"   Jayme Dee 3:27
14. "Eyes Open"   Taylor Swift 4:04
15. "Lover Is Childlike"   The Low Anthem 4:15
16. "Just a Game"   Birdy 4:01
Total length:
 60:18 
iTunes digital album[edit]
A digital version of the album, available for purchase on iTunes, includes a digital booklet with artwork and images from The Hunger Games.
Grammy and Golden Globe nominations[edit]
The songs "Abraham's Daughter" and "Safe & Sound" were nominated for the 2013 Grammy Awards; the first for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and the second for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and also for Best Song Written for Visual Media.[13] "Safe & Sound" was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 2013 ceremony.[14]
Charts and certifications[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2012)
Peak
 position

Australian Albums Chart[15] 14
Austrian Albums Chart[16] 61
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[16] 62
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[16] 91
Canadian Albums Chart[17] 5
French Albums Chart[16] 168
German Albums Chart[18] 69
Irish Compilation Charts[19] 4
Mexican Albums Chart[20] 60
New Zealand Albums Chart[16] 13
Norwegian Albums Chart[16] 32
UK Compilation Chart[21] 16
US Billboard 200[22] 1

Certifications[edit]

Country
Certification
(sales thresholds)
United States Gold[10]
 
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather (March 22, 2012). "The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond - Original Soundtrack : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
3.Jump up ^ Maerz, Melissa (March 22, 2012). "'The Hunger Games' Soundtrack". Entertainment Weekly (March 23, 2012) (1199). Retrieved May 3, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Levy, Joe (March 20, 2012). "The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ Keefe, Jonathan (March 26, 2012). "Original Soundtrack: The Hunger Games: Songs from the 12th District and Beyond | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games Sweepstakes". Universal Republic. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
7.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond". iTunes. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
8.Jump up ^ "welcome « The Hunger Games". Thehungergames.pushexp.com. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
9.Jump up ^ "Week Ending March 25, 2012. Albums: Appetite For "Hunger"". yahoo. March 25, 2012.
10.^ Jump up to: a b "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
11.Jump up ^ Paul Grein (January 3, 2013). "Chart Watch Extra: Top Albums of 2012". Chart Watch (Yahoo Music). Retrieved January 5, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (November 22, 2013). "'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Set for Top 10 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ "'Dark Knight Rises' and 'Hunger Games' earn 2013 Grammy Awards nominations". Hitflix. December 6, 2012.
14.Jump up ^ Macatee, Rebecca (December 13, 2012). "Taylor Swift's Golden Globes Nomination Is "Best Birthday Surprise Ever". E!. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
15.Jump up ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart: 26/03/2012". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
16.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "charts.org.nz – Soundtrack – The Hunger Games". RIANZ. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
17.Jump up ^ John Williams (2012-03-28). "CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Richie, Lionel : Lionel Richie debuts at No. 1". Jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
18.Jump up ^ Steffen Hung (2012-04-21). "Media Control Charts". charts.de. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
19.Jump up ^ "Top 30 Compilation Albums Week ending 22nd March 2012". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
20.Jump up ^ "Top100.pdf". centrodedesarrollodigital.com. 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
21.Jump up ^ "Top 30 Compilation Albums Week ending 22nd March 2012". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
22.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (March 23, 2012). "Hunger Games,' Shins and Odd Future Are Top 10 Bound". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
External links[edit]
Official website
Soundtrack at Taylor Swift official site: includes lyrics for tracks "Safe & Sound", "Eyes Open"
The Hunger Games at the Internet Movie Database


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The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
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The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
 
Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
March 16, 2012
Recorded
2011–12
Length
58:10
Label
Universal Republic ·
 Mercury
 
Producer
T-Bone Burnett ·
 Greg Wells
 
The Hunger Games soundtracks chronology

 The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
 (2012) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 (2013)

 
Singles from The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
1."Safe & Sound"
 Released: December 23, 2011
2."Eyes Open"
 Released: March 27, 2012
 

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores

Source
Rating
Metacritic 72/100[1]
Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly B[3]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[4]
Slant Magazine 4/5 stars[5]
The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond is the official companion album for the 2012 film The Hunger Games. The score for the film was composed by James Newton Howard, but the companion album consists primarily of songs by various artists inspired by, but not heard in, the film. "Safe & Sound" by Taylor Swift and featuring The Civil Wars, was released as a promotional single for the soundtrack. On February 14, 2012, "One Engine" was made available for download on iTunes. "Eyes Open", also by Taylor Swift, was released as the first single on March 27, 2012. She performed the song live in Auckland, New Zealand on her Speak Now World Tour. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, and has also charted in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland.


Contents  [hide]
1 Promotion
2 Charts performance
3 Track listing 3.1 iTunes digital album
3.2 Grammy and Golden Globe nominations
4 Charts and certifications 4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Certifications
5 References
6 External links

Promotion[edit]
The soundtrack was released on March 20, 2012.[6] The soundtrack track listing was revealed on iTunes on February 13, 2012. Jennifer Lawrence singing "Rue's Lullaby" is not included in the soundtrack. On February 14, 2012, "One Engine" was released as the first promotional single by iTunes.[7] A bonus song, "Deep in the Meadow (Lullaby)", by Sting, was included as a bonus download with purchase of the soundtrack.[8]
Charts performance[edit]
The soundtrack debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 175,000 copies sold on its first week. It sold 100K digital copies the next week, making it the highest one-week total for a theatrically released movie soundtrack in digital history.[9] It has been certified as Gold by the RIAA since April 27, 2012.[10] It sold 463,000 copies in 2012 in the US and was the best-selling soundtrack album of the year.[11] As of November 22, 2013, the album has sold 481,000 copies in the US.[12]
Track listing[edit]

No.
Title
Performer(s)
Length

1. "Abraham's Daughter"   Arcade Fire 3:22
2. "Tomorrow Will Be Kinder"   The Secret Sisters 3:25
3. "Nothing to Remember"   Neko Case 2:58
4. "Safe & Sound"   Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars 4:00
5. "The Ruler and the Killer"   Kid Cudi 4:33
6. "Dark Days"   Punch Brothers 3:53
7. "One Engine"   The Decemberists 3:01
8. "Daughter's Lament"   Carolina Chocolate Drops 2:46
9. "Kingdom Come"   The Civil Wars 3:42
10. "Take the Heartland"   Glen Hansard 2:45
11. "Come Away to the Water"   Maroon 5 featuring Rozzi Crane 5:13
12. "Run Daddy Run"   Miranda Lambert featuring Pistol Annies 2:45
13. "Rules"   Jayme Dee 3:27
14. "Eyes Open"   Taylor Swift 4:04
15. "Lover Is Childlike"   The Low Anthem 4:15
16. "Just a Game"   Birdy 4:01
Total length:
 60:18 
iTunes digital album[edit]
A digital version of the album, available for purchase on iTunes, includes a digital booklet with artwork and images from The Hunger Games.
Grammy and Golden Globe nominations[edit]
The songs "Abraham's Daughter" and "Safe & Sound" were nominated for the 2013 Grammy Awards; the first for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and the second for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and also for Best Song Written for Visual Media.[13] "Safe & Sound" was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 2013 ceremony.[14]
Charts and certifications[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2012)
Peak
 position

Australian Albums Chart[15] 14
Austrian Albums Chart[16] 61
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[16] 62
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[16] 91
Canadian Albums Chart[17] 5
French Albums Chart[16] 168
German Albums Chart[18] 69
Irish Compilation Charts[19] 4
Mexican Albums Chart[20] 60
New Zealand Albums Chart[16] 13
Norwegian Albums Chart[16] 32
UK Compilation Chart[21] 16
US Billboard 200[22] 1

Certifications[edit]

Country
Certification
(sales thresholds)
United States Gold[10]
 
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather (March 22, 2012). "The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond - Original Soundtrack : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
3.Jump up ^ Maerz, Melissa (March 22, 2012). "'The Hunger Games' Soundtrack". Entertainment Weekly (March 23, 2012) (1199). Retrieved May 3, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Levy, Joe (March 20, 2012). "The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ Keefe, Jonathan (March 26, 2012). "Original Soundtrack: The Hunger Games: Songs from the 12th District and Beyond | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games Sweepstakes". Universal Republic. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
7.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond". iTunes. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
8.Jump up ^ "welcome « The Hunger Games". Thehungergames.pushexp.com. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
9.Jump up ^ "Week Ending March 25, 2012. Albums: Appetite For "Hunger"". yahoo. March 25, 2012.
10.^ Jump up to: a b "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
11.Jump up ^ Paul Grein (January 3, 2013). "Chart Watch Extra: Top Albums of 2012". Chart Watch (Yahoo Music). Retrieved January 5, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (November 22, 2013). "'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Set for Top 10 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ "'Dark Knight Rises' and 'Hunger Games' earn 2013 Grammy Awards nominations". Hitflix. December 6, 2012.
14.Jump up ^ Macatee, Rebecca (December 13, 2012). "Taylor Swift's Golden Globes Nomination Is "Best Birthday Surprise Ever". E!. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
15.Jump up ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart: 26/03/2012". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
16.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "charts.org.nz – Soundtrack – The Hunger Games". RIANZ. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
17.Jump up ^ John Williams (2012-03-28). "CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Richie, Lionel : Lionel Richie debuts at No. 1". Jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
18.Jump up ^ Steffen Hung (2012-04-21). "Media Control Charts". charts.de. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
19.Jump up ^ "Top 30 Compilation Albums Week ending 22nd March 2012". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
20.Jump up ^ "Top100.pdf". centrodedesarrollodigital.com. 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
21.Jump up ^ "Top 30 Compilation Albums Week ending 22nd March 2012". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
22.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (March 23, 2012). "Hunger Games,' Shins and Odd Future Are Top 10 Bound". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
External links[edit]
Official website
Soundtrack at Taylor Swift official site: includes lyrics for tracks "Safe & Sound", "Eyes Open"
The Hunger Games at the Internet Movie Database


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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 
Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
November 15, 2013
Recorded
2012–13
Genre
Alternative rock, pop
Label
Republic ·
 Mercury
 
Producer
Billboard ·
 Ryan Tedder ·
 Diplo ·
 Andrew Swanson ·
 Coldplay ·
 Daniel Green ·
 Michael A. Levine ·
 Lucas Cantor ·
 Rik Simpson
 
The Hunger Games soundtracks chronology

The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
 (2012) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 (2013) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 (2014)

 
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

Source
Rating
Metacritic 63/100[1]
Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Consequence of Sound 3/5 stars[3]
Entertainment Weekly B+[4]
Los Angeles Times 2/5 stars[5]
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars[6]
Slant Magazine 2.5/5 stars [7]
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.
The album sold 151,000 copies in the US in 2013, making it the seventh best-selling soundtrack album for the year.[8]


Contents  [hide]
1 Promotion 1.1 Singles
2 Track listing
3 Charts
4 Release history
5 References

Promotion[edit]
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.[9] 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[edit]
"Atlas", written and performed by British alternative rock band Coldplay, was released as the lead single from the soundtrack on September 6, 2013.[10] The single charted high in many countries, including a debut at #12 on the UK Singles Chart,[11] 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.[12] "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.[13] It has charted on the Australian, UK and New Zealand music charts, the latter mentioned having greater success, peaking at number 7.
"We Remain", performed by American singer Christina Aguilera, was released as the third single from the soundtrack on October 1, 2013.[14]
Track listing[edit]

Standard edition
 
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Artist
Length

1. "Atlas"  
Guy Berryman ·
 Jonny Buckland ·
 Will Champion ·
 Chris Martin
  Coldplay 3:56
2. "Silhouettes"  
Ragnar Þórhallsson ·
 Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir ·
 Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson ·
 Kristján Páll Kristjánsson ·
 Brynjar Leifsson
  Of Monsters and Men 4:31
3. "Elastic Heart"  
Sia Furler ·
 Thomas Wesley Pentz ·
 Andrew Swanson ·
 Abel Tesfaye
  Sia featuring The Weeknd & Diplo 4:17
4. "Lean"  
Matt Berninger ·
 Aaron Dessner
  The National 4:31
5. "We Remain"  
Ryan Tedder ·
 Brent Kutzle ·
 Mikky Ekko
  Christina Aguilera 4:00
6. "Devil May Cry"  
Abel Tesfaye ·
 Jason Quenneville
  The Weeknd 5:23
7. "Who We Are"  
Alex da Kid ·
 Imagine Dragons ·
 Josh Mosser
  Imagine Dragons 4:09
8. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"  
Ian Stanley ·
 Roland Orzabal ·
 Chris Hughes
  Lorde 2:35
9. "Gale Song"  
Wesley Schultz ·
 Jeremiah Fraites ·
 Neyla Pekarek
  The Lumineers 3:05
10. "Mirror"  
Ellie Goulding ·
 Mathieu Jomphe
  Ellie Goulding 4:21
11. "Capitol Letter"   Patti Smith Patti Smith 3:33
12. "Shooting Arrows at the Sky"  
Santi White ·
 Rick Nowels
  Santigold 3:37

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Charts[edit]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position


Australian Albums (ARIA)[17]
37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18]
88
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19]
96
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20]
9
German Albums (Official Top 100)[21]
71
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[22]
14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[23]
96
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24]
12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]
66
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[26]
24
US Billboard 200[27]
5

Release history[edit]

Region
Date
Format
Label
Catalog no.

France[28]
November 15, 2013 Digital download Republic Records none
Italy[29]

Poland[30]

United Kingdom[31]

United States
November 19, 2013 Compact disc (Standard) B0019019-02
Compact disc (Deluxe) B0019110-02
Digital download Republic Records, Mercury Records none
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
3.Jump up ^ Hakimian, Rob (November 19, 2013). "Album Review: Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Catucci, Nick (November 20, 2013). "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack Album Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ Roberts, Randall (November 19, 2013). "Review: 'Hunger Games' is perfect pop for the PG-13 set". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ Sheffield, Rob (November 19, 2013). "'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack' Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ "Slant review".
8.Jump up ^ Paul Grein (January 2, 2014). "The Top 10 Soundtracks of 2013". Chart Watch (Yahoo).
9.Jump up ^ The "Voice" coach revealed that she recorded "We Remain" for the soundtrack
10.Jump up ^ "New song, Atlas, for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack". Coldplay.com. August 22, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart". UK Singles Chart. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ "Coldplay - Atlas (Hunger Games: Catching Fire)(Lyric)". YouTube. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Elastic Heart (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Soundtrack) [feat. The Weeknd, Diplo]: Sia". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ "We Remain (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Soundtrack): Christina Aguilera". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "iTunes - Music - Die Tribute von Panem - Catching Fire (Deluxe Edition) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] by Various Artists". Retrieved November 15, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Soundtrack. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
22.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
23.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
24.Jump up ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Veckans Samlingar - Vecka 2, 10 januari 2014". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
25.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
26.Jump up ^ "2013-11-30 Top 40 Compilation Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. November 27, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
27.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (November 27, 2013). "Eminem Is Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'Marshall Mathers LP 2'". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
28.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes (FR). Retrieved May 26, 2014.
29.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes (IT). Retrieved May 26, 2014.
30.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes (PL). Retrieved May 26, 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes (GB). Retrieved May 26, 2014.


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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 
Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
November 15, 2013
Recorded
2012–13
Genre
Alternative rock, pop
Label
Republic ·
 Mercury
 
Producer
Billboard ·
 Ryan Tedder ·
 Diplo ·
 Andrew Swanson ·
 Coldplay ·
 Daniel Green ·
 Michael A. Levine ·
 Lucas Cantor ·
 Rik Simpson
 
The Hunger Games soundtracks chronology

The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
 (2012) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 (2013) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 (2014)

 
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

Source
Rating
Metacritic 63/100[1]
Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Consequence of Sound 3/5 stars[3]
Entertainment Weekly B+[4]
Los Angeles Times 2/5 stars[5]
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars[6]
Slant Magazine 2.5/5 stars [7]
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.
The album sold 151,000 copies in the US in 2013, making it the seventh best-selling soundtrack album for the year.[8]


Contents  [hide]
1 Promotion 1.1 Singles
2 Track listing
3 Charts
4 Release history
5 References

Promotion[edit]
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.[9] 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[edit]
"Atlas", written and performed by British alternative rock band Coldplay, was released as the lead single from the soundtrack on September 6, 2013.[10] The single charted high in many countries, including a debut at #12 on the UK Singles Chart,[11] 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.[12] "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.[13] It has charted on the Australian, UK and New Zealand music charts, the latter mentioned having greater success, peaking at number 7.
"We Remain", performed by American singer Christina Aguilera, was released as the third single from the soundtrack on October 1, 2013.[14]
Track listing[edit]

Standard edition
 
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Artist
Length

1. "Atlas"  
Guy Berryman ·
 Jonny Buckland ·
 Will Champion ·
 Chris Martin
  Coldplay 3:56
2. "Silhouettes"  
Ragnar Þórhallsson ·
 Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir ·
 Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson ·
 Kristján Páll Kristjánsson ·
 Brynjar Leifsson
  Of Monsters and Men 4:31
3. "Elastic Heart"  
Sia Furler ·
 Thomas Wesley Pentz ·
 Andrew Swanson ·
 Abel Tesfaye
  Sia featuring The Weeknd & Diplo 4:17
4. "Lean"  
Matt Berninger ·
 Aaron Dessner
  The National 4:31
5. "We Remain"  
Ryan Tedder ·
 Brent Kutzle ·
 Mikky Ekko
  Christina Aguilera 4:00
6. "Devil May Cry"  
Abel Tesfaye ·
 Jason Quenneville
  The Weeknd 5:23
7. "Who We Are"  
Alex da Kid ·
 Imagine Dragons ·
 Josh Mosser
  Imagine Dragons 4:09
8. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"  
Ian Stanley ·
 Roland Orzabal ·
 Chris Hughes
  Lorde 2:35
9. "Gale Song"  
Wesley Schultz ·
 Jeremiah Fraites ·
 Neyla Pekarek
  The Lumineers 3:05
10. "Mirror"  
Ellie Goulding ·
 Mathieu Jomphe
  Ellie Goulding 4:21
11. "Capitol Letter"   Patti Smith Patti Smith 3:33
12. "Shooting Arrows at the Sky"  
Santi White ·
 Rick Nowels
  Santigold 3:37

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[show]German/Austrian edition bonus tracks[16]
 










    

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Charts[edit]

Chart (2013)
Peak
 position


Australian Albums (ARIA)[17]
37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18]
88
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19]
96
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20]
9
German Albums (Official Top 100)[21]
71
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[22]
14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[23]
96
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24]
12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]
66
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[26]
24
US Billboard 200[27]
5

Release history[edit]

Region
Date
Format
Label
Catalog no.

France[28]
November 15, 2013 Digital download Republic Records none
Italy[29]

Poland[30]

United Kingdom[31]

United States
November 19, 2013 Compact disc (Standard) B0019019-02
Compact disc (Deluxe) B0019110-02
Digital download Republic Records, Mercury Records none
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
3.Jump up ^ Hakimian, Rob (November 19, 2013). "Album Review: Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Catucci, Nick (November 20, 2013). "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack Album Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
5.Jump up ^ Roberts, Randall (November 19, 2013). "Review: 'Hunger Games' is perfect pop for the PG-13 set". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ Sheffield, Rob (November 19, 2013). "'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack' Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ "Slant review".
8.Jump up ^ Paul Grein (January 2, 2014). "The Top 10 Soundtracks of 2013". Chart Watch (Yahoo).
9.Jump up ^ The "Voice" coach revealed that she recorded "We Remain" for the soundtrack
10.Jump up ^ "New song, Atlas, for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack". Coldplay.com. August 22, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
11.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart". UK Singles Chart. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ "Coldplay - Atlas (Hunger Games: Catching Fire)(Lyric)". YouTube. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Elastic Heart (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Soundtrack) [feat. The Weeknd, Diplo]: Sia". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ "We Remain (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Soundtrack): Christina Aguilera". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ "iTunes - Music - Die Tribute von Panem - Catching Fire (Deluxe Edition) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] by Various Artists". Retrieved November 15, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Soundtrack. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
22.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
23.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
24.Jump up ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Veckans Samlingar - Vecka 2, 10 januari 2014". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
25.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
26.Jump up ^ "2013-11-30 Top 40 Compilation Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. November 27, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
27.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (November 27, 2013). "Eminem Is Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'Marshall Mathers LP 2'". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
28.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes (FR). Retrieved May 26, 2014.
29.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes (IT). Retrieved May 26, 2014.
30.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes (PL). Retrieved May 26, 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". iTunes (GB). Retrieved May 26, 2014.


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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
November 17, 2014
Recorded
2014
Genre
Pop, electronic, hip hop
Label
Republic
The Hunger Games soundtracks chronology

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
 (2013) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1
 (2014) 

 
Singles from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1."Yellow Flicker Beat"
 Released: September 29, 2014
2."This Is Not A Game"
 Released: October 20, 2014
 
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the upcoming official soundtrack to the 2014 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. The movie is an adaptation of the 2010 novel by Suzanne Collins and is the third installment in the The Hunger Games film series.
The soundtrack will be released through Republic Records on November 15, 2014. [1]
Background[edit]
On July 31, 2014, it was announced that Lorde will provide a single for the soundtrack album for the film.[2] The soundtrack is set to be released on November 18, 2014.[3] On September 22, 2014, Lorde posted a photo of the single cover titled "Yellow Flicker Beat", which was released on September 29, 2014.[4] Lorde has reportedly recruited Grace Jones, Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon, Diplo, Miguel, The Chemical Brothers,[5] Charli XCX,[6] The Lumineers[7] and Stromae to contribute to the official tracklist.
The second single, "This Is Not A Game" by The Chemical Brothers featuring Miguel, was released on October 20, 2014. It includes uncredited vocals from Lorde.[8]
Track listing[edit]
The track list for the soundtrack was released on October 21, 2014. Full details of track number five are yet to be released.[9]

No.
Title
Writer(s)
Performed by
Length

1. "Meltdown"     Stromae featuring Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip, & Haim 4:01
2. "Dead Air"     CHVRCHES 3:14
3. "Scream My Name"     Tove Lo 3:34
4. "Kingdom"     Charli XCX featuring Simon Le Bon 4:04
5. "TBA"   Ella Yelich-O'Connor, Thomas Pentz Ariana Grande and Diplo  
6. "Lost Souls"     Raury 2:53
7. "Yellow Flicker Beat"   Yelich-O'Connor, Joel Little Lorde 3:54
8. "The Leap"     Tinashe 4:06
9. "Plan the Escape"   Ryan Lott Bat for Lashes 2:30
10. "Original Beast"     Grace Jones 4:21
11. "Flicker (Kanye West Rework)"   Yelich-O'Connor, Little, Kanye West Lorde 4:12
12. "Animal"     XOV 3:18
13. "This Is Not a Game"   Yelich-O’Connor, Tom Rowlands, Miguel Pimentel The Chemical Brothers featuring Miguel 3:14
14. "Ladder Song"   Conor Oberst Lorde 3:14
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack".
2.Jump up ^ "Grammy® award winning artist Lorde to write first single and curate soundtrack album for Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" available on Republic Records". CNW Group. July 31, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Williams, Nick. "Fall Album Preview: 72 Anticipated Releases". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat: Song from the Hunger Games - Mockingjay". TIME.com. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ http://www.stereogum.com/1712957/the-chemical-brothers-feat-miguel-lorde-this-is-not-a-game/mp3s/
6.Jump up ^ http://pagesix.com/2014/10/04/lorde-is-recruiting-musics-best-for-hunger-games-soundtrack/
7.Jump up ^ http://radio.com/2014/09/10/the-lumineers-new-album-2014/
8.Jump up ^ "Chemical Brothers Team With Lorde & Miguel for 'Hunger Games' Track: Listen". Billboard. October 20, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ Dionne, Zach. "Lorde's 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1' Soundtrack to Feature Kanye West, Chvrches, Charli XCX". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2014.


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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
November 17, 2014
Recorded
2014
Genre
Pop, electronic, hip hop
Label
Republic
The Hunger Games soundtracks chronology

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
 (2013) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1
 (2014) 

 
Singles from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1."Yellow Flicker Beat"
 Released: September 29, 2014
2."This Is Not A Game"
 Released: October 20, 2014
 
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the upcoming official soundtrack to the 2014 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. The movie is an adaptation of the 2010 novel by Suzanne Collins and is the third installment in the The Hunger Games film series.
The soundtrack will be released through Republic Records on November 15, 2014. [1]
Background[edit]
On July 31, 2014, it was announced that Lorde will provide a single for the soundtrack album for the film.[2] The soundtrack is set to be released on November 18, 2014.[3] On September 22, 2014, Lorde posted a photo of the single cover titled "Yellow Flicker Beat", which was released on September 29, 2014.[4] Lorde has reportedly recruited Grace Jones, Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon, Diplo, Miguel, The Chemical Brothers,[5] Charli XCX,[6] The Lumineers[7] and Stromae to contribute to the official tracklist.
The second single, "This Is Not A Game" by The Chemical Brothers featuring Miguel, was released on October 20, 2014. It includes uncredited vocals from Lorde.[8]
Track listing[edit]
The track list for the soundtrack was released on October 21, 2014. Full details of track number five are yet to be released.[9]

No.
Title
Writer(s)
Performed by
Length

1. "Meltdown"     Stromae featuring Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip, & Haim 4:01
2. "Dead Air"     CHVRCHES 3:14
3. "Scream My Name"     Tove Lo 3:34
4. "Kingdom"     Charli XCX featuring Simon Le Bon 4:04
5. "TBA"   Ella Yelich-O'Connor, Thomas Pentz Ariana Grande and Diplo  
6. "Lost Souls"     Raury 2:53
7. "Yellow Flicker Beat"   Yelich-O'Connor, Joel Little Lorde 3:54
8. "The Leap"     Tinashe 4:06
9. "Plan the Escape"   Ryan Lott Bat for Lashes 2:30
10. "Original Beast"     Grace Jones 4:21
11. "Flicker (Kanye West Rework)"   Yelich-O'Connor, Little, Kanye West Lorde 4:12
12. "Animal"     XOV 3:18
13. "This Is Not a Game"   Yelich-O’Connor, Tom Rowlands, Miguel Pimentel The Chemical Brothers featuring Miguel 3:14
14. "Ladder Song"   Conor Oberst Lorde 3:14
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The Hunger Games universe is a fictional world appearing in The Hunger Games trilogy written by Suzanne Collins.


Contents  [hide]
1 Panem 1.1 The Capitol 1.1.1 Peacekeepers
1.2 District 1
1.3 District 2
1.4 District 3
1.5 District 4
1.6 District 5
1.7 District 6
1.8 District 7
1.9 District 8
1.10 District 9
1.11 District 10
1.12 District 11
1.13 District 12
1.14 District 13
2 The Hunger Games 2.1 The Reapings and Preliminaries
2.2 The Games
2.3 Quarter Quell
2.4 The Arenas
2.5 The Victory Tour
3 Fauna unique to Panem 3.1 Grooslings
3.2 Jabberjays
3.3 Tracker jackers
3.4 Wolf muttations
3.5 Rose-scented reptiles
3.6 Monkey Mutts
3.7 Mockingjays
4 Flora unique to Panem 4.1 Nightlock (berry)
4.2 Tracker Jacker antidote leaves
5 References
6 Bibliography
7 External links

Panem[edit]
The series takes place at an unspecified point in the future. By this time, following mass death and destruction, the nation of Panem rules North America in place of the governments of Canada, the United States and Mexico, which failed to survive.[1]
Panem's seat of power is a superficially utopian city called the Capitol located in the Rocky Mountains. Outside of the Capitol, the nation is divided into twelve districts under the hegemony of a totalitarian dictatorship, headed by the tyrannical President Coriolanus Snow. A thirteenth district had existed but was destroyed by the Capitol about 75 years prior to the beginning of The Hunger Games during a national rebellion called the Dark Days. In Mockingjay, it is revealed that the thirteenth district retreated underground after a brutal rebellion that ultimately failed. This was the main source of the rebellion that happened in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The Capitol developed the Hunger Games as an annual event to punish the citizens of Panem for their rebellion and to remind citizens of consequences for rebelling against the absolute power of the Capitol. The country of Panem, though occupying the same landmass as present-day North America, isn't as big as the current North America.
As revealed in the novel Mockingjay, the name Panem comes from the Latin phrase "Panem et Circenses" which means "bread and (circus) games."[2]
The Capitol[edit]
The Capitol is the seat of Panem's brutal, totalitarian government and is located in the western Rocky Mountains of the former United States and Canada. The Capitol is surrounded by twelve outlying districts over which it rules absolutely.[3] The Capitol is the home of the dictatorial President Coriolanus Snow and several major characters.
Citizens of the Capitol are far removed from the deprivation and open oppression of the twelve Districts, and are generally preoccupied with extravagant fashion, parties, and mass entertainment like the Hunger Games. Most Capitol citizens depicted in the novels appear either oblivious of, or totally unconcerned with, the poverty and desperation that prevails elsewhere in Panem. Compared with the Districts, the Capitol is extremely wealthy and technologically advanced, with citizens enjoying a very high standard of living. Visiting tributes, who have grown up with the constant threat of starvation, are shocked by what they consider wasteful decadence in the Capitol. For example, the selection of dishes served at parties is commonly far greater than one person could sample, so it is usual to provide emetic beverages, allowing guests to continue eating. Due to this extravagant lifestyle, it is rare for Capitol citizens to join the Peacekeepers (described below), as it requires its soldiers to avoid marriage for twenty years and is often considered a punishment to avoid spending time in jail. In addition, residents of other districts who are considered criminals or traitors may be forced into servitude in the Capitol and converted into Avoxes, a brutal form of punishment in which offenders have their tongue surgically removed.
Citizens of the Capitol are culturally distinct from those of the Districts, speaking with a characteristic accent and choosing first names of ancient Greco-Roman derivation, with the city itself having a distinctly modernized version of Roman architecture. In the books, the Capitol buildings are described as "candy-colored", rising in a rainbow of hues. The fashions of the Capitol are exotic and ostentatious, with citizens dyeing their skin and hair with vivid colors, adopting tattoos, and undergoing extensive surgical alteration in the name of style. The Capitol accent is distinctive, said to sound "silly" and effete to people from the Districts; the accent is described as being "high-pitched with clipped tones and odd vowels". The letter 's' is a hiss and the tone rises at the end of every sentence, as if the speaker is asking a question.[4]
Residents of the Capitol cannot be chosen as tributes for the Hunger Games, as the Games were instituted as a punishment for the twelve remaining districts of Panem for their failed rebellion. At one time there were thirteen districts, but District Thirteen was supposedly destroyed by the Capitol for possible use of weaponry (they were responsible for providing nuclear weapons for the country). The Games are an annual cause for celebration in the Capitol; citizens gamble on the tributes and sponsor their favorites in the arena, providing water, food, weapons, and other necessary provisions. Past victors are often able to cultivate celebrity status in the Capitol. Despite the bloodthirsty nature of the Games, the people of the Capitol are shown to be vulnerable to sentimentality and melodrama, becoming emotionally invested in the tributes, a fact ultimately manipulated by Katniss and Peeta.
Peacekeepers[edit]
Peacekeepers are the combined military and police force in Panem. They wear black trimmed white uniforms consisting of a helmet, a standing collar, waist length tunic, and trousers which are tucked into high black boots. In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, their appearance is different from the first movie with a full helmet, darker visor, heavier looking armor and they were also carrying automatic rifles. Peacekeepers are usually residents of the Capitol and District 2 who sign up for 20 years during which they may not marry or have children. Peacekeepers maintain order and suppress dissidence through coercion and brutality. They are led by a district Head Peacekeeper who is the commander of each garrison and they ensure that the Capitol's laws are obeyed and punish those who break them. Punishment by Peacekeepers normally consists of public floggings. Peacekeepers are usually equipped with automatic weapons such as machine guns to further discourage social disobedience among the Districts. Originally, the Peacekeepers in District 12 were relaxed, but in Catching Fire, the Head Peacekeeper, Cray, was replaced by the much stricter Romulus Thread.
District 1[edit]
District 1 specializes in producing luxury items such as jewelry. Children living there take pride in representing District 1 in the Games, and are often among the group of tributes nicknamed "Careers", who illegally train for the Games from a young age. Katniss calls them "the Capitol's lap dogs" in The Hunger Games book. Once the Games begin, the tributes from the Career-heavy districts (typically Districts 1, 2, and 4) tend to form an alliance until they are forced to fight among themselves to determine the winner. Along with District 2, District 1 is heavily favored by the Capitol and is fairly wealthy compared to the rest of the districts.
In The Hunger Games, both tributes from District 1 (Marvel and Glimmer) join the "Career" pack. Glimmer is eventually killed by tracker jackers (mutant wasps), which were dropped on the Careers by Katniss. Marvel is killed by Katniss after he kills Rue. In Catching Fire, the District 1 tributes are siblings Cashmere and Gloss, who are killed by Johanna Mason and Katniss respectively.
District 2[edit]
District 2 is in charge of stone cutting, fighting, and weapon making, though it was revealed in Mockingjay that it is also a center of training for the Capitol's army of Peacekeepers. District 2 is a large district in the Rocky Mountains, not far from the Capitol itself. Its citizens have better living conditions than most other districts; support for Capitol control is stronger here than in any other district. Some citizens of District 2 give their children names of Ancient Roman or Greek style, like those common in the Capitol. District 2 tributes often volunteer for the Games even when not selected in the drawing (this is said to make the Reapings very difficult). As such, their tributes are among those referred to as "careers". Like Districts 1 and 4, these tributes train for the games. This is illegal but because of the support District 2 gives for the Capitol, they are let off, along with District 1 and District 4, the other richer districts.
In the 74th Hunger Games, District 2's tributes, Cato and Clove, were formidable opponents. Clove came the closest of anyone to killing Katniss, but was interrupted and killed by Thresh, after saying loudly that the careers killed Rue, the female tribute from Thresh's district. Cato avenged her death and was the final tribute to be killed when Katniss shot him with her bow through pity after he was shredded beyond repair by wolf-like muttations. In the 75th Games, District 2's tributes were Brutus and Enobaria. Brutus was killed by Peeta in the arena; Enobaria survived the Games and the rebellion to be one of the few victors left after the war.
The district is made up of many small villages, each based around a mine. In the midst of District 2 is a central mountain (referred to as "The Nut" by Katniss) which contains the command and control center for the Capitol's defenses. During the Dark Days, District 2 was the Capitol's staunchest ally and received preferential treatment from the Capitol after the rebellion, along with District 1. Katniss states that many of the other Districts loathe District 2, referring to them as "the Capitol's lap dogs". In the third book, during the second rebellion, District 2 is the last to fall to the rebels as District 2 had the strongest Capitol influence and had many peacekeepers. The rebels were losing in the district until the fall of The Nut, and Katniss' speech to the people of District 2.
District 3[edit]
District 3 specializes in the production of electronics. Most of its inhabitants work in factories and are very adept in skills such as engineering, which its tributes have used to their advantage in the Games. In the 74th Hunger Games, the male tribute from District 3 managed to reactivate the land-mines surrounding the Cornucopia so they could be used to protect the supplies of the Careers. One of the previous victors to come from District 3, Beetee, won his Games by setting a trap that electrocuted many of the other tributes. He also used his skills after being chosen to compete in the 75th Hunger Games in Catching Fire. The other Victor chosen to compete in the 75th Hunger Games was a woman named Wiress, who discovered that the arena operated like a clock and told Katniss how to detect force fields, after she pointed (or at least started to point) out the force field put up between the Game Makers and the victors.
Although District 3 seems to have technological advantages over other districts, it is actually the poorest out of the wealthiest districts and typically doesn't do well in the Games.
District 4[edit]
District 4 is a coastal district that specializes in fishing. It is another wealthy district in which children often train to become Career tributes (tributes from this district are not considered careers in the film adaption). It is said that District 4 has the most "decent-looking" people. The most popular bread baked in this District is a salty, fish-shaped loaf tinted green by seaweed.
In The Hunger Games, the male tribute from District 4 was one of the eleven to die in the initial bloodbath at the Cornucopia; in the film he was depicted being killed by Cato after an attempt to flee. In the book, the girl was shown as a career and killed by the Tracker Jackers alongside Glimmer; however, she did not appear in the film and most likely died in the initial bloodbath. In Catching Fire, Katniss finds important allies in Mags and Finnick, the District 4 victors chosen for the Quarter Quell. Mags is an elderly victor who mentored Finnick in his first Games and could make a fishing hook "out of anything." She volunteered for the Quarter Quell, taking the place of Annie Cresta, an unstable past victor who won her games by being able to swim the longest after the arena was flooded. During the third Quarter Quell, Mags was killed by a mysterious blister agent. As for Finnick, Katniss describes him as "beautiful" and mentions that he won the games at the young age of 14. In Mockingjay, Katniss and Finnick turn out to become great friends and eventually Finnick is killed by lizard/human mutations during the second rebellion, so he could save Katniss' life.
Finnick and Annie's relationship is shown to be similar in some respects to that of Katniss and Peeta's. All four experience significant mental strain due to their participation in the Games, and the Capitol uses the captured Peeta and Annie in Mockingjay to further torment Katniss and Finnick while they work with the rebellion. After being reunited, Finnick and Annie are briefly married, and conceive a son before Finnick's death. Annie is one of 7 victors to survive the second revolution.
District 5[edit]
District 5 specializes in electrical power,[5] which Caesar Flickerman referred as the 'Power Plant Workers' in the first film.
The female tribute from District 5 in the 74th Hunger Games is nicknamed "Foxface" because she looks similar to a fox, with a slim face and sleek red hair. She was one of the last to die, due to her cleverness, avoiding any form of contact with other tributes. She also stole a small portion of food from the Careers' supplies, dodging the bombs set up by the Careers shortly before her death. She died by eating the poisonous berries called nightlock after watching Peeta harvest them. No description or name was given to the boy from District 5, except that he was one of the 11 who died in the blood-bath the first day. In the 75th Hunger Games, Finnick killed the male tribute with his trident at the Cornucopia on the first day. It is not told how the female tribute died. The "Power Plant Workers" do indeed work on power plants to create electricity, but also in factories creating machines and the like. The hours are long and pay is not very good. Conditions are harsh and unforgiving.
District 6[edit]
District 6 specializes in transportation, serving as a hub for the transport network. During the 74th Hunger Games, both male and female tributes were killed during the first day. In the film the male was targeted by Cato, who accused him of taking his knife during a pre-Games training exercise (though it was actually stolen by Rue). During the 75th Hunger Games the female tribute dies when a monkey mutation bites her on the chest and ruptures her internal organs as she blocks it from Peeta, who was its initial target. Peeta allows her to paint flowers on his face with her blood, and describes many colors to her as she dies. The District 6 Morphlings in the 75th Hunger Games, were addicted to morphling, a drug that caused their skin to turn saggy and yellow. Both the male tributes were killed in the bloodbath in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games.
District 7[edit]
District 7 specializes in lumber and paper. Apparently a large proportion of District 7's forest consists of pine, Johanna Mason comments that pine needles "smell like home."
In the 74th Hunger Games, the Female tribute died in the initial bloodbath and the fate of the male tribute is unknown.
District 7 victor Johanna Mason won her Games by feigning weakness early on in order to catch opponents off-guard. In the 75th Hunger Games, Johanna was one of Katniss's allies – and part of the conspiracy to break out of the arena. Her district partner, Blight, was also part of the conspiracy, but he died after he accidentally walked into the nearby force field during the blood rain hour of the Arena, which electrocuted him (this led to Wiress becoming mentally unstable). After watching Johanna throw an axe into the Cornucopia, Katniss speculated that Johanna had probably been throwing axes since she was a toddler. It is believed that President Snow killed all her loved ones when she wouldn't let herself be bought by rich Capitol citizens. During the end of the game, Johanna attacked Katniss to remove the tracking device from her arm, but was revealed in Mockingjay to have been one of the tributes captured in the escape. During captivity in the Capitol, she was tortured by being soaked in water and then electrocuted, but was later rescued and taken to District 13. After that, she became aqua-phobic and during the tests conducted to assess the strength and weakness of the soldiers, Johanna loses control of herself when the lookalike Capitol streets are flooded with water. Johanna also steals some of Katniss's morphling to avoid dreaming about her imprisonment. She and Katniss became friends and roommates over the course of the rebellion.
District 8[edit]
District 8 specializes in textiles (including at least one factory in which Peacekeeper uniforms are made).
District 8 was one of the first districts to rebel, as Katniss saw on Mayor Undersee's television. Two people from District 8, Bonnie and Twill, escaped during one of the uprisings and informed Katniss of the theory that District 13 still existed. It is implied that security is strict in District 8 following the uprising, and the citizens are desperate for hope. In Mockingjay, Katniss visits a hospital in District 8, which is later bombed by the Capitol. The leader of District 8, Paylor, is able to command fierce loyalty from her soldiers who follow her orders in preference to those of Alma Coin, the president of District 13. Paylor later becomes President of Panem.
In the 74th Hunger Games, the male tribute from District 8 died at the Cornucopia at the hands of Marvel; the female tribute was attacked by the Careers on the first night and "finished off" by Peeta when her death did not occur immediately, as indicated by cannon blast. In the 75th Hunger Games, both tributes from District 8, Woof and Cecelia, died in the initial battle at the Cornucopia. Woof was an elderly, senile tribute in his 70's. Cecelia was a young mother of 3, and was noted to be about 30 years of age. It is later revealed that Cecelia was to be an original member of the arranged alliance to save Katniss and Peeta from the second arena; however, she did not survive the initial bloodbath. Woof also had knowledge of the plot.
District 9[edit]
District 9 specializes in producing grain. Not a lot is known about this district . The District 9 boy tribute in the 74th Hunger Games is described as having hazel eyes, but whether that is a common trait in his region is not stated. He and Katniss struggled over a backpack of supplies until he was knifed in the back by Clove, the District 2 female tribute. District 9 is the only district to lose both tributes in the initial bloodbath phase of both the 74th and 75th Games. District 9 is the only district to have no named characters in the trilogy.
District 10[edit]
District 10 specializes in livestock. At least one job is mentioned throughout the book: keeping embryos of cattle to keep the enough livestock to send to the Capitol. Katniss does not note any major tributes from District 10, except one boy with a crippled leg who is mentioned several times. In Mockingjay, Katniss meets Dalton, a male from District 10 who made it to District 13 on foot a few years ago. He reveals why District 13 is eager for new arrivals. He explains to Katniss that there was some sort of pox epidemic that killed many people and left a lot more infertile. He tells her that they need the refugees in order to expand their population. At the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss notes that the District 10 tributes, who are dressed as cows, have flaming belts on as if they are broiling themselves, a poor imitation of Cinna and Portia's techniques to showcase Katniss and Peeta at the 74th Hunger Games.
District 11[edit]
District 11 specializes in agriculture. It is located somewhere in the South and is very large. The people are housed in small shacks and there is a harsh force of Peacekeepers. Common traits are dark skin and brown eyes. According to Rue, many tracker jacker nests were left there, leading the workers to keep medicinal leaves on hand. In the orchards, small children were sent into the branches to pick the highest fruit. Sometimes during the height of the harvest they were given night-vision goggles to allow them to work after dark. The district also contained fields of vegetables. The inhabitants apparently have extensive knowledge of herbs.
Thresh and Rue are the tributes from District 11 for the 74th Hunger Games and play important roles. Rue was Katniss's ally and her best friend in the arena. She was good at hopping from tree to tree, but was killed by District 1's Marvel. Thresh was a very powerful contestant whom Katniss admired for his incredible physical size, strength, pride and his refusal to join the Careers. He was greatly feared by all the tributes, including the Careers. Thresh saved Katniss from Clove, whose skull he smashed with a rock, and spared Katniss because of her friendship with Rue. While the novel is not clear as to the circumstances regarding his death, it is implied that Thresh was killed by Cato. In the movie, Katniss and Peeta see Thresh's name up in the sky shortly after the wolf mutations are released into the arena and his screams are heard as he is being attacked by the beasts. The District 11 tributes for the 75th Hunger Games are Chaff and Seeder, both of whom know of the rebellion. Chaff is an old friend of Haymitch's, and had a hand cut off during his Games. Although the Capitol offered an artificial one, he refused the offer. Seeder tells Katniss that Rue's and Thresh's families are safe. During the games, Seeder is killed during the initial bloodbath (it is not known who killed her), and Chaff is killed in the free for all on the last day by Brutus while protecting Peeta.
District 12[edit]
District 12 specializes in mining (mainly coal) and is the farthest from the capitol. They are at a disadvantage in the Hunger Games because they don't learn their district specialty until they are 18. Katniss, Peeta, and other major characters come from District 12. It is located in the Appalachian Mountains, and the district itself is split into two distinct housing areas and social classes. "The Seam" is a slum where those who work in the coal mines live, whereas the mercantile class lives in the town, centered around the "Square". Both classes are easy to distinguish physically and generally socialize amongst themselves. Those from the Seam generally have dark hair, grey eyes, and olive skin, and those from merchant families typically have blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. Katniss and Gale are from The Seam, whereas Peeta is a baker's son from town. It is unclear if this class divide exists in other Districts or is unique to District 12. On the victory tour in Catching Fire Katniss mentions that she cannot see where the well to do live in District 11; as it surely isn't the square where their speech is being held. She also notes that many members of the crowd during the Victory Tour seem even poorer than the Seam inhabitants in 12.
District 12 is the poorest out of the 12 districts and starvation is a major issue for the citizens. Due to the lack of food, the local Capitol authority figures – the Mayor and Peacekeepers — often bend the extremely strict Panem laws. The electric fence surrounding the district to prevent access to the woods is usually turned off, and Katniss and her friend Gale often hunt there for food for their families or to raise money by selling their catches on the local black market. The black market, located at an old coal warehouse named the Hob, was where many of the citizens made their money. The Hob was destroyed by the Peacekeepers (whose local commander was replaced) in Catching Fire. This was followed by the bombing of the entire district after the escape of the tributes during the 75th Hunger Games. However, Gale managed to evacuate about 10% of the population—"a little under 900 people"—to District 13.[6]
District 12 has won only two Hunger Games prior to the events of the first book; its only living victor, Haymitch Abernathy, survived the second Quarter Quell, where there were twice as many tributes as usual.
After the war, it is hinted in Mockingjay that District 12 will produce medicine and start growing some food for Panem instead of producing coal.
District 13[edit]
Before the Dark Days war, District 13 specialized in nuclear technology and mining graphite. It was also the Capitol's weapons manufacturer until the rebellion. During the Dark Days, they were one of the major forces of the rebellion. Near the end of the Dark Days they managed to take control of the nuclear arsenal. District 13 was supposedly bombed and destroyed before the first annual Hunger Games at the end of the Dark Days war, but it was hinted in Catching Fire that they had survived, and in Mockingjay it is confirmed that District 13 had become, literally, an underground district when the population retreated to bunkers. After the Capitol and District 13 agreed to leave each other alone under the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction, the Capitol spread the story that District 13 had been destroyed; District 13 had control of the primary nuclear weapons stockpile and the Capitol did not want a nuclear war. This underground district maintains concealed livestock and vegetable farms in order to survive after the Capitol destroyed everything above ground, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the other districts. This was a risk that, according to Katniss, the Capitol had underestimated. District 13 is a week away from District 12 on foot.
In Mockingjay, District 13 is the center of the new rebellion. The lifestyle in District 13 is very strict because of their circumstances. When a citizen wakes up, they are given a temporary tattoo of their personalized schedule for the day, though Katniss usually ignores it, wandering around and sleeping. They are very thrifty and ration food carefully — even a small thing wasted is heavily frowned upon and minor theft is punished by detention. On the other hand, free education is provided, and all refugees are allowed to become citizens. Everyone over the age of 14 is addressed as "Soldier" because almost everyone in District 13 is being trained for a military rebellion against the Capitol. The leader of District 13 is President Alma Coin who aspires to succeed Snow as President of Panem and has orchestrated the events in books two and three to circumvent District 13's truce with the Capitol. Coin sends Peeta with some troops with orders to kill Katniss in case she supports someone else to be president. Katniss later kills Coin because she had the Capitol bombed, an event that killed Katniss's sister, Primrose Everdeen. It is also revealed that Coin wanted the Capitol to suffer just like the Districts did by continuing the Hunger Games, but only with the Capitol children being forced to play.
The Hunger Games[edit]
Every year since the Dark Days, which occurred 75 years before the events of Mockingjay, the Capitol hosts an event called the Hunger Games. The Games consist of a gladiatorial combat fought amongst twenty-four teenagers (tributes) aged 12–18, with one boy and one girl chosen by lottery from each district (except for District 13).
The Reapings and Preliminaries[edit]
When a citizen turns 12 years old, his or her name is automatically entered in the "reaping," a lottery from which the tributes are drawn. For every year until they turn 18, they are entered an additional time. Since many families live in poverty, one may be able to receive additional tesserae (one person's meagre supply of grain and oil for a year) in exchange for extra entries in the reaping. Therefore, for each tessera, one extra entry is placed in the reaping ball. For example, if a family has three members, a 12-year-old child could opt to take three extra tesserae: two for their family members and one for themselves; thus their name would be entered four times (one is the required entry, and the extra three are for each tessera). Since all entries are cumulative, if the citizen keeps taking the extra tesserae yearly, they would have their names entered 20 times by the age of 16, 24 by the age of 17, and finally 28 times by the time they are 18.
On the day of the reaping, spokespersons from the Capitol, known to the Districts as "escorts", visit their respective districts (District 12: Effie Trinket) and choose at random one name from each of the two reaping balls, one for male tributes and the other for females, selecting the two tributes who are to compete. However, any other citizen of the same gender aged 12 to 18 can volunteer to become a tribute, taking the place of the child originally reaped (as Katniss did for Prim in The Hunger Games). In Districts 1, 2, and 4, some children spend years training specifically for the Games and then volunteer to compete.
Following the reaping, the tributes are taken immediately to the Capitol, where they are given a makeover by a team of stylists in order to look appealing for a TV audience. Female tributes are usually waxed to remove all their body hair. One stylist in particular designs a costume for them to wear in the tribute parade, which reflects the resource their District provides for the Capitol. They are then put in horse-drawn chariots and attempt to impress Capitol citizens while they ride down the Avenue of the Tributes. Afterwards, they learn strategy with mentors drawn from their District's pool of past victors (for Katniss and Peeta, Haymitch, who is the only living victor from District Twelve) and train in combat and survival skills with the other tributes. On the last day of training, they demonstrate their skills before a team of judges, including the Gamemakers, who then score them on a scale of 1 to 12 according to their performance and skill. These scores are made public to show who has the best chances of surviving, which can attract Sponsors and influence the betting; tributes awarded the highest scores are often targeted first in the arena because they are considered to be the largest threats. Time in the Capitol is also spent courting the cameras; on the eve of the Games, each tribute dresses formally and appears on television for an interview, where they attempt to attract Sponsors by being charismatic.
The Games[edit]
On the morning of the Games, the tributes have a tracker chip inserted in their skin so the Gamemakers can track them. The tributes are then flown to a dedicated location, called the Arena. A new Arena is built every year, while past arenas become popular tourist attractions for Capitol citizens. Each tribute is given a futuristic jacket to wear, which adapts to the temperature of the environment, and then confined to an underground room, referred to in the Capitol as the "Launch Room" and in the outer Districts as the "Stockyard," until game time. The tributes are lifted into the arena by glass tubes, emerging onto metal plates surrounding a giant, supply-filled horn made of solid gold and referred to as the Cornucopia. A sixty-second countdown to the start of the Games begins, during which any tribute who steps off his or her plate will be killed immediately by land mines planted in the ground around the plates. The power of the landmines is immense, according to Katniss, when she mentions that one year, a girl from District 3 dropped her token, a little wooden ball, and "they literally had to scrape bits of her off the ground."
The Games begin with the sound of a loud gong. Most tributes make for the Cornucopia to find food, water, weapons, tools, or other useful items; the most valuable and useful items, including weapons, are often placed closest to the Cornucopia itself. The initial competition for supplies usually results in intense fighting, with a significant number of tributes killed in the first few minutes or hours of the Games. In most Games, a well-stocked, often well-trained group of tributes band together to hunt down other individuals, until they are the only ones left to fight each other. The alliance is generally agreed upon before the Games begin. These tributes are dubbed "Careers" because of the fact that they are often trained for an extensive portion of their childhood in combat and other survival skills. The "Careers" usually come from Districts 1, 2 and 4, and are generally disliked and considered brutally aggressive by many of the other Districts.
If one or more tributes does not move fast enough, avoids conflict for too long, or is too close to the edge of the Arena, the Gamemakers will sometimes create hazards to make for more entertaining programming or to steer the remaining tributes toward each other. Another common occurrence is a "feast," where a boon of extra supplies or food is granted to the tributes at a particular place and time (usually the Cornucopia), though whether it is a lavish feast, carefully regulated supplies, or a single loaf of stale bread for the tributes to fight over is up to the Gamemakers. In the first novel, the Gamemakers told the tributes that the feast would provide them with something they direly needed.
The last living tribute is the victor. After the Games, the victor receives extreme medical treatment in the Capitol to recover from all the injuries during the Games, followed by a final celebration during which they are interviewed and crowned victor by the President of Panem. Once the festivities are over, the victor returns to live in his or her District in an area called the "Victor's Village", where houses are well-furnished and equipped with luxuries such as hot water and telephones. All families in the victor's District receive additional parcels of food and other goods for a year. About six months after the Games, the victor tours the twelve Districts, starting with District 12 and going down the numbers to the Capitol. The tour ends in the victor's district, which has been skipped. In every District, the victor is given a celebration and ceremony, usually accompanied by a victory rally and dinner with senior district officials.
It is implied that there are no official rules for the Games except for not stepping off the plate until the conclusion of the sixty-second countdown. In the first novel, Katniss mentions that there is an unspoken rule against cannibalism in the Games. This rule came to be after the 71st Hunger Games, when a District 6 tribute named Titus resorted to cannibalism to survive in the arena. He was subsequently killed by an avalanche created by the gamemakers. There is some speculation that it was created specifically to kill him, to ensure that the victor was not a mad cannibal. During the 74th Hunger Games, the rules are altered during the Games to allow two tributes from the same district to win. However, when Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, both tributes from District 12, are the only two tributes remaining, the rule is revoked in an attempt to have them fight one another to the death. This ultimately fails when they attempt to poison themselves in unison, and at the last moment the rule is reinstated, allowing both of them to become victors. Though described as an act of love for one another in the publicity after the Games, the establishment in the Capitol saw it as an act of defiance. By refusing to respect the prescribed rules, the District 12 tributes were believed to have manipulated and outwitted the Capitol, and encouraged an uprising in the Districts in the process.
Quarter Quell[edit]
The Quarter Quell is a special Hunger Games that occurs every 25 years.[7] Each Quarter Quell includes a new twist to the rules, supposedly prescribed at the end of the Dark Days when the Hunger Games were first created. The rule changes serve as a reminder of some aspect of the rebellion. Officially, whoever came up with new rules assumed the Hunger Games would go on for centuries and wrote rule changes for many Quarter Quells. It is hypothesized in the series that the rules are made up at the time to serve the Capitol's purposes; no one outside the government really knows. The President selects the year number from a box of envelopes and announces the rule change live on television.
In the first Quarter Quell (the 25th Hunger Games), the usual random selection did not take place. To remind the districts that they chose to rebel, each district had to vote to choose which boy and girl would compete in the Games. The victor of the first Quarter Quell is presumed to have passed away before the events of Catching Fire.
In the second Quarter Quell (50th Hunger Games), two boys and two girls were reaped in each District, doubling the total number of tributes to 48. This was to remind the districts that two rebels died for each Capitol citizen during the rebellion. The victor was Haymitch Abernathy, who won by discovering the properties of the force field surrounding the arena and using them to his advantage during the final battle with a girl from District 1, causing his attacker's thrown axe to fly back and hit her in the head. The Capitol believed it had been humiliated by Haymitch's actions and retaliated by killing his family and girlfriend shortly after the Games. President Snow ruled Panem during that year's games.
In the third Quarter Quell (75th Hunger Games), described in the novel Catching Fire, the rule change determined that the tributes from each district were to be chosen from among its surviving victors. At the time of the third Quarter Quell, 59 victors were still alive. This Quell's message was that not even the strongest among the Districts could hope to defy the Capitol. The only living female victor from District 12 was Katniss Everdeen, which meant that she would automatically go back to the arena. She believed that this rule was made intentionally to ensure her death, as the Capitol was not happy with her actions in the 74th Games. Of the two male victors in District 12, Haymitch's name was drawn, but Peeta volunteered to replace him. The 75th Games had no winner: on the third day, with six tributes (Katniss, Peeta, Finnick, Johanna, Beetee, and Enobaria) remaining, Katniss destroyed the force field surrounding the arena by taking advantage of a lightning strike with wires tied around her arrow.
Unbeknownst to Katniss and Peeta, half of the other tributes in the 75th Games were part of a conspiracy (which also involved some high-ranking officials from the Capitol) to escape from the Games and help initiate a new rebellion orchestrated by the survivors of District 13. Katniss was rescued from the arena as planned and taken to District 13, along with the surviving tributes from District 3 and 4, Beetee and Finnick. In the confusion of the force field explosion, the remaining tributes – Peeta, Enobaria from District 2, and Johanna from District 7 – were captured by the Capitol. Annie Cresta was also taken to the Capitol as an attempt to get at Finnick, who loved her. Annie had been a previous victor and was reaped for the 75th Hunger Games. But an elderly woman named Mags volunteered for her, to spare her from what had previously made her unstable.
The Arenas[edit]
The location of the arena varies from year to year. Past arenas have included volcanoes, avalanche zones, and dams; the terrain has included woods, meadows, scrubland, deserts, and frozen tundra. One of the previous Games took place in the ruins of an abandoned city. Upon the conclusion of the Games, the arena is preserved as a tourist attraction for Capitol citizens.
The arenas devised for the Quarter Quells appear to be especially spectacular. The second Quarter Quell took place in a beautiful meadow with flowers and a fruit-bearing forest and mountains. However, everything was designed by the Gamemakers to be either dangerous or poisonous, including all of the food and water, as well as the wildlife and vegetation. In the third Quarter Quell, the Cornucopia was placed on an island in a saltwater lake, with the surrounding shore divided into 12 segments that resembled a clock, with every hour featuring its own deadly attack, limited only to that slice of the arena during that time of day. The only area where there was no attack was the Cornucopia and the saltwater lake. This proved to be an important location for Katniss' allies.
The Gamemakers have complete control of the arena environment and can create any hazard they wish. In The Hunger Games, they set the forest on fire and switched between day and night at will. In the 75th Hunger Games, the Gamemakers divided the arena into twelve segments, each containing a different terror which only activated at a certain hour. For example, at noon and midnight, an hour-long electrical storm would take place in the first segment. Other dangers encountered by the tributes included blood rain, carnivorous monkeys, insects, a tidal wave, a fog-like gas that caused chemical burns to the skin and nerve damage, and a section of the jungle in which tributes were trapped with jabberjays that imitated the screams of their loved ones. The center of the island could also rotate, disorienting those attempting to master the clock strategy.
After the rebellion, the arenas were destroyed and replaced by memorials.
The Victory Tour[edit]
The Victory Tour is a trip across all of the districts of Panem to honor the victor of each Hunger Games. The tour is usually held six months after the games to keep the horror of the games fresh in the minds of those living in the districts. The Victory Tour usually starts at District 12 and then goes in descending district order to District 1. The victor's district is skipped and saved for the very last. In Catching Fire the tour starts in District 11 because the victors live in District 12. After attending celebrations in the Capitol, the victor returns to their home district for celebrations paid for by The Capitol. In Catching Fire Katniss looked forward to the feast in District 12 during which everyone could eat their fill. Before the tour, the victor's prep team and stylist prepare the victor to show off for the crowds of people just as when they appeared in the Capitol before the games. After their victory in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta try to convince President Coriolanus Snow that they are in love with each other in their Victory Tour.
Fauna unique to Panem[edit]
Grooslings[edit]
A wild bird, the size of a wild turkey and known to be edible, as Katniss hunts it in the first book of the series. Rue states that it is commonly found in District 11. They were also spotted and hunted frequently in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss and Rue feasted on grooslings during the first book.
Jabberjays[edit]
Jabberjays are small, crested black birds bred during the Dark Days by the Capitol.[8] They were engineered to be able to remember human conversations and repeat them verbatim with human voices, and thus to be able to spy on the rebels with small likelihood of arousing suspicion. Upon discovering the birds' purpose, the rebels fed lies to the jabberjays, upsetting the Capitol's plans for espionage. The birds were promptly abandoned by the Capitol and left in the wilderness to die. Because the jabberjays were exclusively male, it was thought that they would die off in the wild. However, when released they bred with female mockingbirds and created the hybrid species of mockingjays, which no longer had the capability of reproducing human speech, but they could repeat back the tunes of songs that they heard humans sing.
During the third Quarter Quell, one of the hours in the clock-like arena featured jabberjays that voice screams. While Finnick hears the screams of Annie, the insane girl he loves, Katniss hears Prim, her mother, Gale, and Gale's family's screams. Katniss attempts to escape the sound by shooting down all the screaming birds, but eventually gives up. To add to their torment, the Capitol temporarily puts up invisible force fields to keep them within screaming distance of the "horrible" birds.
Tracker jackers[edit]
The tracker jackers are genetically altered wasps created in the Capitol during the Dark Days. Tracker jackers are gold in color. Disturbing the nest causes them to chase or 'track' the offender, and the stings bring on extreme pain, hallucinations and death if they are stung enough. Katniss drops a tracker jacker nest on several tributes during her first Hunger Games, causing the death of two: Glimmer, the girl from District 1 and the unnamed female from District 4. Katniss and several other tributes are stung and hallucinate after the attack. Katniss later explains that the venom from the tracker jackers manifest all the things she dreads the most and she has trouble believing what is real. In Mockingjay, Tracker jacker venom is what was used on Peeta by the Capitol, in a technique known as 'hijacking'. The venom itself targets the part of the brain that controls fear and confusion. The Capitol used the venom to bring forward a memory Peeta held, administer the venom to infuse fear and doubt into the memory, and then save it in its revised form, which causes Peeta to feel threatened by Katniss and attempt to kill her and also to distort his memory of what is real and what is false. District 13 doctors try to "hijack" him back by using it to insert good memories, although it's a slow process.
Wolf muttations[edit]
Wolf muttations or "mutts" appeared at the end of the 74th Hunger Games to draw Katniss, Peeta, and Cato into a final fight. The wolf-like creatures mimicked the deceased tributes, particularly in fur and eye color, but also with collars which match the tributes' district numbers. One wolf Katniss identifies as Rue, and others as Glimmer, Foxface, the boy from District 9, and Thresh. They were created by the Gamemakers to draw the three remaining tributes together for the finale. Peeta later creates a painting of the wolf mutt supposed to be Glimmer. It took him three days to find the right shade for sunlight on white fur. He "kept thinking it was just yellow, but it was so much more than that." When he is shot in the hand with an arrow, Cato falls off the Cornucopia; Cato's fight for survival against the mutts goes on for several hours before Katniss shoots him in the skull with an arrow out of pity. He would not have survived for so long without his suit of body armor and a hidden sword or knife. In the film adaptation, the mutts resemble Rottweiler dogs.
Rose-scented reptiles[edit]
These mutts are seen in Mockingjay in the underground tunnels of the Capitol, supposedly created especially to hunt Katniss down as their voices hissed her name. They are human-sized and described as having tight, white skin, long sharp claws and teeth. They also smell of roses, thought to be so because Katniss hates the smell of the Capitol's altered roses, due to their association with President Snow. They can jump extremely far and are capable of decapitating their victims with a single bite. Katniss kills the mutts with a Holo device that she throws into the underground tunnel. These mutts are responsible for the deaths of Finnick Odair, Jackson, Castor, and Homes by beheading them on the wild chase.
Monkey Mutts[edit]
There were also muttation monkeys with razor-sharp claws and orange fur that would attack during the 4th hour of the "clock" in the 75th Games. They attacked the tributes in packs when Peeta glanced up at them, but the woman victor from 6, or 'female morphling', as Katniss calls her, jumps in front of Peeta to save his life, as she was part of the alliance formed to defend Katniss and Peeta with their lives. On the clock, the monkeys are the 3:00–4:00 section.
Mockingjays[edit]
For other uses, see Mockingjay (disambiguation).
For the third book of the series, see Mockingjay.
Mockingjays are the result of the genetically created Capitol jabberjays mating with female mockingbirds and creating a unique species. After the emergence of mockingjays, their jabberjay progenitors became, as Katniss stated in Catching Fire, "as rare and tough as rocks". Mockingjays lost the jabberjay's ability to enunciate words, but can copy perfectly, down to the last note, any human tune. If a singer with a voice the mockingjays respect sings, they will fall silent. Katniss, Peeta, and Peeta's father note this throughout the series. Katniss, her father, Pollux (avox), and Rue are singers that have caused mockingjays to fall silent as mentioned in Mockingjay and The Hunger Games. District 11 is known to have an especially large mockingjay population, as confirmed by District 11 tribute Rue who has special mockingjay friends.
Mockingjays acquire a symbolism throughout Panem following the 74th Hunger Games. For the rebels it is a symbol of rebellion, as the birds' existence was a result of the rebels outsmarting the Capitol. At the beginning of The Hunger Games, Katniss was given a mockingjay pin by Madge Undersee, the daughter of District 12's mayor. She did not recognize the bird until she was waiting for guests to say their final goodbyes before the opening of the Games, and said that it was a huge "slap in the face" to the Capitol, because mockingjays were never intended to exist. The pin was thought to be a weapon by the Game Makers, but was accepted. Katniss wears the pin as her token in the Games, and by Catching Fire it becomes a symbol of rebellion. In Mockingjay, Katniss becomes the titular character, a person who speaks to the districts for the rebels, and she wears a mockingjay-inspired costume and the pin.
Flora unique to Panem[edit]
Nightlock (berry)[edit]
Nightlock is a wild and extremely toxic berry. The plant will kill almost as soon as it is ingested, and it becomes a major plot device in The Hunger Games, first appearing as the berries Peeta has gathered. Katniss doesn't know he has picked them but once she sees them she identifies them as nightlock. Luckily, he has not eaten any before one of the remaining tributes, District 5's "Foxface" (as Katniss calls her), steals them and eats them, dying immediately. Katniss and Peeta take some with them, hoping that Cato falls for the same trick as Foxface. The berries appear again at the climax of the novel, where the previously-instated rule of a District's two tributes being allowed to win together is revoked. Instead of battling each other, Katniss suggests that they eat the berries at the same time, hoping that the Gamemakers will change their minds and allow both of them to live. Their plan works, and both Katniss and Peeta are announced as winners before they swallow the berries, the Capitol having decided that the Hunger Games would be ruined if no one survived.
The plant nightlock likely takes its name from the real plants nightshade and hemlock, both of which are deadly poisons. These berries may refer back to Collins' previous allusions to the story of Romeo and Juliet, because of her use of the phrase "star-crossed lovers" and the suicidal nature of Romeo and Juliet's death.[9]
In the last Hunger Games book, Mockingjay, District 13 makes a pill out of this mysterious plant and gives one to each person in the plan of rebellion. The participants in this plan are to swallow it immediately if they are captured so that the Capitol's guards cannot torture any information out of them.
Tracker Jacker antidote leaves[edit]
In the 74th Hunger Games, Rue uses a plant's leaves to treat Katniss' tracker jacker stings. Katniss recognizes the leaves as something that her mother used, but by a different method. While Rue utilizes the leaves by chewing them into a pulp then applying them directly to the tracker jacker stings, Katniss' mother stewed the leaves to make an infusion which the patient then drinks. Also in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss applies the leaves of the same plant to Peeta's leg wound (inflicted by Cato) in the hope of warding off infection. The application causes pus to run out of his leg and the swelling to go down temporarily.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "On Locations in Panem, pt. II".
2.Jump up ^ "Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins — Powell's books". Powell's Books. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
3.Jump up ^ Allbritton, April (18 March 2012). "‘The Hunger Games’: A Christian’s response". Daily Runner. Retrieved 1 April 2012. "The books take place in a futuristic dystopian world. Panem, in what used to be North America, is divided into 12 districts which are under control of the Capitol. Panem is a godless society."
4.Jump up ^ Collins (2008) p. 61
5.Jump up ^ http://www.thecapitol.pn/
6.Jump up ^ Carpenter, Susan (23 August 2010). ""Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins: Book Review". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
7.Jump up ^ Dill, Margo (20 July 2010). "Catching Fire Discussion Questions (Chapters Ten Through Fifteen)". Bright Hub. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
8.Jump up ^ Marglios, Rick (1 August 2010). "The Last Battle: With 'Mockingjay' on its way, Suzanne Collins weighs in on Katniss and the Capitol". School Library Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
9.Jump up ^ Rosen, Michael (16 April 2012). "What is the moral message of The Hunger Games?". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
Bibliography[edit]
Collins, Suzanne (2008). The Hunger Games. Scholastic. ISBN 0-439-02348-3.
Collins, Suzanne (2009). Catching Fire. Scholastic. ISBN 978-0-439-02349-8.
Collins, Suzanne (2010). Mockingjay. Scholastic. ISBN 978-0-439-02351-1.
External links[edit]
The Capitol – fictional website for the Capitol
The Hunger Games Wiki


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The Hunger Games universe is a fictional world appearing in The Hunger Games trilogy written by Suzanne Collins.


Contents  [hide]
1 Panem 1.1 The Capitol 1.1.1 Peacekeepers
1.2 District 1
1.3 District 2
1.4 District 3
1.5 District 4
1.6 District 5
1.7 District 6
1.8 District 7
1.9 District 8
1.10 District 9
1.11 District 10
1.12 District 11
1.13 District 12
1.14 District 13
2 The Hunger Games 2.1 The Reapings and Preliminaries
2.2 The Games
2.3 Quarter Quell
2.4 The Arenas
2.5 The Victory Tour
3 Fauna unique to Panem 3.1 Grooslings
3.2 Jabberjays
3.3 Tracker jackers
3.4 Wolf muttations
3.5 Rose-scented reptiles
3.6 Monkey Mutts
3.7 Mockingjays
4 Flora unique to Panem 4.1 Nightlock (berry)
4.2 Tracker Jacker antidote leaves
5 References
6 Bibliography
7 External links

Panem[edit]
The series takes place at an unspecified point in the future. By this time, following mass death and destruction, the nation of Panem rules North America in place of the governments of Canada, the United States and Mexico, which failed to survive.[1]
Panem's seat of power is a superficially utopian city called the Capitol located in the Rocky Mountains. Outside of the Capitol, the nation is divided into twelve districts under the hegemony of a totalitarian dictatorship, headed by the tyrannical President Coriolanus Snow. A thirteenth district had existed but was destroyed by the Capitol about 75 years prior to the beginning of The Hunger Games during a national rebellion called the Dark Days. In Mockingjay, it is revealed that the thirteenth district retreated underground after a brutal rebellion that ultimately failed. This was the main source of the rebellion that happened in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The Capitol developed the Hunger Games as an annual event to punish the citizens of Panem for their rebellion and to remind citizens of consequences for rebelling against the absolute power of the Capitol. The country of Panem, though occupying the same landmass as present-day North America, isn't as big as the current North America.
As revealed in the novel Mockingjay, the name Panem comes from the Latin phrase "Panem et Circenses" which means "bread and (circus) games."[2]
The Capitol[edit]
The Capitol is the seat of Panem's brutal, totalitarian government and is located in the western Rocky Mountains of the former United States and Canada. The Capitol is surrounded by twelve outlying districts over which it rules absolutely.[3] The Capitol is the home of the dictatorial President Coriolanus Snow and several major characters.
Citizens of the Capitol are far removed from the deprivation and open oppression of the twelve Districts, and are generally preoccupied with extravagant fashion, parties, and mass entertainment like the Hunger Games. Most Capitol citizens depicted in the novels appear either oblivious of, or totally unconcerned with, the poverty and desperation that prevails elsewhere in Panem. Compared with the Districts, the Capitol is extremely wealthy and technologically advanced, with citizens enjoying a very high standard of living. Visiting tributes, who have grown up with the constant threat of starvation, are shocked by what they consider wasteful decadence in the Capitol. For example, the selection of dishes served at parties is commonly far greater than one person could sample, so it is usual to provide emetic beverages, allowing guests to continue eating. Due to this extravagant lifestyle, it is rare for Capitol citizens to join the Peacekeepers (described below), as it requires its soldiers to avoid marriage for twenty years and is often considered a punishment to avoid spending time in jail. In addition, residents of other districts who are considered criminals or traitors may be forced into servitude in the Capitol and converted into Avoxes, a brutal form of punishment in which offenders have their tongue surgically removed.
Citizens of the Capitol are culturally distinct from those of the Districts, speaking with a characteristic accent and choosing first names of ancient Greco-Roman derivation, with the city itself having a distinctly modernized version of Roman architecture. In the books, the Capitol buildings are described as "candy-colored", rising in a rainbow of hues. The fashions of the Capitol are exotic and ostentatious, with citizens dyeing their skin and hair with vivid colors, adopting tattoos, and undergoing extensive surgical alteration in the name of style. The Capitol accent is distinctive, said to sound "silly" and effete to people from the Districts; the accent is described as being "high-pitched with clipped tones and odd vowels". The letter 's' is a hiss and the tone rises at the end of every sentence, as if the speaker is asking a question.[4]
Residents of the Capitol cannot be chosen as tributes for the Hunger Games, as the Games were instituted as a punishment for the twelve remaining districts of Panem for their failed rebellion. At one time there were thirteen districts, but District Thirteen was supposedly destroyed by the Capitol for possible use of weaponry (they were responsible for providing nuclear weapons for the country). The Games are an annual cause for celebration in the Capitol; citizens gamble on the tributes and sponsor their favorites in the arena, providing water, food, weapons, and other necessary provisions. Past victors are often able to cultivate celebrity status in the Capitol. Despite the bloodthirsty nature of the Games, the people of the Capitol are shown to be vulnerable to sentimentality and melodrama, becoming emotionally invested in the tributes, a fact ultimately manipulated by Katniss and Peeta.
Peacekeepers[edit]
Peacekeepers are the combined military and police force in Panem. They wear black trimmed white uniforms consisting of a helmet, a standing collar, waist length tunic, and trousers which are tucked into high black boots. In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, their appearance is different from the first movie with a full helmet, darker visor, heavier looking armor and they were also carrying automatic rifles. Peacekeepers are usually residents of the Capitol and District 2 who sign up for 20 years during which they may not marry or have children. Peacekeepers maintain order and suppress dissidence through coercion and brutality. They are led by a district Head Peacekeeper who is the commander of each garrison and they ensure that the Capitol's laws are obeyed and punish those who break them. Punishment by Peacekeepers normally consists of public floggings. Peacekeepers are usually equipped with automatic weapons such as machine guns to further discourage social disobedience among the Districts. Originally, the Peacekeepers in District 12 were relaxed, but in Catching Fire, the Head Peacekeeper, Cray, was replaced by the much stricter Romulus Thread.
District 1[edit]
District 1 specializes in producing luxury items such as jewelry. Children living there take pride in representing District 1 in the Games, and are often among the group of tributes nicknamed "Careers", who illegally train for the Games from a young age. Katniss calls them "the Capitol's lap dogs" in The Hunger Games book. Once the Games begin, the tributes from the Career-heavy districts (typically Districts 1, 2, and 4) tend to form an alliance until they are forced to fight among themselves to determine the winner. Along with District 2, District 1 is heavily favored by the Capitol and is fairly wealthy compared to the rest of the districts.
In The Hunger Games, both tributes from District 1 (Marvel and Glimmer) join the "Career" pack. Glimmer is eventually killed by tracker jackers (mutant wasps), which were dropped on the Careers by Katniss. Marvel is killed by Katniss after he kills Rue. In Catching Fire, the District 1 tributes are siblings Cashmere and Gloss, who are killed by Johanna Mason and Katniss respectively.
District 2[edit]
District 2 is in charge of stone cutting, fighting, and weapon making, though it was revealed in Mockingjay that it is also a center of training for the Capitol's army of Peacekeepers. District 2 is a large district in the Rocky Mountains, not far from the Capitol itself. Its citizens have better living conditions than most other districts; support for Capitol control is stronger here than in any other district. Some citizens of District 2 give their children names of Ancient Roman or Greek style, like those common in the Capitol. District 2 tributes often volunteer for the Games even when not selected in the drawing (this is said to make the Reapings very difficult). As such, their tributes are among those referred to as "careers". Like Districts 1 and 4, these tributes train for the games. This is illegal but because of the support District 2 gives for the Capitol, they are let off, along with District 1 and District 4, the other richer districts.
In the 74th Hunger Games, District 2's tributes, Cato and Clove, were formidable opponents. Clove came the closest of anyone to killing Katniss, but was interrupted and killed by Thresh, after saying loudly that the careers killed Rue, the female tribute from Thresh's district. Cato avenged her death and was the final tribute to be killed when Katniss shot him with her bow through pity after he was shredded beyond repair by wolf-like muttations. In the 75th Games, District 2's tributes were Brutus and Enobaria. Brutus was killed by Peeta in the arena; Enobaria survived the Games and the rebellion to be one of the few victors left after the war.
The district is made up of many small villages, each based around a mine. In the midst of District 2 is a central mountain (referred to as "The Nut" by Katniss) which contains the command and control center for the Capitol's defenses. During the Dark Days, District 2 was the Capitol's staunchest ally and received preferential treatment from the Capitol after the rebellion, along with District 1. Katniss states that many of the other Districts loathe District 2, referring to them as "the Capitol's lap dogs". In the third book, during the second rebellion, District 2 is the last to fall to the rebels as District 2 had the strongest Capitol influence and had many peacekeepers. The rebels were losing in the district until the fall of The Nut, and Katniss' speech to the people of District 2.
District 3[edit]
District 3 specializes in the production of electronics. Most of its inhabitants work in factories and are very adept in skills such as engineering, which its tributes have used to their advantage in the Games. In the 74th Hunger Games, the male tribute from District 3 managed to reactivate the land-mines surrounding the Cornucopia so they could be used to protect the supplies of the Careers. One of the previous victors to come from District 3, Beetee, won his Games by setting a trap that electrocuted many of the other tributes. He also used his skills after being chosen to compete in the 75th Hunger Games in Catching Fire. The other Victor chosen to compete in the 75th Hunger Games was a woman named Wiress, who discovered that the arena operated like a clock and told Katniss how to detect force fields, after she pointed (or at least started to point) out the force field put up between the Game Makers and the victors.
Although District 3 seems to have technological advantages over other districts, it is actually the poorest out of the wealthiest districts and typically doesn't do well in the Games.
District 4[edit]
District 4 is a coastal district that specializes in fishing. It is another wealthy district in which children often train to become Career tributes (tributes from this district are not considered careers in the film adaption). It is said that District 4 has the most "decent-looking" people. The most popular bread baked in this District is a salty, fish-shaped loaf tinted green by seaweed.
In The Hunger Games, the male tribute from District 4 was one of the eleven to die in the initial bloodbath at the Cornucopia; in the film he was depicted being killed by Cato after an attempt to flee. In the book, the girl was shown as a career and killed by the Tracker Jackers alongside Glimmer; however, she did not appear in the film and most likely died in the initial bloodbath. In Catching Fire, Katniss finds important allies in Mags and Finnick, the District 4 victors chosen for the Quarter Quell. Mags is an elderly victor who mentored Finnick in his first Games and could make a fishing hook "out of anything." She volunteered for the Quarter Quell, taking the place of Annie Cresta, an unstable past victor who won her games by being able to swim the longest after the arena was flooded. During the third Quarter Quell, Mags was killed by a mysterious blister agent. As for Finnick, Katniss describes him as "beautiful" and mentions that he won the games at the young age of 14. In Mockingjay, Katniss and Finnick turn out to become great friends and eventually Finnick is killed by lizard/human mutations during the second rebellion, so he could save Katniss' life.
Finnick and Annie's relationship is shown to be similar in some respects to that of Katniss and Peeta's. All four experience significant mental strain due to their participation in the Games, and the Capitol uses the captured Peeta and Annie in Mockingjay to further torment Katniss and Finnick while they work with the rebellion. After being reunited, Finnick and Annie are briefly married, and conceive a son before Finnick's death. Annie is one of 7 victors to survive the second revolution.
District 5[edit]
District 5 specializes in electrical power,[5] which Caesar Flickerman referred as the 'Power Plant Workers' in the first film.
The female tribute from District 5 in the 74th Hunger Games is nicknamed "Foxface" because she looks similar to a fox, with a slim face and sleek red hair. She was one of the last to die, due to her cleverness, avoiding any form of contact with other tributes. She also stole a small portion of food from the Careers' supplies, dodging the bombs set up by the Careers shortly before her death. She died by eating the poisonous berries called nightlock after watching Peeta harvest them. No description or name was given to the boy from District 5, except that he was one of the 11 who died in the blood-bath the first day. In the 75th Hunger Games, Finnick killed the male tribute with his trident at the Cornucopia on the first day. It is not told how the female tribute died. The "Power Plant Workers" do indeed work on power plants to create electricity, but also in factories creating machines and the like. The hours are long and pay is not very good. Conditions are harsh and unforgiving.
District 6[edit]
District 6 specializes in transportation, serving as a hub for the transport network. During the 74th Hunger Games, both male and female tributes were killed during the first day. In the film the male was targeted by Cato, who accused him of taking his knife during a pre-Games training exercise (though it was actually stolen by Rue). During the 75th Hunger Games the female tribute dies when a monkey mutation bites her on the chest and ruptures her internal organs as she blocks it from Peeta, who was its initial target. Peeta allows her to paint flowers on his face with her blood, and describes many colors to her as she dies. The District 6 Morphlings in the 75th Hunger Games, were addicted to morphling, a drug that caused their skin to turn saggy and yellow. Both the male tributes were killed in the bloodbath in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games.
District 7[edit]
District 7 specializes in lumber and paper. Apparently a large proportion of District 7's forest consists of pine, Johanna Mason comments that pine needles "smell like home."
In the 74th Hunger Games, the Female tribute died in the initial bloodbath and the fate of the male tribute is unknown.
District 7 victor Johanna Mason won her Games by feigning weakness early on in order to catch opponents off-guard. In the 75th Hunger Games, Johanna was one of Katniss's allies – and part of the conspiracy to break out of the arena. Her district partner, Blight, was also part of the conspiracy, but he died after he accidentally walked into the nearby force field during the blood rain hour of the Arena, which electrocuted him (this led to Wiress becoming mentally unstable). After watching Johanna throw an axe into the Cornucopia, Katniss speculated that Johanna had probably been throwing axes since she was a toddler. It is believed that President Snow killed all her loved ones when she wouldn't let herself be bought by rich Capitol citizens. During the end of the game, Johanna attacked Katniss to remove the tracking device from her arm, but was revealed in Mockingjay to have been one of the tributes captured in the escape. During captivity in the Capitol, she was tortured by being soaked in water and then electrocuted, but was later rescued and taken to District 13. After that, she became aqua-phobic and during the tests conducted to assess the strength and weakness of the soldiers, Johanna loses control of herself when the lookalike Capitol streets are flooded with water. Johanna also steals some of Katniss's morphling to avoid dreaming about her imprisonment. She and Katniss became friends and roommates over the course of the rebellion.
District 8[edit]
District 8 specializes in textiles (including at least one factory in which Peacekeeper uniforms are made).
District 8 was one of the first districts to rebel, as Katniss saw on Mayor Undersee's television. Two people from District 8, Bonnie and Twill, escaped during one of the uprisings and informed Katniss of the theory that District 13 still existed. It is implied that security is strict in District 8 following the uprising, and the citizens are desperate for hope. In Mockingjay, Katniss visits a hospital in District 8, which is later bombed by the Capitol. The leader of District 8, Paylor, is able to command fierce loyalty from her soldiers who follow her orders in preference to those of Alma Coin, the president of District 13. Paylor later becomes President of Panem.
In the 74th Hunger Games, the male tribute from District 8 died at the Cornucopia at the hands of Marvel; the female tribute was attacked by the Careers on the first night and "finished off" by Peeta when her death did not occur immediately, as indicated by cannon blast. In the 75th Hunger Games, both tributes from District 8, Woof and Cecelia, died in the initial battle at the Cornucopia. Woof was an elderly, senile tribute in his 70's. Cecelia was a young mother of 3, and was noted to be about 30 years of age. It is later revealed that Cecelia was to be an original member of the arranged alliance to save Katniss and Peeta from the second arena; however, she did not survive the initial bloodbath. Woof also had knowledge of the plot.
District 9[edit]
District 9 specializes in producing grain. Not a lot is known about this district . The District 9 boy tribute in the 74th Hunger Games is described as having hazel eyes, but whether that is a common trait in his region is not stated. He and Katniss struggled over a backpack of supplies until he was knifed in the back by Clove, the District 2 female tribute. District 9 is the only district to lose both tributes in the initial bloodbath phase of both the 74th and 75th Games. District 9 is the only district to have no named characters in the trilogy.
District 10[edit]
District 10 specializes in livestock. At least one job is mentioned throughout the book: keeping embryos of cattle to keep the enough livestock to send to the Capitol. Katniss does not note any major tributes from District 10, except one boy with a crippled leg who is mentioned several times. In Mockingjay, Katniss meets Dalton, a male from District 10 who made it to District 13 on foot a few years ago. He reveals why District 13 is eager for new arrivals. He explains to Katniss that there was some sort of pox epidemic that killed many people and left a lot more infertile. He tells her that they need the refugees in order to expand their population. At the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss notes that the District 10 tributes, who are dressed as cows, have flaming belts on as if they are broiling themselves, a poor imitation of Cinna and Portia's techniques to showcase Katniss and Peeta at the 74th Hunger Games.
District 11[edit]
District 11 specializes in agriculture. It is located somewhere in the South and is very large. The people are housed in small shacks and there is a harsh force of Peacekeepers. Common traits are dark skin and brown eyes. According to Rue, many tracker jacker nests were left there, leading the workers to keep medicinal leaves on hand. In the orchards, small children were sent into the branches to pick the highest fruit. Sometimes during the height of the harvest they were given night-vision goggles to allow them to work after dark. The district also contained fields of vegetables. The inhabitants apparently have extensive knowledge of herbs.
Thresh and Rue are the tributes from District 11 for the 74th Hunger Games and play important roles. Rue was Katniss's ally and her best friend in the arena. She was good at hopping from tree to tree, but was killed by District 1's Marvel. Thresh was a very powerful contestant whom Katniss admired for his incredible physical size, strength, pride and his refusal to join the Careers. He was greatly feared by all the tributes, including the Careers. Thresh saved Katniss from Clove, whose skull he smashed with a rock, and spared Katniss because of her friendship with Rue. While the novel is not clear as to the circumstances regarding his death, it is implied that Thresh was killed by Cato. In the movie, Katniss and Peeta see Thresh's name up in the sky shortly after the wolf mutations are released into the arena and his screams are heard as he is being attacked by the beasts. The District 11 tributes for the 75th Hunger Games are Chaff and Seeder, both of whom know of the rebellion. Chaff is an old friend of Haymitch's, and had a hand cut off during his Games. Although the Capitol offered an artificial one, he refused the offer. Seeder tells Katniss that Rue's and Thresh's families are safe. During the games, Seeder is killed during the initial bloodbath (it is not known who killed her), and Chaff is killed in the free for all on the last day by Brutus while protecting Peeta.
District 12[edit]
District 12 specializes in mining (mainly coal) and is the farthest from the capitol. They are at a disadvantage in the Hunger Games because they don't learn their district specialty until they are 18. Katniss, Peeta, and other major characters come from District 12. It is located in the Appalachian Mountains, and the district itself is split into two distinct housing areas and social classes. "The Seam" is a slum where those who work in the coal mines live, whereas the mercantile class lives in the town, centered around the "Square". Both classes are easy to distinguish physically and generally socialize amongst themselves. Those from the Seam generally have dark hair, grey eyes, and olive skin, and those from merchant families typically have blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. Katniss and Gale are from The Seam, whereas Peeta is a baker's son from town. It is unclear if this class divide exists in other Districts or is unique to District 12. On the victory tour in Catching Fire Katniss mentions that she cannot see where the well to do live in District 11; as it surely isn't the square where their speech is being held. She also notes that many members of the crowd during the Victory Tour seem even poorer than the Seam inhabitants in 12.
District 12 is the poorest out of the 12 districts and starvation is a major issue for the citizens. Due to the lack of food, the local Capitol authority figures – the Mayor and Peacekeepers — often bend the extremely strict Panem laws. The electric fence surrounding the district to prevent access to the woods is usually turned off, and Katniss and her friend Gale often hunt there for food for their families or to raise money by selling their catches on the local black market. The black market, located at an old coal warehouse named the Hob, was where many of the citizens made their money. The Hob was destroyed by the Peacekeepers (whose local commander was replaced) in Catching Fire. This was followed by the bombing of the entire district after the escape of the tributes during the 75th Hunger Games. However, Gale managed to evacuate about 10% of the population—"a little under 900 people"—to District 13.[6]
District 12 has won only two Hunger Games prior to the events of the first book; its only living victor, Haymitch Abernathy, survived the second Quarter Quell, where there were twice as many tributes as usual.
After the war, it is hinted in Mockingjay that District 12 will produce medicine and start growing some food for Panem instead of producing coal.
District 13[edit]
Before the Dark Days war, District 13 specialized in nuclear technology and mining graphite. It was also the Capitol's weapons manufacturer until the rebellion. During the Dark Days, they were one of the major forces of the rebellion. Near the end of the Dark Days they managed to take control of the nuclear arsenal. District 13 was supposedly bombed and destroyed before the first annual Hunger Games at the end of the Dark Days war, but it was hinted in Catching Fire that they had survived, and in Mockingjay it is confirmed that District 13 had become, literally, an underground district when the population retreated to bunkers. After the Capitol and District 13 agreed to leave each other alone under the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction, the Capitol spread the story that District 13 had been destroyed; District 13 had control of the primary nuclear weapons stockpile and the Capitol did not want a nuclear war. This underground district maintains concealed livestock and vegetable farms in order to survive after the Capitol destroyed everything above ground, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the other districts. This was a risk that, according to Katniss, the Capitol had underestimated. District 13 is a week away from District 12 on foot.
In Mockingjay, District 13 is the center of the new rebellion. The lifestyle in District 13 is very strict because of their circumstances. When a citizen wakes up, they are given a temporary tattoo of their personalized schedule for the day, though Katniss usually ignores it, wandering around and sleeping. They are very thrifty and ration food carefully — even a small thing wasted is heavily frowned upon and minor theft is punished by detention. On the other hand, free education is provided, and all refugees are allowed to become citizens. Everyone over the age of 14 is addressed as "Soldier" because almost everyone in District 13 is being trained for a military rebellion against the Capitol. The leader of District 13 is President Alma Coin who aspires to succeed Snow as President of Panem and has orchestrated the events in books two and three to circumvent District 13's truce with the Capitol. Coin sends Peeta with some troops with orders to kill Katniss in case she supports someone else to be president. Katniss later kills Coin because she had the Capitol bombed, an event that killed Katniss's sister, Primrose Everdeen. It is also revealed that Coin wanted the Capitol to suffer just like the Districts did by continuing the Hunger Games, but only with the Capitol children being forced to play.
The Hunger Games[edit]
Every year since the Dark Days, which occurred 75 years before the events of Mockingjay, the Capitol hosts an event called the Hunger Games. The Games consist of a gladiatorial combat fought amongst twenty-four teenagers (tributes) aged 12–18, with one boy and one girl chosen by lottery from each district (except for District 13).
The Reapings and Preliminaries[edit]
When a citizen turns 12 years old, his or her name is automatically entered in the "reaping," a lottery from which the tributes are drawn. For every year until they turn 18, they are entered an additional time. Since many families live in poverty, one may be able to receive additional tesserae (one person's meagre supply of grain and oil for a year) in exchange for extra entries in the reaping. Therefore, for each tessera, one extra entry is placed in the reaping ball. For example, if a family has three members, a 12-year-old child could opt to take three extra tesserae: two for their family members and one for themselves; thus their name would be entered four times (one is the required entry, and the extra three are for each tessera). Since all entries are cumulative, if the citizen keeps taking the extra tesserae yearly, they would have their names entered 20 times by the age of 16, 24 by the age of 17, and finally 28 times by the time they are 18.
On the day of the reaping, spokespersons from the Capitol, known to the Districts as "escorts", visit their respective districts (District 12: Effie Trinket) and choose at random one name from each of the two reaping balls, one for male tributes and the other for females, selecting the two tributes who are to compete. However, any other citizen of the same gender aged 12 to 18 can volunteer to become a tribute, taking the place of the child originally reaped (as Katniss did for Prim in The Hunger Games). In Districts 1, 2, and 4, some children spend years training specifically for the Games and then volunteer to compete.
Following the reaping, the tributes are taken immediately to the Capitol, where they are given a makeover by a team of stylists in order to look appealing for a TV audience. Female tributes are usually waxed to remove all their body hair. One stylist in particular designs a costume for them to wear in the tribute parade, which reflects the resource their District provides for the Capitol. They are then put in horse-drawn chariots and attempt to impress Capitol citizens while they ride down the Avenue of the Tributes. Afterwards, they learn strategy with mentors drawn from their District's pool of past victors (for Katniss and Peeta, Haymitch, who is the only living victor from District Twelve) and train in combat and survival skills with the other tributes. On the last day of training, they demonstrate their skills before a team of judges, including the Gamemakers, who then score them on a scale of 1 to 12 according to their performance and skill. These scores are made public to show who has the best chances of surviving, which can attract Sponsors and influence the betting; tributes awarded the highest scores are often targeted first in the arena because they are considered to be the largest threats. Time in the Capitol is also spent courting the cameras; on the eve of the Games, each tribute dresses formally and appears on television for an interview, where they attempt to attract Sponsors by being charismatic.
The Games[edit]
On the morning of the Games, the tributes have a tracker chip inserted in their skin so the Gamemakers can track them. The tributes are then flown to a dedicated location, called the Arena. A new Arena is built every year, while past arenas become popular tourist attractions for Capitol citizens. Each tribute is given a futuristic jacket to wear, which adapts to the temperature of the environment, and then confined to an underground room, referred to in the Capitol as the "Launch Room" and in the outer Districts as the "Stockyard," until game time. The tributes are lifted into the arena by glass tubes, emerging onto metal plates surrounding a giant, supply-filled horn made of solid gold and referred to as the Cornucopia. A sixty-second countdown to the start of the Games begins, during which any tribute who steps off his or her plate will be killed immediately by land mines planted in the ground around the plates. The power of the landmines is immense, according to Katniss, when she mentions that one year, a girl from District 3 dropped her token, a little wooden ball, and "they literally had to scrape bits of her off the ground."
The Games begin with the sound of a loud gong. Most tributes make for the Cornucopia to find food, water, weapons, tools, or other useful items; the most valuable and useful items, including weapons, are often placed closest to the Cornucopia itself. The initial competition for supplies usually results in intense fighting, with a significant number of tributes killed in the first few minutes or hours of the Games. In most Games, a well-stocked, often well-trained group of tributes band together to hunt down other individuals, until they are the only ones left to fight each other. The alliance is generally agreed upon before the Games begin. These tributes are dubbed "Careers" because of the fact that they are often trained for an extensive portion of their childhood in combat and other survival skills. The "Careers" usually come from Districts 1, 2 and 4, and are generally disliked and considered brutally aggressive by many of the other Districts.
If one or more tributes does not move fast enough, avoids conflict for too long, or is too close to the edge of the Arena, the Gamemakers will sometimes create hazards to make for more entertaining programming or to steer the remaining tributes toward each other. Another common occurrence is a "feast," where a boon of extra supplies or food is granted to the tributes at a particular place and time (usually the Cornucopia), though whether it is a lavish feast, carefully regulated supplies, or a single loaf of stale bread for the tributes to fight over is up to the Gamemakers. In the first novel, the Gamemakers told the tributes that the feast would provide them with something they direly needed.
The last living tribute is the victor. After the Games, the victor receives extreme medical treatment in the Capitol to recover from all the injuries during the Games, followed by a final celebration during which they are interviewed and crowned victor by the President of Panem. Once the festivities are over, the victor returns to live in his or her District in an area called the "Victor's Village", where houses are well-furnished and equipped with luxuries such as hot water and telephones. All families in the victor's District receive additional parcels of food and other goods for a year. About six months after the Games, the victor tours the twelve Districts, starting with District 12 and going down the numbers to the Capitol. The tour ends in the victor's district, which has been skipped. In every District, the victor is given a celebration and ceremony, usually accompanied by a victory rally and dinner with senior district officials.
It is implied that there are no official rules for the Games except for not stepping off the plate until the conclusion of the sixty-second countdown. In the first novel, Katniss mentions that there is an unspoken rule against cannibalism in the Games. This rule came to be after the 71st Hunger Games, when a District 6 tribute named Titus resorted to cannibalism to survive in the arena. He was subsequently killed by an avalanche created by the gamemakers. There is some speculation that it was created specifically to kill him, to ensure that the victor was not a mad cannibal. During the 74th Hunger Games, the rules are altered during the Games to allow two tributes from the same district to win. However, when Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, both tributes from District 12, are the only two tributes remaining, the rule is revoked in an attempt to have them fight one another to the death. This ultimately fails when they attempt to poison themselves in unison, and at the last moment the rule is reinstated, allowing both of them to become victors. Though described as an act of love for one another in the publicity after the Games, the establishment in the Capitol saw it as an act of defiance. By refusing to respect the prescribed rules, the District 12 tributes were believed to have manipulated and outwitted the Capitol, and encouraged an uprising in the Districts in the process.
Quarter Quell[edit]
The Quarter Quell is a special Hunger Games that occurs every 25 years.[7] Each Quarter Quell includes a new twist to the rules, supposedly prescribed at the end of the Dark Days when the Hunger Games were first created. The rule changes serve as a reminder of some aspect of the rebellion. Officially, whoever came up with new rules assumed the Hunger Games would go on for centuries and wrote rule changes for many Quarter Quells. It is hypothesized in the series that the rules are made up at the time to serve the Capitol's purposes; no one outside the government really knows. The President selects the year number from a box of envelopes and announces the rule change live on television.
In the first Quarter Quell (the 25th Hunger Games), the usual random selection did not take place. To remind the districts that they chose to rebel, each district had to vote to choose which boy and girl would compete in the Games. The victor of the first Quarter Quell is presumed to have passed away before the events of Catching Fire.
In the second Quarter Quell (50th Hunger Games), two boys and two girls were reaped in each District, doubling the total number of tributes to 48. This was to remind the districts that two rebels died for each Capitol citizen during the rebellion. The victor was Haymitch Abernathy, who won by discovering the properties of the force field surrounding the arena and using them to his advantage during the final battle with a girl from District 1, causing his attacker's thrown axe to fly back and hit her in the head. The Capitol believed it had been humiliated by Haymitch's actions and retaliated by killing his family and girlfriend shortly after the Games. President Snow ruled Panem during that year's games.
In the third Quarter Quell (75th Hunger Games), described in the novel Catching Fire, the rule change determined that the tributes from each district were to be chosen from among its surviving victors. At the time of the third Quarter Quell, 59 victors were still alive. This Quell's message was that not even the strongest among the Districts could hope to defy the Capitol. The only living female victor from District 12 was Katniss Everdeen, which meant that she would automatically go back to the arena. She believed that this rule was made intentionally to ensure her death, as the Capitol was not happy with her actions in the 74th Games. Of the two male victors in District 12, Haymitch's name was drawn, but Peeta volunteered to replace him. The 75th Games had no winner: on the third day, with six tributes (Katniss, Peeta, Finnick, Johanna, Beetee, and Enobaria) remaining, Katniss destroyed the force field surrounding the arena by taking advantage of a lightning strike with wires tied around her arrow.
Unbeknownst to Katniss and Peeta, half of the other tributes in the 75th Games were part of a conspiracy (which also involved some high-ranking officials from the Capitol) to escape from the Games and help initiate a new rebellion orchestrated by the survivors of District 13. Katniss was rescued from the arena as planned and taken to District 13, along with the surviving tributes from District 3 and 4, Beetee and Finnick. In the confusion of the force field explosion, the remaining tributes – Peeta, Enobaria from District 2, and Johanna from District 7 – were captured by the Capitol. Annie Cresta was also taken to the Capitol as an attempt to get at Finnick, who loved her. Annie had been a previous victor and was reaped for the 75th Hunger Games. But an elderly woman named Mags volunteered for her, to spare her from what had previously made her unstable.
The Arenas[edit]
The location of the arena varies from year to year. Past arenas have included volcanoes, avalanche zones, and dams; the terrain has included woods, meadows, scrubland, deserts, and frozen tundra. One of the previous Games took place in the ruins of an abandoned city. Upon the conclusion of the Games, the arena is preserved as a tourist attraction for Capitol citizens.
The arenas devised for the Quarter Quells appear to be especially spectacular. The second Quarter Quell took place in a beautiful meadow with flowers and a fruit-bearing forest and mountains. However, everything was designed by the Gamemakers to be either dangerous or poisonous, including all of the food and water, as well as the wildlife and vegetation. In the third Quarter Quell, the Cornucopia was placed on an island in a saltwater lake, with the surrounding shore divided into 12 segments that resembled a clock, with every hour featuring its own deadly attack, limited only to that slice of the arena during that time of day. The only area where there was no attack was the Cornucopia and the saltwater lake. This proved to be an important location for Katniss' allies.
The Gamemakers have complete control of the arena environment and can create any hazard they wish. In The Hunger Games, they set the forest on fire and switched between day and night at will. In the 75th Hunger Games, the Gamemakers divided the arena into twelve segments, each containing a different terror which only activated at a certain hour. For example, at noon and midnight, an hour-long electrical storm would take place in the first segment. Other dangers encountered by the tributes included blood rain, carnivorous monkeys, insects, a tidal wave, a fog-like gas that caused chemical burns to the skin and nerve damage, and a section of the jungle in which tributes were trapped with jabberjays that imitated the screams of their loved ones. The center of the island could also rotate, disorienting those attempting to master the clock strategy.
After the rebellion, the arenas were destroyed and replaced by memorials.
The Victory Tour[edit]
The Victory Tour is a trip across all of the districts of Panem to honor the victor of each Hunger Games. The tour is usually held six months after the games to keep the horror of the games fresh in the minds of those living in the districts. The Victory Tour usually starts at District 12 and then goes in descending district order to District 1. The victor's district is skipped and saved for the very last. In Catching Fire the tour starts in District 11 because the victors live in District 12. After attending celebrations in the Capitol, the victor returns to their home district for celebrations paid for by The Capitol. In Catching Fire Katniss looked forward to the feast in District 12 during which everyone could eat their fill. Before the tour, the victor's prep team and stylist prepare the victor to show off for the crowds of people just as when they appeared in the Capitol before the games. After their victory in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta try to convince President Coriolanus Snow that they are in love with each other in their Victory Tour.
Fauna unique to Panem[edit]
Grooslings[edit]
A wild bird, the size of a wild turkey and known to be edible, as Katniss hunts it in the first book of the series. Rue states that it is commonly found in District 11. They were also spotted and hunted frequently in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss and Rue feasted on grooslings during the first book.
Jabberjays[edit]
Jabberjays are small, crested black birds bred during the Dark Days by the Capitol.[8] They were engineered to be able to remember human conversations and repeat them verbatim with human voices, and thus to be able to spy on the rebels with small likelihood of arousing suspicion. Upon discovering the birds' purpose, the rebels fed lies to the jabberjays, upsetting the Capitol's plans for espionage. The birds were promptly abandoned by the Capitol and left in the wilderness to die. Because the jabberjays were exclusively male, it was thought that they would die off in the wild. However, when released they bred with female mockingbirds and created the hybrid species of mockingjays, which no longer had the capability of reproducing human speech, but they could repeat back the tunes of songs that they heard humans sing.
During the third Quarter Quell, one of the hours in the clock-like arena featured jabberjays that voice screams. While Finnick hears the screams of Annie, the insane girl he loves, Katniss hears Prim, her mother, Gale, and Gale's family's screams. Katniss attempts to escape the sound by shooting down all the screaming birds, but eventually gives up. To add to their torment, the Capitol temporarily puts up invisible force fields to keep them within screaming distance of the "horrible" birds.
Tracker jackers[edit]
The tracker jackers are genetically altered wasps created in the Capitol during the Dark Days. Tracker jackers are gold in color. Disturbing the nest causes them to chase or 'track' the offender, and the stings bring on extreme pain, hallucinations and death if they are stung enough. Katniss drops a tracker jacker nest on several tributes during her first Hunger Games, causing the death of two: Glimmer, the girl from District 1 and the unnamed female from District 4. Katniss and several other tributes are stung and hallucinate after the attack. Katniss later explains that the venom from the tracker jackers manifest all the things she dreads the most and she has trouble believing what is real. In Mockingjay, Tracker jacker venom is what was used on Peeta by the Capitol, in a technique known as 'hijacking'. The venom itself targets the part of the brain that controls fear and confusion. The Capitol used the venom to bring forward a memory Peeta held, administer the venom to infuse fear and doubt into the memory, and then save it in its revised form, which causes Peeta to feel threatened by Katniss and attempt to kill her and also to distort his memory of what is real and what is false. District 13 doctors try to "hijack" him back by using it to insert good memories, although it's a slow process.
Wolf muttations[edit]
Wolf muttations or "mutts" appeared at the end of the 74th Hunger Games to draw Katniss, Peeta, and Cato into a final fight. The wolf-like creatures mimicked the deceased tributes, particularly in fur and eye color, but also with collars which match the tributes' district numbers. One wolf Katniss identifies as Rue, and others as Glimmer, Foxface, the boy from District 9, and Thresh. They were created by the Gamemakers to draw the three remaining tributes together for the finale. Peeta later creates a painting of the wolf mutt supposed to be Glimmer. It took him three days to find the right shade for sunlight on white fur. He "kept thinking it was just yellow, but it was so much more than that." When he is shot in the hand with an arrow, Cato falls off the Cornucopia; Cato's fight for survival against the mutts goes on for several hours before Katniss shoots him in the skull with an arrow out of pity. He would not have survived for so long without his suit of body armor and a hidden sword or knife. In the film adaptation, the mutts resemble Rottweiler dogs.
Rose-scented reptiles[edit]
These mutts are seen in Mockingjay in the underground tunnels of the Capitol, supposedly created especially to hunt Katniss down as their voices hissed her name. They are human-sized and described as having tight, white skin, long sharp claws and teeth. They also smell of roses, thought to be so because Katniss hates the smell of the Capitol's altered roses, due to their association with President Snow. They can jump extremely far and are capable of decapitating their victims with a single bite. Katniss kills the mutts with a Holo device that she throws into the underground tunnel. These mutts are responsible for the deaths of Finnick Odair, Jackson, Castor, and Homes by beheading them on the wild chase.
Monkey Mutts[edit]
There were also muttation monkeys with razor-sharp claws and orange fur that would attack during the 4th hour of the "clock" in the 75th Games. They attacked the tributes in packs when Peeta glanced up at them, but the woman victor from 6, or 'female morphling', as Katniss calls her, jumps in front of Peeta to save his life, as she was part of the alliance formed to defend Katniss and Peeta with their lives. On the clock, the monkeys are the 3:00–4:00 section.
Mockingjays[edit]
For other uses, see Mockingjay (disambiguation).
For the third book of the series, see Mockingjay.
Mockingjays are the result of the genetically created Capitol jabberjays mating with female mockingbirds and creating a unique species. After the emergence of mockingjays, their jabberjay progenitors became, as Katniss stated in Catching Fire, "as rare and tough as rocks". Mockingjays lost the jabberjay's ability to enunciate words, but can copy perfectly, down to the last note, any human tune. If a singer with a voice the mockingjays respect sings, they will fall silent. Katniss, Peeta, and Peeta's father note this throughout the series. Katniss, her father, Pollux (avox), and Rue are singers that have caused mockingjays to fall silent as mentioned in Mockingjay and The Hunger Games. District 11 is known to have an especially large mockingjay population, as confirmed by District 11 tribute Rue who has special mockingjay friends.
Mockingjays acquire a symbolism throughout Panem following the 74th Hunger Games. For the rebels it is a symbol of rebellion, as the birds' existence was a result of the rebels outsmarting the Capitol. At the beginning of The Hunger Games, Katniss was given a mockingjay pin by Madge Undersee, the daughter of District 12's mayor. She did not recognize the bird until she was waiting for guests to say their final goodbyes before the opening of the Games, and said that it was a huge "slap in the face" to the Capitol, because mockingjays were never intended to exist. The pin was thought to be a weapon by the Game Makers, but was accepted. Katniss wears the pin as her token in the Games, and by Catching Fire it becomes a symbol of rebellion. In Mockingjay, Katniss becomes the titular character, a person who speaks to the districts for the rebels, and she wears a mockingjay-inspired costume and the pin.
Flora unique to Panem[edit]
Nightlock (berry)[edit]
Nightlock is a wild and extremely toxic berry. The plant will kill almost as soon as it is ingested, and it becomes a major plot device in The Hunger Games, first appearing as the berries Peeta has gathered. Katniss doesn't know he has picked them but once she sees them she identifies them as nightlock. Luckily, he has not eaten any before one of the remaining tributes, District 5's "Foxface" (as Katniss calls her), steals them and eats them, dying immediately. Katniss and Peeta take some with them, hoping that Cato falls for the same trick as Foxface. The berries appear again at the climax of the novel, where the previously-instated rule of a District's two tributes being allowed to win together is revoked. Instead of battling each other, Katniss suggests that they eat the berries at the same time, hoping that the Gamemakers will change their minds and allow both of them to live. Their plan works, and both Katniss and Peeta are announced as winners before they swallow the berries, the Capitol having decided that the Hunger Games would be ruined if no one survived.
The plant nightlock likely takes its name from the real plants nightshade and hemlock, both of which are deadly poisons. These berries may refer back to Collins' previous allusions to the story of Romeo and Juliet, because of her use of the phrase "star-crossed lovers" and the suicidal nature of Romeo and Juliet's death.[9]
In the last Hunger Games book, Mockingjay, District 13 makes a pill out of this mysterious plant and gives one to each person in the plan of rebellion. The participants in this plan are to swallow it immediately if they are captured so that the Capitol's guards cannot torture any information out of them.
Tracker Jacker antidote leaves[edit]
In the 74th Hunger Games, Rue uses a plant's leaves to treat Katniss' tracker jacker stings. Katniss recognizes the leaves as something that her mother used, but by a different method. While Rue utilizes the leaves by chewing them into a pulp then applying them directly to the tracker jacker stings, Katniss' mother stewed the leaves to make an infusion which the patient then drinks. Also in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss applies the leaves of the same plant to Peeta's leg wound (inflicted by Cato) in the hope of warding off infection. The application causes pus to run out of his leg and the swelling to go down temporarily.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "On Locations in Panem, pt. II".
2.Jump up ^ "Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins — Powell's books". Powell's Books. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
3.Jump up ^ Allbritton, April (18 March 2012). "‘The Hunger Games’: A Christian’s response". Daily Runner. Retrieved 1 April 2012. "The books take place in a futuristic dystopian world. Panem, in what used to be North America, is divided into 12 districts which are under control of the Capitol. Panem is a godless society."
4.Jump up ^ Collins (2008) p. 61
5.Jump up ^ http://www.thecapitol.pn/
6.Jump up ^ Carpenter, Susan (23 August 2010). ""Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins: Book Review". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
7.Jump up ^ Dill, Margo (20 July 2010). "Catching Fire Discussion Questions (Chapters Ten Through Fifteen)". Bright Hub. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
8.Jump up ^ Marglios, Rick (1 August 2010). "The Last Battle: With 'Mockingjay' on its way, Suzanne Collins weighs in on Katniss and the Capitol". School Library Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
9.Jump up ^ Rosen, Michael (16 April 2012). "What is the moral message of The Hunger Games?". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
Bibliography[edit]
Collins, Suzanne (2008). The Hunger Games. Scholastic. ISBN 0-439-02348-3.
Collins, Suzanne (2009). Catching Fire. Scholastic. ISBN 978-0-439-02349-8.
Collins, Suzanne (2010). Mockingjay. Scholastic. ISBN 978-0-439-02351-1.
External links[edit]
The Capitol – fictional website for the Capitol
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This list of cast members contains actors who portray characters appearing in the The Hunger Games film series based on the book series by Suzanne Collins.


Contents  [hide]
1 Cast 1.1 Principal characters
1.2 Capitol citizens
1.3 District 12 residents
1.4 Tributes (74th Hunger Games)
1.5 Tributes (75th Hunger Games)
1.6 District 13 residents
1.7 Other Districts residents
2 References
3 External links

Cast[edit]

Character
Films

The Hunger Games (2012)[1]
Catching Fire (2013)[2]
Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)


Principal characters[edit]
 
Katniss Everdeen
Jennifer Lawrence
Peeta Mellark
Josh Hutcherson
Gale Hawthorne
Liam Hemsworth

Capitol citizens[edit]
 
President Coriolanus Snow
Donald Sutherland
Effie Trinket
Elizabeth Banks
Cinna
Lenny Kravitz 
Plutarch Heavensbee
 Philip Seymour Hoffman
Caesar Flickerman
Stanley Tucci
Claudius Templesmith
Toby Jones 
Seneca Crane
Wes Bentley 
Portia
Latarsha Rose 
Venia
Kimiko Gelman 
Octavia
Brooke Bundy
Flavius
Nelson Ascencio
Atala
Karan Kendrick 
Lavinia
Amber Chaney 
Lucia
Sharon Morris 
Snow's Granddaughter
 Erika Bierman 
Antonius
 Robert Knepper
Tigris
 Eugenie Bondurant

District 12 residents[edit]
 
Haymitch Abernathy
Woody Harrelson
Mrs. Everdeen
Paula Malcomson
Primrose Everdeen
Willow Shields
Mr. Everdeen
Philip Troy Linger 
Mrs. Mellark
Raiko Bowman 
Greasy Sae
Sandra Ellis Lafferty 
Romulus Thread
 Patrick St. Esprit 
Cray
 Wilbur Fitzgerald 
Ripper
 Taylor St. Clair 

Tributes (74th Hunger Games)[edit]
 
Marvel
Jack Quaid 
Glimmer
Leven Rambin 
Cato
Alexander Ludwig 
Clove
Isabelle Fuhrman 
District 3 Male
Ian Nelson Ian Nelson (f) (u) 
Foxface
Jacqueline Emerson 
Jason
Ashton Moio (u) 
Sarah
Mackenzie Lintz Mackenzie Lintz (f) (u) 
Thresh
Dayo Okeniyi Dayo Okeniyi (f) 
Rue
Amandla Stenberg Amandla Stenberg (f) 
Tribute Girl District 3
Kalia Prescott Kalia Prescott (f) (u) 
Tribute Boy District 4
Ethan Jamieson Ethan Jamieson (f) (u) 
Tribute Girl District 4
Tara Macken Tara Macken (f) (u) 
Tribute Boy District 5
Chris Mark (u) 
Tribute Girl District 6
Kara Petersen (u) 
Tribute Boy District 7
Sam Ly (u) 
Tribute Girl District 7
Leigha Hancock (u) 
Tribute Boy District 8
Samuel Tan (u) Samuel Tan (f) (u) 
Tribute Boy District 9
Imanol Yepez-Frias 
Tribute Girl District 9
Annie Thurman 
Tribute Boy District 10
Jeremy Marinas 
Tribute Girl District 10
Dakota Hood 

Tributes (75th Hunger Games)[edit]
 
Beetee Latier
 Jeffrey Wright
Finnick Odair
 Sam Claflin
Johanna Mason
 Jena Malone
Enobaria
 Meta Golding
Mags
 Lynn Cohen 
Wiress
 Amanda Plummer 
Gloss
 Alan Ritchson 
Cashmere
 Stephanie Leigh Schlund 
Brutus
 Bruno Gunn 
Female Morphling
 Megan Hayes 
Blight
 Bobby Jordan (u) 
Cecelia
 Elena Sanchez 
Woof
 John Casino 
Seeder
 Maria Howell 
Chaff
 E. Roger Mitchell 
District 5 Male Tribute
 James Logan 
District 5 Female Tribute
 Ivette Li-Sanchez (u) 
District 6 Male Tribute
 Justin Hix (u) 
District 9 Male Tribute
 Daniel Bernhardt 
District 9 Female Tribute
 Marian Green 
District 10 Male Tribute
 Jackson Spidell (u) 
District 10 Female Tribute
 Tiffany Waxler (u) 

District 13 residents[edit]
 
President Alma Coin
 Julianne Moore
Boggs
 Mahershala Ali
Cressida
 Natalie Dormer
Messalla
 Evan Ross
Castor
 Wes Chatham
Pollux
 Elden Henson
Jackson
 Michelle Forbes
Homes
 Omid Abtahi
Mitchell
 Joe Chrest
Leeg 1
 Misty Ormiston
Leeg 2
 Kim Ormiston

Other Districts residents[edit]
 
Annie Cresta
 Stef Dawson
Commander Lyme
 Lily Rabe Gwendoline Christie[3]
Commander Paylor
 Patina Miller
District 11 Mayor
 Afemo Omilami 
Old Man in District 11
 Leon Lamar 
District 8 Patient
 Michael Garza 
Notes: (f) means that archive footage was used. (u) means that the actor was uncredited.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games (2012)". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
2.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
3.Jump up ^ http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/game-of-thrones-actress-gwendoline-christie-replacing-lily-rabe-in-hunger-games/
External links[edit]
Full cast and crew for The Hunger Games at IMDb
Full cast and crew for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire at IMDb
Full cast and crew for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 at IMDb
Full cast and crew for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 at IMDb


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This list of cast members contains actors who portray characters appearing in the The Hunger Games film series based on the book series by Suzanne Collins.


Contents  [hide]
1 Cast 1.1 Principal characters
1.2 Capitol citizens
1.3 District 12 residents
1.4 Tributes (74th Hunger Games)
1.5 Tributes (75th Hunger Games)
1.6 District 13 residents
1.7 Other Districts residents
2 References
3 External links

Cast[edit]

Character
Films

The Hunger Games (2012)[1]
Catching Fire (2013)[2]
Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)


Principal characters[edit]
 
Katniss Everdeen
Jennifer Lawrence
Peeta Mellark
Josh Hutcherson
Gale Hawthorne
Liam Hemsworth

Capitol citizens[edit]
 
President Coriolanus Snow
Donald Sutherland
Effie Trinket
Elizabeth Banks
Cinna
Lenny Kravitz 
Plutarch Heavensbee
 Philip Seymour Hoffman
Caesar Flickerman
Stanley Tucci
Claudius Templesmith
Toby Jones 
Seneca Crane
Wes Bentley 
Portia
Latarsha Rose 
Venia
Kimiko Gelman 
Octavia
Brooke Bundy
Flavius
Nelson Ascencio
Atala
Karan Kendrick 
Lavinia
Amber Chaney 
Lucia
Sharon Morris 
Snow's Granddaughter
 Erika Bierman 
Antonius
 Robert Knepper
Tigris
 Eugenie Bondurant

District 12 residents[edit]
 
Haymitch Abernathy
Woody Harrelson
Mrs. Everdeen
Paula Malcomson
Primrose Everdeen
Willow Shields
Mr. Everdeen
Philip Troy Linger 
Mrs. Mellark
Raiko Bowman 
Greasy Sae
Sandra Ellis Lafferty 
Romulus Thread
 Patrick St. Esprit 
Cray
 Wilbur Fitzgerald 
Ripper
 Taylor St. Clair 

Tributes (74th Hunger Games)[edit]
 
Marvel
Jack Quaid 
Glimmer
Leven Rambin 
Cato
Alexander Ludwig 
Clove
Isabelle Fuhrman 
District 3 Male
Ian Nelson Ian Nelson (f) (u) 
Foxface
Jacqueline Emerson 
Jason
Ashton Moio (u) 
Sarah
Mackenzie Lintz Mackenzie Lintz (f) (u) 
Thresh
Dayo Okeniyi Dayo Okeniyi (f) 
Rue
Amandla Stenberg Amandla Stenberg (f) 
Tribute Girl District 3
Kalia Prescott Kalia Prescott (f) (u) 
Tribute Boy District 4
Ethan Jamieson Ethan Jamieson (f) (u) 
Tribute Girl District 4
Tara Macken Tara Macken (f) (u) 
Tribute Boy District 5
Chris Mark (u) 
Tribute Girl District 6
Kara Petersen (u) 
Tribute Boy District 7
Sam Ly (u) 
Tribute Girl District 7
Leigha Hancock (u) 
Tribute Boy District 8
Samuel Tan (u) Samuel Tan (f) (u) 
Tribute Boy District 9
Imanol Yepez-Frias 
Tribute Girl District 9
Annie Thurman 
Tribute Boy District 10
Jeremy Marinas 
Tribute Girl District 10
Dakota Hood 

Tributes (75th Hunger Games)[edit]
 
Beetee Latier
 Jeffrey Wright
Finnick Odair
 Sam Claflin
Johanna Mason
 Jena Malone
Enobaria
 Meta Golding
Mags
 Lynn Cohen 
Wiress
 Amanda Plummer 
Gloss
 Alan Ritchson 
Cashmere
 Stephanie Leigh Schlund 
Brutus
 Bruno Gunn 
Female Morphling
 Megan Hayes 
Blight
 Bobby Jordan (u) 
Cecelia
 Elena Sanchez 
Woof
 John Casino 
Seeder
 Maria Howell 
Chaff
 E. Roger Mitchell 
District 5 Male Tribute
 James Logan 
District 5 Female Tribute
 Ivette Li-Sanchez (u) 
District 6 Male Tribute
 Justin Hix (u) 
District 9 Male Tribute
 Daniel Bernhardt 
District 9 Female Tribute
 Marian Green 
District 10 Male Tribute
 Jackson Spidell (u) 
District 10 Female Tribute
 Tiffany Waxler (u) 

District 13 residents[edit]
 
President Alma Coin
 Julianne Moore
Boggs
 Mahershala Ali
Cressida
 Natalie Dormer
Messalla
 Evan Ross
Castor
 Wes Chatham
Pollux
 Elden Henson
Jackson
 Michelle Forbes
Homes
 Omid Abtahi
Mitchell
 Joe Chrest
Leeg 1
 Misty Ormiston
Leeg 2
 Kim Ormiston

Other Districts residents[edit]
 
Annie Cresta
 Stef Dawson
Commander Lyme
 Lily Rabe Gwendoline Christie[3]
Commander Paylor
 Patina Miller
District 11 Mayor
 Afemo Omilami 
Old Man in District 11
 Leon Lamar 
District 8 Patient
 Michael Garza 
Notes: (f) means that archive footage was used. (u) means that the actor was uncredited.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games (2012)". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
2.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
3.Jump up ^ http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/game-of-thrones-actress-gwendoline-christie-replacing-lily-rabe-in-hunger-games/
External links[edit]
Full cast and crew for The Hunger Games at IMDb
Full cast and crew for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire at IMDb
Full cast and crew for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 at IMDb
Full cast and crew for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 at IMDb


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The Hunger Games

Creator
Suzanne Collins
Original work
The Hunger Games
Print publications

Novels
The Hunger Games trilogy:
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
 
Films and television

Films
The Hunger Games (film series):
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
 
Audio

Soundtracks
The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 
The Hunger Games is a multimedia franchise created by Suzanne Collins. Set in The Hunger Games universe, the franchise began with The Hunger Games, the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy. The novels have been developed into a series of films.
The novels in the trilogy are titled The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The first two novels have been developed into films, while the third novel is currently being developed into two films. Soundtracks have also been released.
The Hunger Games universe is a dystopia set in "Panem", a country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and twelve districts in varying states of poverty. Every year, children are chosen to participate in a compulsory annual televised death match called The Hunger Games.
Media
The first novel, The Hunger Games, was written by Suzanne Collins and acquired by Scholastic Corporation in 2006. It was released in 2008.[1] The second novel (Catching Fire) was released in 2009[2] and the third (Mockingjay) was released in 2010.[3]
The first movie was titled The Hunger Games and released on March 23 in 2012;[4] the second movie is The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which hit theaters on November 22, 2013.[5] The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is set to be released November 21, 2014 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is set to be released November 20, 2015.[6][7]
Additional media within the franchise include soundtracks from the first two films: The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Plot
[icon] This section requires expansion. (October 2014)
Years before the start of the series, the thirteen districts attempted to start a revolution against the Capitol. The Capitol won, District 13 was destroyed and, as punishment, an annual televised death match called The Hunger Games was created by the Capitol. Two participants, one male and one female, known as tributes, between the ages of 12 and 18 are chosen randomly in a "reaping" from each district. Children may volunteer as a tribute instead of selection by ballot. They are taken to an arena and fight until only one is left alive.[8]
Katniss Everdeen is a 16-year-old girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th Hunger Games after her 12-year-old sister Primrose Everdeen is picked for reaping. She survives the games along with Peeta Mellark when they both defy the Capitol by threatening to commit suicide.[8]
The Capitol is angry at their defiance, which inspires rebellion in several districts. Katniss and Peeta tour the districts, attempting to subdue the rebellion. Then, the reaping for the next Hunger Games takes place. For these games, part of the "Quarter Quell" that takes place every 25 years, winners of past games are forced to participate. When only a few participants remain in the games, including Katniss and Peeta, the arena is destroyed. Three of the tributes, including Katniss, are rescued by survivors of District 13, but the other three tributes, including Peeta, are captured by Capitol hovercrafts.[9]
The rebellion continues with Katniss being used as a figurehead.[10]
References
1.Jump up ^ Sellers, John A. (June 9, 2008). "A dark horse breaks out: the buzz is on for Suzanne Collins's YA series debut.". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
2.Jump up ^ "The On-Sale Calendar: September 2009 Children's Books". Publishers Weekly. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
3.Jump up ^ Roback, Diane (February 11, 2010). "'Mockingjay' to Conclude the Hunger Games Trilogy". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
4.Jump up ^ Valby, Karen (January 25, 2011). "'The Hunger Games' gets a release date". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
5.Jump up ^ Weinstein, Joshua L (August 8, 2011). "The Hunger Games Sequel Set for 2013 Release". The Wrap. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
6.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1".
7.Jump up ^ "The Two-Part 'Hunger Games' Finale 'Mockingjay' Sets Release Dates". movies.com. July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
8.^ Jump up to: a b Collins, Suzanne (September 14, 2008). The Hunger Games.
9.Jump up ^ Collins, Suzanne (September 1, 2009). Catching Fire.
10.Jump up ^ Collins, Suzanne (August 24, 2010). Mockingjay.


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The Hunger Games

Creator
Suzanne Collins
Original work
The Hunger Games
Print publications

Novels
The Hunger Games trilogy:
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
 
Films and television

Films
The Hunger Games (film series):
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
 
Audio

Soundtracks
The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 
The Hunger Games is a multimedia franchise created by Suzanne Collins. Set in The Hunger Games universe, the franchise began with The Hunger Games, the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy. The novels have been developed into a series of films.
The novels in the trilogy are titled The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The first two novels have been developed into films, while the third novel is currently being developed into two films. Soundtracks have also been released.
The Hunger Games universe is a dystopia set in "Panem", a country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and twelve districts in varying states of poverty. Every year, children are chosen to participate in a compulsory annual televised death match called The Hunger Games.
Media
The first novel, The Hunger Games, was written by Suzanne Collins and acquired by Scholastic Corporation in 2006. It was released in 2008.[1] The second novel (Catching Fire) was released in 2009[2] and the third (Mockingjay) was released in 2010.[3]
The first movie was titled The Hunger Games and released on March 23 in 2012;[4] the second movie is The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which hit theaters on November 22, 2013.[5] The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is set to be released November 21, 2014 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is set to be released November 20, 2015.[6][7]
Additional media within the franchise include soundtracks from the first two films: The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Plot
[icon] This section requires expansion. (October 2014)
Years before the start of the series, the thirteen districts attempted to start a revolution against the Capitol. The Capitol won, District 13 was destroyed and, as punishment, an annual televised death match called The Hunger Games was created by the Capitol. Two participants, one male and one female, known as tributes, between the ages of 12 and 18 are chosen randomly in a "reaping" from each district. Children may volunteer as a tribute instead of selection by ballot. They are taken to an arena and fight until only one is left alive.[8]
Katniss Everdeen is a 16-year-old girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th Hunger Games after her 12-year-old sister Primrose Everdeen is picked for reaping. She survives the games along with Peeta Mellark when they both defy the Capitol by threatening to commit suicide.[8]
The Capitol is angry at their defiance, which inspires rebellion in several districts. Katniss and Peeta tour the districts, attempting to subdue the rebellion. Then, the reaping for the next Hunger Games takes place. For these games, part of the "Quarter Quell" that takes place every 25 years, winners of past games are forced to participate. When only a few participants remain in the games, including Katniss and Peeta, the arena is destroyed. Three of the tributes, including Katniss, are rescued by survivors of District 13, but the other three tributes, including Peeta, are captured by Capitol hovercrafts.[9]
The rebellion continues with Katniss being used as a figurehead.[10]
References
1.Jump up ^ Sellers, John A. (June 9, 2008). "A dark horse breaks out: the buzz is on for Suzanne Collins's YA series debut.". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
2.Jump up ^ "The On-Sale Calendar: September 2009 Children's Books". Publishers Weekly. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
3.Jump up ^ Roback, Diane (February 11, 2010). "'Mockingjay' to Conclude the Hunger Games Trilogy". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
4.Jump up ^ Valby, Karen (January 25, 2011). "'The Hunger Games' gets a release date". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
5.Jump up ^ Weinstein, Joshua L (August 8, 2011). "The Hunger Games Sequel Set for 2013 Release". The Wrap. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
6.Jump up ^ "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1".
7.Jump up ^ "The Two-Part 'Hunger Games' Finale 'Mockingjay' Sets Release Dates". movies.com. July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
8.^ Jump up to: a b Collins, Suzanne (September 14, 2008). The Hunger Games.
9.Jump up ^ Collins, Suzanne (September 1, 2009). Catching Fire.
10.Jump up ^ Collins, Suzanne (August 24, 2010). Mockingjay.


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The following is a list of characters in The Hunger Games trilogy, a series of young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins.


Contents  [hide]
1 Main characters 1.1 Katniss Everdeen
1.2 Peeta Mellark
1.3 Gale Hawthorne
1.4 Haymitch Abernathy
1.5 Primrose Everdeen
1.6 Cinna
1.7 Finnick Odair
1.8 Johanna Mason
1.9 President Snow
1.10 Effie Trinket
2 Major Tributes 2.1 74th Hunger Games
2.2 75th Hunger Games (3rd Quarter Quell)
3 Other characters 3.1 District 12
3.2 The Capitol
3.3 District 13
3.4 Other districts
4 References

Main characters[edit]
Katniss Everdeen[edit]

Katniss Everdeen

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Jennifer Lawrence
District
12
Information

Nickname(s)
Girl on Fire (given by Cinna)
 Catnip (given by Gale)
Gender
Female
Family
Mr. Everdeen (father; deceased)
 Mrs. Everdeen (mother; a healer, ends up working in a hospital in district 4)
 Primrose Everdeen (sister; deceased)
Main article: Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist of the series. She is sixteen years old at the beginning of the first book, and is portrayed as quiet, independent and fierce. She has long dark hair (which she wears in a single braid down her back), olive skin, and grey eyes.[1] She lives with her mother and Primrose, her younger sister, in District 12, a coal-mining district and one of the poorer districts of Panem. Food is scarce in District 12 and Katniss hunts illegally to feed her family and to supplement their meager income. Her father was killed in a mining explosion when she was younger, and her mother fell into a deep depression. Throughout her life, she became hunting partners and best friends with Gale Hawthorne, who is also from her District and whose father was killed in the same mining accident as Katniss's.
At the reaping for the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss's sister Prim's name is pulled by District 12 chaperone, Effie Trinket, but Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place. During the presentation of the tributes, her designer, Cinna, includes live flames in her costume, giving her the nickname "[the] Girl on Fire". During the pre-Game interviews, Peeta, Katniss's fellow tribute from District 12, expresses his love for her on live television. Katniss assumes it is a ploy to gain attention from wealthy sponsors. Later, she begins to believe that his love is real, though she is uncertain of her own feelings. During the Games, Katniss forms a genuine friendship with Rue (District 11 tribute), a 12-year old girl who reminds Katniss of her sister. After the two form an alliance and a plan to destroy their enemies' supplies, things go awry and Rue is killed with a spear by Marvel from District 1, whom Katniss promptly shoots with her signature bow and arrow. Halfway through the Games, a new rule is instituted allowing both tributes from a district to become victors. Katniss and Peeta work together, eventually killing the last tribute, Cato (District 2). However, instead of being announced victors, the rule is revoked and only one winner is to be allowed. Katniss decides that they should eat poisonous nightlock berries, killing themselves and leaving the Games with no winner. As a result, Seneca Crane hastily ends the Games, and declares both Katniss and Peeta as winners. This is seen by the Capitol's people as an act of undying love, but is seen by Capitol officials and rebels in many districts as an act of defiance. The act makes Katniss a symbol of rebellion for the Districts against the Capitol. Upon returning to District 12, Katniss becomes aware of her indifference of feelings towards Peeta.
Months later, Panem's leader, President Snow, visits Katniss in her home before the annual victory tour. It is revealed that her and Peeta's actions that helped them win the previous games was seen as an act of rebellion and caused a few uprisings in some of the districts. In order to calm the situation, Snow suggests Katniss convince the country of her and Peeta's love. By the end of the victory tour, with the country still seemingly unconvinced, Snow announces the 75th Hunger Games (the country's third Quarter Quell) in which all tributes are to be selected from the existing pool of victors. Being the only living female victor from District 12, Katniss is again reaped to compete in the games, alongside Peeta, who volunteers after their previous mentor, Haymitch Abernathy's name is called. During these games, Katniss and Peeta ally themselves with Beetee and Wiress (District 3), Finnick Odair and Mags (District 4), and Johanna Mason (District 7). Mags and Wiress are killed, however the remaining allies make it to the final 7, along with Brutus and Enobaria (District 2). After a plan suggested by Beetee to electrocute the remaining two tributes goes awry, Katniss blows up the arena by shooting an arrow at the force field, which had an electrical wire attached to it. Katniss, Finnick, and Beetee are rescued from the arena by the rebels and taken to District 13, though the remaining alliance members Peeta and Johanna are taken by the Capitol.
Upon regaining the majority of her mental and physical stability, the rebels approach Katniss about becoming the "Mockingjay" of the revolution. She eventually agrees and assists by filming short promos that are aired throughout the districts. After going through training, she is sent on a mission to the Capitol to carry out President Snow's assassination, alongside Gale and Finnick Odair. Peeta, who was successfully rescued from the Capitol, joins them. The Capitol injected Peeta with tracker jacker venom, causing him to forget a lot, including his feelings towards Katniss. When they first reunite in District 13, he tries to kill her. He is sent to join the mission to the Capitol, however, after weeks of counseling and attempts to set him straight again. The majority of the rebels in Katniss's crew is killed along the way to President Snow's mansion. A bomb goes off, killing her sister, who was in the Capitol to nurse the wounded rebels back to health. Katniss is left burned from the bombing near the President's mansion, right before the end of the war. She is rescued and nursed back to her own health, while informed that the rebels won the war and have President Snow's execution set, to be carried out by Katniss herself. After speaking with President Snow, she realizes that it was President Alma Coin of District 13 (who has also become the new president of Panem since Snow's capture), who ordered the bombing that killed Prim. At the execution, instead of shooting her arrow at President Snow, she kills Coin to avenge Prim's death and prevent someone as brutal as Coin from taking Snow's place. After being excused for Coin's murder, as she was still seen as mentally unstable, Katniss is sent back to District 12. She contemplates suicide until Peeta comes back from Dr. Aurelius's. Despite his flashbacks from his torture and her nightmares, they grow back together. In the epilogue, set fifteen years after the end of the story, it is implied that she has married Peeta, and they have two children, one girl and one boy.
Peeta Mellark[edit]

Peeta Mellark

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Josh Hutcherson
District
12
Information

Gender
Male
Family
Mr. Mellark (father; deceased at end of Catching Fire)
 Ms. Mellark (mother; deceased at end of Catching Fire)
 Unnamed 2 brothers (both deceased at end of Catching Fire)
Main article: Peeta Mellark
Peeta Mellark is the male tribute from District 12, in both the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. He is a baker's son. He is quite charismatic, which helps him during the Games. He states in an interview after the Reaping that he has been in love with Katniss since the first day he saw her. His relationship with Katniss grows throughout the story.
During The Hunger Games, Peeta is certain that Katniss will win because of her experience in hunting. Peeta defends Katniss, and even declares his love for her on public television. Though Peeta is sincere, Katniss does not truly return Peeta's affections; she initially believes he is simply trying to curry favor with the public and with the sponsors. At the end of the Games, they are the last two tributes remaining. The revision to the rules, which allowed two tributes to become victors if they originated from the same district, was revoked in an attempt for a more dramatic, and therefore audience-pleasing, ending. But rather than fight to the death, Peeta and Katniss threaten suicide with nightlock berries, forcing the Gamemakers to declare both of them victors. After the Games, it was revealed that Peeta had contracted blood poisoning from a wound he sustained in the Arena. Though Katniss had saved him in the Arena, he underwent surgery following the Games. The damage resulted in the loss of his left leg, forcing Peeta to use a prosthetic leg. Peeta is nicknamed "Lover Boy" by the Careers because of his love for Katniss.
Catching Fire opens with Peeta being "icy" and "unreachable", believing that the affection Katniss showed during the previous year's Games was a ploy. When President Snow announces the Third Quarter Quell, Peeta makes a deal with Haymitch to keep Katniss alive and safe – he volunteered himself, in Haymitch's place, in order to protect Katniss. He lies to the Capitol in an effort to try to save Katniss from returning to the Games by saying that they are married and that she is pregnant. During the Third Quarter Quell, Peeta and Katniss are part of the group that destroys the Arena. While rebels from District 13 rescue Katniss, Peeta is captured by Capitol forces.
In Mockingjay, he is tortured physically and mentally in an attempt to reveal information regarding Katniss and her whereabouts. Although he and others are eventually rescued, the Capitol tampered with his memories by using tracker jacker venom – a process called "hijacking" – which leaves him frightened and unstable. Believing that Katniss is a muttation, and remembering only a twisted version of their experiences in the Games, Peeta attempts to kill Katniss, but fails. With help from District 13 doctors, Prim, and other friends, he slowly begins to regain parts of his real memories, although the process is overwhelming and tedious for him. President Coin sends him on the final mission into the Capitol with the squad of soldiers that includes Katniss, Gale, and Finnick, where he struggles with his memories and mental trauma. It is believed President Coin's intent was for Peeta to become insane and kill Katniss, turning her into a martyr. However, Peeta manages to prevent this from happening, even insisting that he be handcuffed constantly in case he loses control and hurts someone. Realizing the danger in which he puts the group and the difficulty he causes them, he asks to be killed when it seems that he will lose control and try to kill Katniss. Katniss fiercely refuses and kisses him, which seems to make him stable. Peeta later votes not to have another Hunger Games (featuring children of the Capitol as tributes) to avenge the children that participated in previous years. When the war ends, Peeta survives and eventually returns to District 12 with Katniss. Later he and Katniss marry, and have two children – a girl and a boy – who are able to live in a world without the Hunger Games.
Peeta is 16 years old in The Hunger Games and 17 years old in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. He has a talent for art (he tells Katniss he was responsible for decorating the cakes at his family's bakery) and reveals that his favorite color is orange. When he is recovering his memory after he was "hijacked," Katniss reminds him that he likes the soft kind of orange like the sunset, not the bright kind.
Gale Hawthorne[edit]
Main article: Gale Hawthorne

Gale Hawthorne

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Liam Hemsworth
District
12
 Later District 2
Status
Alive
Information

Gender
Male
Family
Mr. Hawthorne
(father, deceased)
Hazelle Hawthorne (mother)
Rory Hawthorne (brother)
Vick Hawthorne (brother)
Posy Hawthorne (sister)
Gale Hawthorne is an 18-year-old boy who lives in District 12. He is Katniss's best friend and her hunting partner. They meet while Katniss is attempting to hunt to feed her family following their fathers' deaths. Gale is described by Katniss as muscular and very handsome, and catches the attention of girls in District 12. Both Gale and Katniss bear the typical resemblance of those from the Seam; dark hair, olive skin, and grey eyes. He has three younger siblings and is skilled with snares and hunting with bow and arrow.
In the second book, Catching Fire, Katniss returns to District 12, but their relationship cannot continue as it was, since Katniss and Peeta must play the part of lovers due to threats from the Capitol. Gale confesses his love for Katniss after she asks him to run away with her. Soon after, he is brutally whipped in public for hunting on Capitol land. He and Katniss prepare to fight as it becomes clear that a rebellion is about to begin. However, Katniss, along with Peeta, are selected for the Third Quarter Quell and must leave District 12 to return to the Games. Once again, Gale is forced to say goodbye to Katniss as she prepares for a fight to the death.
In Mockingjay, Gale fights in the rebellion in an epic war. District 12 is destroyed, and Gale leads approximately 10% of the population to safety. The survivors are forced to move to what is left of District 13. Once the people of District 13 are aware of Gale's heroism, they reward him with a higher ranking and a communicuff (which is later taken from him as punishment for helping Katniss in the war). Toward the end of the book, his relationship with Katniss deteriorates because he feels responsible for the death of Prim, Katniss's sister (caused by a bomb he had constructed). He mentions that he would always remind Katniss of Prim's death, which Katniss silently agrees with. Afterwards, Gale decides to remain in District 2.
Haymitch Abernathy[edit]
Main article: Haymitch Abernathy

Haymitch Abernathy

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Woody Harrelson[2]
District
12
Status
Alive
Information

Gender
Male
Family
Mrs. Abernathy (mother) (deceased)
 Unnamed younger brother (deceased)
Haymitch Abernathy is a "paunchy, middle-aged man" who was the victor of the 50th Hunger Games (the Second Quarter Quell), which occurred 24 years prior to the first book.[3] When he was 15, Haymitch was reaped for the Second Quarter Quell, where four tributes from each district were forced into the arena. He became an ally to a girl named Maysilee Donner, who was the original owner of Katniss's symbolic mockingjay pin, but was later forced to watch her die. During the Games, he discovered a wall of shrubbery at the edge of the Arena that concealed a force field, which ricocheted anything thrown in its direction. During the final moments of the Games, Haymitch (severely wounded himself) positioned himself by the edge, knowing that when his opponent flung her weapon at him, he could duck and the force field would hurl it back at her. His plan was successful, leaving Haymitch the victor. Within two weeks of his victory, Haymitch's mother, younger brother, and girlfriend were killed by President Snow as punishment for Haymitch using the force field to his advantage. Haymitch became an example of what happens to those who defy the Capitol.
After his victory, he became an alcoholic and has spent almost all of the next 24 years intoxicated. Being the only surviving victor from District 12 (one of only two in the history of the Games), Haymitch was forced to mentor all of its tributes, which consumed him with guilt by being forced to participate in the Games that he hated. He dealt with these feelings with alcohol and openly flouting the dignity of the games. He treats Peeta and Katniss with contempt and is sarcastic, expending no effort to help them. However, when Katniss confronts him, he is stirred from his stupor and emerges as the pair's greatest advocate, impressed by her determination and Peeta's patience. Haymitch shows himself to be highly canny as he guides his protégés in a cleverly designed, highly unorthodox strategy aimed at ensuring the survival of both tributes.
In the book Catching Fire, the liquor supply in District 12 runs out. As a result, Haymitch suffers from alcohol withdrawal. It is left to Katniss and Peeta to coax him back to health (and get him more liquor). After this incident, Katniss begins to develop a true affection and respect for him. When Katniss discovers that Haymitch and his allies from District 13 and the Capitol failed to save Peeta from the arena as they did for her, she claws him in the face. In Mockingjay, Haymitch is forced to go through detox in District 13, as they do not permit the consumption of alcohol. After this, he continues to serve as a mentor to Katniss and Peeta; however, he never truly repairs his relationship with either of them, and goes back to his drinking after the war ends. Haymitch and Katniss, despite nearly always working towards the same goals, are usually hostile towards one another, because they have similarly prickly personalities; also, Katniss and Peeta both resent Haymitch for keeping information from both of them, sometimes at the request of the other.
Primrose Everdeen[edit]

Primrose Everdeen

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Willow Shields
District
12
Status
Deceased (Killed in double blast after going in to help Capitol children casualties)
Information

Nickname(s)
Prim (by everyone)
 Little Duck (by Katniss)
Gender
Female
Family
Mrs. Everdeen (mother)
 Mr. Everdeen (father, deceased)
 Katniss Everdeen (sister)
Primrose Everdeen, an ingénue character, nicknamed "Prim", is Katniss's younger sister. She was 12 years old in The Hunger Games and presumably 13 years old in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Like her mother, she has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Prim is thoughtful and sweet. She is a skilled healer, having been taught by her mother. In Mockingjay, Prim is singled out by District 13 to be trained as a doctor. During Catching Fire and Mockingjay, Katniss sees a change in her personality, as she has become more solemn and mature. Katniss stated in the books that Prim is "the only person I'm certain I love."
At the Reaping for the 74th Hunger Games, Prim's name is pulled by Effie Trinket to be the female tribute for District 12. Katniss volunteers to take her place in the Games. As she leaves for the Capitol, Prim makes Katniss promise to try hard to win the Games. This promise guides many of Katniss's actions in the game, while Katniss's sacrifice for Prim making her a popular symbol in the Capitol as people love the story, prompting some to note that the Capitol will never threaten Prim to get to Katniss because of the potential outcry.
In Mockingjay, Prim is sent by President Alma Coin into the rebellion battle against the Capitol to serve as a casualty nurse. During this battle, Prim is killed in a bombing, causing Katniss to fall into a deep depression. President Snow later reveals to Katniss that the bombing was planned by the rebels to galvanize public opinion against the Capitol to make people think that the Capitol caused the accident, and then had timed a second explosion to detonate when the medical corps arrived to assist survivors. Katniss had been told by Gale that this was a strategy being contemplated by the rebels. Knowledge of this information leads Katniss to execute President Coin, instead of President Snow.
Cinna[edit]

Cinna

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Catching Fire
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Lenny Kravitz
District
12
Status
Deceased (killed after he designed Katniss's wedding-turned-Mockingjay dress)
Information

Gender
Male
Family
unknown
Cinna is the stylist of Katniss Everdeen. His styling efforts help her obtain sponsors, who send her useful gifts during her first Hunger Games. He designed her burning dress in the first Hunger Games which gives her the nickname "The Girl on Fire" in the media. He also designed Katniss's purported wedding dress, which transforms (upon spinning and incinerating) on the live television broadcast into a Mockingjay costume replete with wings, magnifying her image as a symbol for the rebellion. For this act of rebellion on his part, he is beaten brutally by peacekeepers and dragged off while Katniss witnesses it all, helplessly encapsulated in a tube just seconds prior to being launched into her second Hunger Games. In the last part of the trilogy he bequeathed to Katniss a notebook with designs of her Mockingjay dress so it can be recreated to further the rebellion.
Finnick Odair[edit]

Finnick Odair

First appearance
Catching Fire
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Sam Claflin
District
04
Status
Deceased (Decapitated by lizard muttations)
Information

Gender
Male
Spouse(s)
Annie Cresta (wife)
Children
Unnamed son
Finnick Odair is the male tribute from District 4 who was reaped into the Third Quarter Quell. He is 24 years old and described as being very handsome, muscular, athletic and tall with tan skin, bronze hair, and stunning sea-green eyes. He is very popular among the people of the Capitol, and is known as a Sex Symbol for having many female lovers in the Capitol, none of whom he stays with for long. At age 14, he won the 65th Hunger Games by using a trident and a net against other tributes (a skill unique to District 4's trade of fishing). Katniss remarks that the trident given to him by a sponsor may have been the most expensive gift ever seen in the Games. During the Quarter Quell, Katniss is hesitant to make Finnick her ally, because she does not trust him—to her, he appears to be shallow, arrogant, and superficial. However, Finnick soon proves to be trustworthy by saving Peeta by using CPR to resuscitate him (which Katniss notes as, "one of the things I will never stop owing him for"), and using his skills to provide shelter. When jabberjays that make sounds of the screams of loved ones being tortured appear in the Quell, the one made to target Finnick uses the voice of Annie Cresta, his "poor, mad" lover in District Four, who was also a victor of the Games. In Mockingjay, Finnick enters a deep depression, a result of Annie being held prisoner by the Capitol. He assists with the rebellion by appearing in rebel propaganda. He later reveals that victors of the Games are often prostituted to wealthy citizens of the Capitol by President Snow, which resulted in his reputation of many lovers. He also reveals all of the political secrets he learned from clients, including the fact that President Snow only became the leader of Panem through poisoning his opponents. He is reunited with Annie (when District 13 retrieves her, Johanna, and Peeta from the Capitol), and they get married. Finnick is a member of the "Star Squad" that goes to fight in the Capitol during the final stages of the rebellion. He is decapitated by lizard muttations during the attempt to infiltrate the Capitol. Some months after his death, Annie has their son. Finnick is characterized as being personable, very good-looking, and down-to earth, with a quirky sense of humor. After an initial period of distrust, he and Katniss become good friends.
Johanna Mason[edit]

Johanna Mason

First appearance
Catching Fire
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Jena Malone[4]
 
District
07
Status
Alive
Information

Gender
Female
Johanna Mason is the female tribute from District 7. Sarcastic and rebellious, Johanna's first meeting with Katniss involves her stripping naked out of her tree costume in order to make Katniss uncomfortable. She reveals that she has no friends or family in District 7 during the 75th Hunger Games, stating "there is no one left I love." She won her original Hunger Games by pretending she was a weakling and a coward, so no one regarded her as a threat, but when only a few tributes remained, she revealed herself as a vicious killer. Johanna teams up with Katniss, Peeta, and Finnick in the Quarter Quell, bringing Beetee and Wiress with her. Johanna takes part in the committee to keep Katniss and Peeta alive, and helps by protecting Katniss throughout the Games. Near the end of Catching Fire she removes the tracker in Katniss's arm by cutting it out with a knife. Johanna is captured by the Capitol at the end of Catching Fire. In the third book, she is rescued along with Peeta and Annie and brought to District 13, where she fights with rebel forces and improves her friendship with Katniss. She is to fight in the Capitol with Katniss (although not as a sharpshooter—being from an area where lumber is the main export, her main weapon is the axe) but during training in District 13 she panics when the training arena is deliberately flooded as she has developed a fear of water as a result of her Capitol torture: being soaked in water and given electric shocks. Because she and Katniss refuse to be held in the District 13 hospital to treat their supposed mental illnesses, they convince the officials of District 13 to let them room together. Johanna is part of the committee that votes whether or not to hold one last Hunger Games using the Capitol's children: she votes yes. Also, Haymitch implies that she may also have been prostituted by President Snow, like Finnick. But it is also implied that she refused to be prostituted, causing the Capitol to kill her family and friends.
President Snow[edit]

President Snow

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Donald Sutherland
District
The Capitol
Status
Deceased (Choked to death by his own blood or trampled on after the murder of President Coin)
Information

Family
Unnamed child
 Unnamed granddaughter
The primary antagonist of the series, President Coriolanus Snow is the autocratic ruler of the Capitol and all of Panem. Though seemingly laid-back, his demeanor hides a sadistic and psychopathic mind.[5] He initially appears in The Hunger Games at the opening of the Games giving the official welcome, but he does not speak to Katniss face-to-face until Catching Fire, when he pays her a visit at home and tells her that he is angry that both she and Peeta were allowed to survive the Hunger Games, as their act of defiance (preferring joint suicide to the prospect of one killing the other) has ignited rebellion in several of the Districts. She is too prominent to kill, but he threatens her family and Gale unless she proves to the Districts that her act of saving Peeta was merely that of a love-crazed teenager and was not related to any desire to defy the Capitol.[6] Later, Snow indicates to her that she failed in this, meaning that some or all of his threats will come true. President Snow is described as having very puffy lips, which are most likely the result of an appearance-altering operation that is very popular in the Capitol. Katniss describes him as exuding a smell of blood and roses.[7] In Mockingjay, it is revealed that the smell of blood is due to mouth sores he got from one of the poisons that he used to kill people in his monomaniacal efforts to control Panem. He drank the poison in order to allay suspicions, then took the antidote, but they could not cure him of the sores. He also smells strongly of genetically enhanced roses, as he always wears a white rose in his lapel to cover the scent of blood. The strong smell invariably makes Katniss gag. He is said to have prostituted winning tributes, like Finnick Odair, forcing them to have sex with wealthy Capitol citizens, under threat of killing their loved ones if they refused. Snow claims he only kills for a purpose, and he promises Katniss he will always tell her the truth. Whether these assertions are true or not is left up to interpretation by Katniss. He dies at the end of Mockingjay, after Katniss shot President Coin instead of him, though the rebels are unable to determine whether it was by choking to death on his own blood from his untreated mouth sores or because he was trampled by the mob in the panic following the assassination of President Coin.
Effie Trinket[edit]

Effie Trinket

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Elizabeth Banks
District
The Capitol
 Liaison to District 12
Information

Gender
Female
Effie Trinket is a Capitol-born chaperone who was assigned to oversee District 12's tributes in the Hunger Games, specifically Katniss and Peeta in the 74th and 75th Games. She must carry out such tasks as drawing the tributes' names at the reaping and escorting them to the Capitol. At first, she detests her association with District 12 and hopes to be promoted to a better, richer district after she pays her dues for a few years. Later, Effie becomes attached to her District 12 charges, though it's unclear if this is because of their particular charms, or because of their fame and success, which reflect well upon her. She does not have any moral qualms about the Hunger Games or the Capitol and appears totally oblivious to the misfortunes of District 12. She does not appear to be very intelligent, and gets basic facts wrong, such as confusing how diamonds and pearls are made. Effie always seems to wear wigs of different colors for different "special" occasions. She is very strict about manners and is always punctual. Katniss notes in the first book that 'although she can be tiresome, Effie has a very keen instinct about certain things' and that 'she has a certain determination I admire'. Her catchphrase in the first book is 'Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor!' In Mockingjay, it is said that she was imprisoned after Katniss's escape, but, unlike many others Katniss knew in the Capitol, she is not executed. She meets up again with Katniss before Snow's execution and Katniss notes that she has a "vacant look" in her eyes.
Major Tributes[edit]
This is a list of named tributes from the 74th and 75th Hunger Games who are not considered main characters in the series.
74th Hunger Games[edit]

Character
Portrayer
Tribute Details
In the Games
Marvel Jack Quaid[8] District 1 male Marvel was the male tribute for District 1 and a member of the career pack. He scored a 9 in his individual training. Marvel played a strong part in the initial bloodbath, killing off many tributes. He then took part in the hunt for Katniss during the games, along with the career tributes and Peeta. When the careers were attacked by the tracker jacker nest, he survived as the sole District 1 tribute. Marvel survived through to the final 8 tributes, but was then killed by Katniss, in defense after he had speared Rue. He finished 8th overall.
Glimmer Leven Rambin District 1 female Glimmer was the female tribute for District 1 and a member of the career pack. Like the other career tributes, she played a strong part in the initial bloodbath, killing off many tributes. She then took part in the hunt for Katniss during the games, along with the career tributes and Peeta. On Day 2, the career tributes found the District 8 female, and Glimmer was given a sword by Cato to kill her. Glimmer then hunted down Katniss with the other career tributes, and cornered her up a tree with no escape. With help from Rue, Katniss was able to cut down a tracker jacker nest, which woke all the tracker jackers and the career tributes. Glimmer failed to escape the attack of the tracker jackers and was stung to death. She finished 11th overall (12th in the book).
Cato Alexander Ludwig District 2 male Cato was the male tribute for District 2 and a member of the career pack. He scored a 10 in his individual training, proving to be one of the most powerful tributes. Cato played a strong part in the initial bloodbath, killing off many tributes. He then took part in the hunt for Katniss during the games, along with the career tributes and Peeta. Out of the four career tributes, Cato was the most eager to kill Katniss. He managed to escape the attack of the tracker jackers, caused by Katniss while they were sleeping. When Katniss destroyed the career tributes mountain of supplies, Cato, in a fit of rage, snapped the neck of the District 3 male. Cato made it through to the final 6, and was absent from the feast, as Clove had gone to the cornucopia herself and fought with Katniss. Cato next appeared at the cornucopia as he, Katniss and Peeta were being attacked by the Mutts to end the games. Cato fought brutally with both the District 12 tributes, and almost beat them when he grabbed Peeta by the neck threatening to kill him, which would leave Katniss as sole victor as she would kill Cato in defense, but he was shot in the hand, pushed off of the Cornucopia by Peeta and attacked by a pack of wolf mutts. He then begged to be killed by Katniss out of mercy, and she shot him in the head to end his torture. He was the final tribute to be killed in the 74th Hunger Games, finishing 3rd overall.
Clove Isabelle Fuhrman District 2 female Clove was the female tribute for District 2 and a member of the career pack. She scored a 10 in her individual training, very common of a career tribute. In the initial bloodbath, she was the first tribute who came close to killing Katniss. She killed the District 9 male, who was about to kill Katniss, and then threw a knife at Katniss, which landed in her backpack. She then chased Katniss away into the forest. Clove took part in the hunt for Katniss during the games, along with the career tributes and Peeta. Once they found Katniss, they chased her up a tree and trapped her by sleeping on the ground beneath her. She then survived the attack of the tracker jackers, caused by Katniss. She and the careers were then weakened even more by Katniss when she destroyed their supplies. Clove and Katniss then came into contact at the feast, where Clove attacked her with a knife, pinned her down and taunted her about the death of Rue. She was then attacked by Thresh, who had witnessed the whole fight. Her death is slightly different between the book and the film. In the book she has her head smashed with a rock by Thresh, cracking her skull, but in the film she is violently slammed against the cornucopia. She finished 6th overall.
Unknown Ian Nelson District 3 male The male tribute from District 3. He escaped the bloodbath alive, however, his female counterpart was killed. He survived by joining the career pack, as he was able to rewire the explosives from under the pedestals to protect the supplies for the careers. He was killed by having his neck snapped by Cato, after Katniss shot an arrow at a bag of apples, which set off the bombs, destroying the supplies. He finished 9th overall.
Foxface Jacqueline Emerson District 5 female Foxface was the female tribute for District 5. During training, she spent most of her time working on the plants section, which proved her to be the smartest of all the tributes. She scored a 5 during her individual training. She survived the initial bloodbath, but ran into Katniss while trying to escape. The two spared each other's lives in fear and ran in opposite directions. She was next seen by Katniss, as she stole food from the career tributes mountain of supplies. She then took part in the feast, in which she remained hidden in the cornucopia, escaping with her district bag. She made it through to final 5 tributes, but her death came when she was poisoned by eating nightlock (poisonous berries). She finished 5th overall (4th in the book).
Unknown Ashton Moio District 6 male The male tribute for District 6. He fought with Cato in training, who accused him of stealing his knife, which made him a target for Cato in the Games. Both he and his female counterpart were killed in the initial bloodbath. He almost killed Glimmer, the District 1 female, but was then killed by Cato.
Unknown Mackenzie Lintz District 8 female The female tribute for District 8. She was one of the youngest tributes in the 74th Hunger Games. She survived the initial bloodbath, and made camp on the first night very close to Katniss. She made a fire to keep warm, which attracted the attention of the career tributes. She was then found and killed by the Careers with Peeta eventually killing her off for good. She finished 12th overall (13th in the book).
Thresh Dayo Okeniyi[9] District 11 male Thresh was the male tribute for District 11. He was one of the oldest and strongest tributes, which came as an advantage to him in the games. He scored a 9 in his individual training, which proved him to be as strong as the career tributes. He survived the initial bloodbath, and even killed one of the tributes himself. During the games, he stayed hidden away from all the other tributes which helped him survive through to the final 6. When the feast was announced, he made his way to the cornucopia and witnessed Clove attack Katniss. He then brutally killed Clove upon hearing her say that she killed Rue, his female counterpart. He spared Katniss's life as she was Rue's ally. His death in the book is very different to that of the film. He is presumably killed by Cato, finishing 5th overall (book), whereas in the film he is the first victim of the Mutts, finishing 4th overall.
Rue Amandla Stenberg District 11 female Rue was the female tribute for District 11. She was the youngest of all the tributes in the games, being just 12 years old. She scored a 7 in her individual training. She survived the initial bloodbath, unusual for such a young tribute. She spent the first few days climbing through the trees and hiding. On Day 5, she found Katniss up a tree, who was trapped by the career tributes. She pointed out a tracker jacker nest to Katniss and told her to cut it down to attack to the careers. This resulted in the death of Glimmer. Katniss then collapsed after being stung by some of the tracker jackers, and was asleep for a few days. Rue took care of her body wounds during this time. Upon awakening, Katniss and Rue became allies and made plans to destroy the careers supplies. Katniss destroyed the mountain the next day, but Rue found herself trapped in a net set up by the careers. Katniss came to her rescue, only for Marvel to spear Rue in the abdomen. Katniss killed Marvel in defense of Rue. Rue then told Katniss that she has to win and asked her to sing for her as she died. She finished 7th overall.
75th Hunger Games (3rd Quarter Quell)[edit]

Character
Portrayer
District/Gender
Cause of death
Gloss Alan Ritchson District 1 male Shot with an arrow in the right temple (in the chest in the film) by Katniss
Cashmere Stephanie Leigh Schlund District 1 female Had an axe thrown into her chest by Johanna Mason
Brutus Bruno Gunn District 2 male Killed by Peeta (method unknown)
Enobaria Meta Golding District 2 female N/A (removed from the arena by the Capitol)
Beetee Jeffrey Wright District 3 male N/A (removed from the arena by the rebels)
Wiress Amanda Plummer District 3 female Throat slit by Gloss
Mags Lynn Cohen[10] District 4 female Sacrificed herself to poisonous fog to allow Finnick to save Peeta instead
Female Morphling Megan Hayes District 6 female Sacrificed herself by jumping in front of a monkey mutt before it has the chance to kill Peeta
Blight Bobby Jordan District 7 male Accidentally ran into the force field when the blood rain started
Woof John Casino District 8 male Killed in the bloodbath
Cecelia Elena Sanchez District 8 female Killed in the bloodbath
Chaff E. Roger Mitchell District 11 male Killed by Brutus (method unknown)
Seeder Maria Howell District 11 female Killed in the bloodbath
Other characters[edit]
District 12[edit]

Character
Portrayer
Description
Mrs. Everdeen Paula Malcomson Katniss's mother. She was raised in town as the daughter of an apothecary, and consequently had a fairly comfortable life. During the 50th Hunger Games (2nd Quarter Quell) reaping, she and Madge's mother were clinging on Maysilee Donner, Madge's aunt and Ms. Everdeen's friend, who was reaped and killed at the time. She gave it all up to marry Katniss's father and move to the Seam, where she lived in poverty. She falls into a deep depression when her husband dies in a mining accident. She does not talk for quite a while, causing Katniss to step up and be Prim's caretaker. She eventually recovers enough to set up an apothecary in District 12, but it is not until after her first Hunger Games that Katniss finally forgives her mother for not offering any support to her and Prim during her depression. In Mockingjay she is seen working in the hospital in District 13, and following Prim's death at the end of the book, she does not return to District 12 with Katniss. Instead, she stays in District 4, working in a hospital and coping with her grief. She and Katniss maintain contact through telephone calls.
Madge Undersee N/A The mayor's daughter and Katniss's friend. She and Katniss were always thrown together at school, both being solitary in nature. Madge is the one who gives Katniss her mockingjay pin,[11] which becomes a symbol of rebellion. Katniss later learns that the pin had belonged to Madge's aunt, Maysilee Donner, a Tribute in the 50th Hunger Games and twin to Madge's mother, who became allies with Haymitch for some time. Katniss and Madge spend more time together during the months after the Games. Katniss is at Madge's house when she first hears of the uprisings in District 8 on the mayor's television in his room. She and her family perish in the District 12 bombings. Madge is not included in the film adaptations.
Mr. Everdeen Philip Troy Linger He was Katniss's father, before his death in the mines of District 12 when Katniss was 11 and Prim was 7. Memories of him run through Katniss's mind throughout the series, with Katniss mentioning such features of him as his singing voice, his handsomeness, and the things he taught her. Peeta's father says that although he was in love with Katniss's mother, she chose to marry Katniss's father because of his lovely singing voice. Katniss recalls that when he sang, "all the birds stopped to listen". (Which is one of the memories that Peeta responds successfully to.) She misses him terribly, and the pain of losing him almost destroyed Mrs. Everdeen. He is depicted through flashbacks in the films.
Delly Cartwright TBA A girl from District 12 whom Katniss describes as being "the friendliest person on the planet." She is Peeta's friend. She is one of the refugees in District 13, after escaping the District 12 fire bombing with her younger brother. Her parents, who hid in the shoe shop during the bombing, were not so lucky as Katniss describes. She is first mentioned in "The Hunger Games", when Peeta, trying to explain Katniss's reaction in recognizing an Avox as someone she met on a hunting trip, fibs that the Avox is a "dead ringer for Delly". In Mockingjay, after Peeta is rescued from the Capitol, Delly is used as a psychological "balm" to stir his childhood memories and help begin his recovery from the mind-control tortures the Capitol inflicted upon him. In the same book, it was revealed that Delly and Peeta used to do chalk drawings on paving stones and Peeta's father used to let them make dough people.
Greasy Sae Sandra Ellis Lafferty Greasy Sae is an old woman who sells bowls of soup from a large kettle at The Hob in District 12. Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne trade with her often, and make a conscious effort to keep on good terms with her as she could be counted on to buy wild dog, which most of their other customers decline. Greasy Sae started a collection to sponsor Peeta and Katniss during the 74th Hunger Games, with some people chipping in. She also has a granddaughter described as "not quite right" who is generally treated as sort of a pet by people in the Hob, who give her scraps of food from their stands. At the end of the book, Greasy Sae is one of the few hundred people to return to District 12 following the war. When Katniss returns to District 12 after the war, Greasy Sae comes over in the morning and evening to cook and do light housekeeping. It is unclear whether she is doing this out of friendship or if she has been paid. Greasy Sae is not directly mentioned in the Hunger Games movie, but a character who is presumably her is seen dealing with Katniss. She gives the mockingjay pin to Katniss in the movie, although in the book, it was given to her by Madge.
Hazelle Hawthorne N/A Gale's mother. A very self-reliant woman, after her husband is killed in the same mining accident that killed Katniss's father, she takes up work doing people's laundry. After Gale is caught poaching and is publicly whipped, people stop using her services for fear of being punished for associating with her. She gets a new job cleaning Haymitch's house sometime after that.
Rory, Vick, and Posy Hawthorne N/A Gale's younger siblings. The book states that Rory is 12, Vick is ten and Posy is five. Posy was born just after the mining accident in which Gale's father died. After Thread's lockdown, Posy got sick and Rory got tesserae in exchange for his name to be entered more times in the reaping.
Mr. Mellark N/A Peeta's father. Kind and soft spoken, resembling Peeta, he does not appear except when he trades with Katniss and Gale and when he visits Katniss before the 74th Hunger Games to give her cookies. It is later revealed that he grew up with Katniss's mother, Mrs. Everdeen, and even loved her. In Mockingjay, used to let Peeta and Delly Cartwright make dough girls and boys. He and his wife die in the bombings of District 12.
Mrs. Mellark Raiko Bowman She is Peeta's mother. Very stern and strict, she only appears in the series once, when she beats Peeta. Peeta mentions that he likes his father more than his mother once. Katniss calls her a "witch" on several occasions, and hints that Mr. Mellark only married her because he could not have the woman that became Mrs. Everdeen. Mrs. Mellark dies in the bombings of District 12.
Cray Wilbur Fitzgerald Head Peacekeeper of District 12. As Head Peacekeeper of District 12, Cray does not enforce many of the laws of the Capitol. He is often found in the Hob, the black market of District 12, where he buys illegal alcohol and game from Gale and Katniss. Although lenient with the law, he is also known to abuse his position by luring starving young women into his bed in exchange for a small amount of money. Katniss claims that if she had not learned to hunt, she would have been one of those women.
Maysilee Donner N/A She is Madge's aunt, and was reaped along with Haymitch and two others for the 50th Hunger Games, and temporarily became his ally. She was friends with Katniss's mother. After breaking the alliance with Haymitch, she is killed by a large number of bright, "candy-pink birds," who use their razor sharp beaks to fatally wound her in the neck. Haymitch stays with her until she dies, as Katniss stayed with Rue until she died. The mockingjay pin Madge gave Katniss belonged to her.
Romulus Thread Patrick St. Esprit Cray's replacement as Head Peacekeeper of District 12. His only appearance is in the second book Catching Fire at Gale Hawthorne's whipping for poaching off the Capitol's land. He makes major changes to District 12 by adding new gallows, stocks, and a whipping post. He also has the Hob (District 12's black market) burned down.
Mayor Undersee N/A Mayor Undersee is the father to Madge Undersee as well as the mayor of District 12. He enjoys the strawberries that Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne pick illegally from the woods. He was present at the reaping in "The Hunger Games". He is also mentioned as throwing a Harvest Festival party in District 12 in Catching Fire. He dies in the bombing of District 12.
Goat Man N/A An old man who raises goats as a living. In The Hunger Games, Katniss recalls him as the man who sells Katniss and Gale a goat. Later the goat is given to Primrose and named Lady. His fate is unknown, although he is said to have died during the initial bombing of District 12.
Rooba N/A The District 12 meat butcher. She helps Katniss by refusing the Goat Man's offer thus letting Katniss have the goat for a lower price. She is also known to buy meat (such as squirrels and deer) from Katniss and Gale. She dies in bombing of District 12.
Lady N/A A nanny goat owned by Prim, who usually milks it before going to school every day. Unlike Buttercup, Lady was not brought to District 13 during the evacuation, due to her size and weight. It is unknown, but likely, if Lady was killed during the bombings, but Katniss didn't see her anywhere when she visited District 12.
Buttercup N/A Prim's cat. Though Katniss describes him as "the world's ugliest cat", Prim disregards this and takes good care of him. He is Prim's companion, and is loyal only to her. Although he did not escape with Prim and Mrs. Everdeen, Katniss found him when she revisited District 12 and brought him back. He is said to dislike District 13, due to its underground location and lack of fresh air. After Prim's death and the end of the war, he makes his way back to District 12 on foot, and is found again by Katniss. The two mourn over Prim's death in Mockingjay, and end up comforting each other (it is hinted they are starting to come to love each other).
Ms. Undersee N/A Mayor Undersee's wife, Madge's mother, and sister of Maysilee Donner. She is only mentioned to have been in a very deep depression, partially brought on by her sister's death. She is described as to stay in bed all day, shutting away reality. She takes pills to calm her pain, which doesn't seem to work. Perishes along with her daughter, husband, and two other people.
Darius N/A A friendly Peacekeeper who was turned into an Avox because he interfered with Gale's public whipping. He is Katniss's Avox servant for the Quarter Quell, along with Lavinia. Because of this, he was arrested with Lavinia, questioned about Katniss, tortured and eventually killed. Peeta mentioned in Mockingjay that while Lavinia died relatively quickly (if accidentally), it took days to finish Darius off. As Avoxes cannot speak, it can be assumed that the only purpose of questioning them was to torture Peeta by making him listen.
The Capitol[edit]

Character
Portrayer
Description
Cinna Lenny Kravitz Katniss's stylist, responsible for her public appearance. After designing the spectacular outfits of the opening ceremony, which include igniting Katniss and Peeta's costumes with synthetic fire, he nicknames Katniss "the Girl On Fire." Cinna is in his first year as a stylist for the Games, and specifically requested to be assigned to District 12. His amazing designs immediately win over the audience in favor of the District 12 tributes. Despite (or perhaps because of) his professional interest in image, Cinna proves to be better than most at seeing through the superficial spectacle of the Games to their barbaric core, "using [her] outfits as a vehicle to express potentially dangerous ideas."[12] He and Katniss establish an easy, comfortable relationship and he demonstrates a genuine concern for her well-being. In Catching Fire, Cinna dresses her for her interview in her wedding dress, as insisted by President Snow, but alters it so that when Katniss raises her arms and twirls at her interview, the white dress burns away to be replaced with a black dress of feathers that resembles a mockingjay, which has become the symbol of the resistance in Panem. Because of this, Cinna is savagely beaten in front of Katniss, right before she enters the arena for the Quarter Quell, which unnerves her greatly. It is suggested that he might have been tortured to death after the arena explodes. Cinna is very different from the other inhabitants of the Capitol; he does not use surgery to alter his features, wears simple black clothes, and leaves his hair its natural dark brown color, close cropped. His only concession to the Capitol's fashion style is a small amount of gold eyeliner that brings out the gold flecks in his eyes.
Plutarch Heavensbee Philip Seymour Hoffman In the 74th Hunger Games, he is the judge who falls into the punch bowl when Katniss shoots an arrow into the judge's viewing box. In Catching Fire, he is the new Head Gamemaker following the execution of Seneca Crane. He is later shown to be the leader of the rebellion movement in the Districts, and is the mastermind behind the plan to break the tributes out of the arena in Catching Fire. He tries to give Katniss hints about the nature of the Arena for the Quarter Quell, but Katniss doesn't pick up on it until much later. In Mockingjay he has become a "rebel filmmaker"[13] and helps create propaganda featuring Katniss as the Mockingjay for Panem. He is elected Secretary of Communications after the war ends.
Seneca Crane Wes Bentley The Head Gamemaker during the 74th Hunger Games. He is executed because he lets both Katniss and Peeta live. The book gives no details; in the movie however, Crane is escorted by Peacekeepers and locked in an opulent room containing only an elegant bowl of fresh Nightlock berries for him to consume. In the second book, Katniss effectively both impresses and shocks the Gamemakers by using the paint from Peeta's effigy of Rue, a practice dummy strung from the rafters of the gymnasium with a hangman's noose, and the name "Seneca Crane" as a warning and epitaph. This earns her a ranking of 12, designed to force other competitors to target her.
Octavia, Venia, and Flavius Bruce Bundy, Kimiko Gelman, and Nelson Ascencio respectively Katniss's prep team. They are residents of the Capitol and sport the usual radically altered appearances of Capitol residents, including orange corkscrew hair and purple lipstick (Flavius); pea-green skin (Octavia); and aqua-colored hair and a face etched with gold tattoos (Venia). At first it appears that they are very dull-witted and care only about their appearance. They prove themselves less shallow when they begin to cry while preparing Katniss for the Quarter Quell, from which they do not expect her to return. Katniss gleans valuable information from them by listening to them gossip about shortages of supplies, giving Katniss clues about which districts have rebelled. In Mockingjay, they are kidnapped and taken to District 13 to help with Katniss's styling, and they very quickly run afoul of District 13's draconian rules and end up cruelly punished for stealing bread. Katniss orders them set free and healed. Venia is said to have always been the strongest: for example, in Catching Fire, Venia is the only one to contain her emotions while working on Katniss's appearance, while Octavia and Flavius both needed to leave the room to control their emotions.
Caesar Flickerman Stanley Tucci Master of ceremonies and commentator of the Hunger Games along with Claudius Templesmith. He also interviews each tribute on live television the night before the Games begin, and is known to have an innate ability to relax a tribute's fears so as to have a casual discussion with him or her. He is also known for wearing a different color of hair and suit for each Hunger Games, including a frightening blood-red color of hair used in the 73rd Hunger Games. In the movies, he is also known for flashing a huge smile. It has been suggested that he has been the Master of ceremonies since the early days of the Hunger Games.
Tigris Eugenie Bondurant A former Hunger Games stylist who currently works in a small shop specializing in fur-trimmed underwear in the Capitol. Her face has been altered into a "semi-feline mask" from many surgical operations. It is implied these alterations, too strange for even people in The Capitol, caused her to be shunned and banned as a stylist for the Games; this resulted in Tigris becoming embittered towards The Capitol. She aids Katniss's squad on their final mission by hiding them in her shop and disguising them. When Katniss offers Tigris food, she says "I eat next to nothing, and then, only raw meat." After that, Katniss says that Tigris is too into her character.
Claudius Templesmith Toby Jones Announcer and commentator of the Hunger Games with Caesar Flickerman.
Lavinia Amber Chaney An Avox (a servant whose tongue has been cut out as punishment for treason). She has red hair, pale skin, and striking features. Because of her inability to speak, Katniss initially does not know her name or anything about her. Katniss recognizes her from when she and Gale witnessed the girl's capture and the death of her friend, and Katniss later speculates that she is a runaway from the Capitol. In Mockingjay, Katniss learns that her name was Lavinia and that it was planned that she be tortured to death to traumatize Peeta. She was killed along with Darius. Katniss learns from Peeta that her torturers used too much electricity during the process and her heart stopped, accidentally granting her a quick and less painful death.
Portia Latarsha Rose Peeta's stylist in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. She is only mentioned a few times in the series. She praises Katniss on a job well done in the first book when Katniss receives an 11 in training. Portia was publicly executed by the Capitol.
Atala Karan Kendrick Training Center coach before the Games.
District 13[edit]

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Character
Portrayer
Description
President Alma[citation needed] Coin Julianne Moore The leader of District 13. After taking over the Capitol, she temporarily becomes president of Panem. She has a special disliking of Katniss and mentions that Katniss is more useful to her dead than alive. It was revealed that she wanted Peeta rescued from the third Quarter Quell, not Katniss. She is publicly killed by Katniss at President Snow's execution after Katniss concludes that it was Coin who was responsible for the bombing that proved fatal to Primrose and many Capitol children.
Boggs Mahershala Ali First introduced as President Coin's right-hand man. At first, Katniss writes him off as someone she will dislike due to his close association with Coin. However, he is shown to be honest, witty, and friendly, and Katniss learns to trust him. He serves as Katniss's bodyguard for part of Mockingjay, and is assigned to Squad 451 along with Katniss, Gale, and Finnick. He accidentally steps on a land mine on a Capitol street that the Holo did not detect. When his legs are blown off, the squad drags him into an apartment, where he gives Katniss his Holo and tells her to complete her "mission," to not trust "them" (who this is referring to is unclear), and to kill Peeta. He dies soon after.
Cressida Natalie Dormer Resident director from the Capitol, she and her camera crew join the rebellion, moving to District 13 after fleeing the Capitol. Cressida is described as "a woman with a shaved head tattooed with green vines". She films the rebels' propos, following the training and the final mission of Katniss and her troop. After they're attacked, she leads the remaining members of the Star Squad to safety in Tigris's shop. Post-war, it is shown she manages to survive and now films war damage throughout the districts.[citation needed]
Messalla Evan Ross Cressida's assistant from the Capitol. He moved to District 13 after fleeing the Capitol. He assists in filming propos for the rebels in Districts 8 and 13. He joins the Star Squad in the rebellion, on their final mission in the Capitol. When the troop find their way into the underground of the Capitol, they are soon found by lizard muttations. Whilst fleeing from the lizards, Messalla is killed by a pod that emits a shaft of impenetrable light, melting his skin off.
Leeg 1 and Leeg 2 (sisters) Misty Ormiston and Kim Ormiston (respectively) Born in District 13, the sisters are placed in the sharpshooting Star Squad to assist Katniss in her final mission. They are said to look almost completely alike. Since everyone is addressed as "Soldier", they are distinguished by 1 and 2. Four days after arriving in the Capitol, Leeg 2 is the first to be killed in the Star Squad. She dies after poisonous darts that shoot out of an incorrectly labelled pod, shoot her in the temple. Leeg 1 continues through to the underground of the Capitol, until she is killed when Katniss discovers that Leeg 1 and Jackson chose to stay at a pod called the Meat Grinder, to hold back the lizard muttations.
Mitchell, Jackson, and Homes Joe Chrest, Michelle Forbes and Omid Abtahi (respectively) Part of Katniss's sharpshooting team, the Star Squad, they are all killed in the war. Mitchell is kicked into a net of barbed wire by a raging Peeta, and subsequently killed by a black tar-like substance. Jackson, second in command after Boggs in the Star Squad, stays behind to hold back the muttations, along with Leeg 1, presumably resulting in their deaths. Homes is presumed to be decapitated by the lizard muttations along with Finnick and Castor.
Castor and Pollux (brothers) Wes Chatham (Castor) and Elden Henson (Pollux) Cressida's camera crew from the Capitol. They often wear "insect shells", that is, a wearable carapace holding the camera and equipment. Pollux is a former Avox, having escaped from servitude in the Capitol, and Castor interprets for him. As photojournalists, they are courageous and have an incredible sense for "capturing the right moment" on film. After Katniss sings "The Hanging Tree," Pollux comes to truly accept and admire her. Castor is killed by the lizard muttations with Finnick and Homes. Their names derive from the twins of Greek mythology. In the myth, as in Mockingjay, Castor was killed, while Pollux lived on, alone.
Dr. Aurelius TBA A doctor from District 13. He took care of Katniss during her time in District 13 and headed the study on Peeta's hijacking. He is also Katniss's doctor/therapist after Prim's death (however, he generally sleeps during their sessions unless she feels like talking, which suits them both). He serves as a witness in Katniss's defense during her trial for the killing of Coin, stating she is mentally unstable.
Other districts[edit]

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Portrayer
Description
Annie Cresta
District 4 Stef Dawson From District 4, she competed in and won the 70th Hunger Games. She has sea green eyes and dark hair. She became mentally unstable after seeing the male tribute from her district decapitated. When an earthquake broke a dam, the arena was flooded. She won because, being from the fishing district, she was the best swimmer. Annie seems never to have fully recovered. She is chosen at the reaping for the Quarter Quell, but Mags volunteers to take her place, really trying to spare her. Her scream is used by the jabberjays (birds that are able to mimic whatever they hear) in the Quarter Quell to torment Finnick, who loves her. In Mockingjay, she and Finnick Odair marry, and she later gives birth to their son after his death. Annie votes against another Hunger Games for Capitol children, noting that, if Finnick were alive, he would do the same.
Commander Paylor
District 8 Patina Miller First appears in Mockingjay. Paylor is described a having dark brown eyes that are puffy with fatigue and smells of metal and sweat. Paylor is a leader of the rebel troops in District 8. Katniss meets her while in District 8 to film a propo. Later in Mockingjay, while wandering around President's Snow now rebel-inhabited mansion, Paylor allows Katniss to see President Snow, who is now imprisoned and awaiting execution. Two days after Katniss kills Coin, Paylor becomes President of Panem. It is implied that living conditions in all the districts improved considerably under her presidency.
Bonnie and Twill
District 8 N/A Katniss meets Bonnie and Twill in the woods during Catching Fire. Both are from District 8 and are rebels. Twill proves this by holding out a cracker with the image of a mockingjay; it is the first time Katniss sees that the mockingjay has become a symbol of rebellion. Bonnie and Twill are on their way to District 13 and they are the first to tell Katniss that District 13 may exist. Katniss also begins to ponder the reality of District 13, when she realizes that they show the same footage of the burned-down justice building again and again, each time implying it is current footage. However, in Mockingjay, it is mentioned that the pair never made it to 13, and they are presumed dead. Bonnie and Twill are not featured in the films.
Commander Lyme
District 2 Lily Rabe (Part 1), Gwendoline Christie (Part 2) A victor from District 2 who won over a generation ago according to Katniss. She is tall and muscular and leads the rebels in their fight in District 2 to capture "the Nut" which is a mountain that contains the missiles for the Capitol. It can be assumed that she dies in combat because at the end of the trilogy when Coin gathers the remaining victors only 7 are left: Peeta, Annie, Katniss, Beetee, Enobaria, Haymitch, and Johanna. Nothing is directly said that happens to Lyme but it is clear she dies at some point.
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The following is a list of characters in The Hunger Games trilogy, a series of young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins.


Contents  [hide]
1 Main characters 1.1 Katniss Everdeen
1.2 Peeta Mellark
1.3 Gale Hawthorne
1.4 Haymitch Abernathy
1.5 Primrose Everdeen
1.6 Cinna
1.7 Finnick Odair
1.8 Johanna Mason
1.9 President Snow
1.10 Effie Trinket
2 Major Tributes 2.1 74th Hunger Games
2.2 75th Hunger Games (3rd Quarter Quell)
3 Other characters 3.1 District 12
3.2 The Capitol
3.3 District 13
3.4 Other districts
4 References

Main characters[edit]
Katniss Everdeen[edit]

Katniss Everdeen

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Jennifer Lawrence
District
12
Information

Nickname(s)
Girl on Fire (given by Cinna)
 Catnip (given by Gale)
Gender
Female
Family
Mr. Everdeen (father; deceased)
 Mrs. Everdeen (mother; a healer, ends up working in a hospital in district 4)
 Primrose Everdeen (sister; deceased)
Main article: Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist of the series. She is sixteen years old at the beginning of the first book, and is portrayed as quiet, independent and fierce. She has long dark hair (which she wears in a single braid down her back), olive skin, and grey eyes.[1] She lives with her mother and Primrose, her younger sister, in District 12, a coal-mining district and one of the poorer districts of Panem. Food is scarce in District 12 and Katniss hunts illegally to feed her family and to supplement their meager income. Her father was killed in a mining explosion when she was younger, and her mother fell into a deep depression. Throughout her life, she became hunting partners and best friends with Gale Hawthorne, who is also from her District and whose father was killed in the same mining accident as Katniss's.
At the reaping for the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss's sister Prim's name is pulled by District 12 chaperone, Effie Trinket, but Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place. During the presentation of the tributes, her designer, Cinna, includes live flames in her costume, giving her the nickname "[the] Girl on Fire". During the pre-Game interviews, Peeta, Katniss's fellow tribute from District 12, expresses his love for her on live television. Katniss assumes it is a ploy to gain attention from wealthy sponsors. Later, she begins to believe that his love is real, though she is uncertain of her own feelings. During the Games, Katniss forms a genuine friendship with Rue (District 11 tribute), a 12-year old girl who reminds Katniss of her sister. After the two form an alliance and a plan to destroy their enemies' supplies, things go awry and Rue is killed with a spear by Marvel from District 1, whom Katniss promptly shoots with her signature bow and arrow. Halfway through the Games, a new rule is instituted allowing both tributes from a district to become victors. Katniss and Peeta work together, eventually killing the last tribute, Cato (District 2). However, instead of being announced victors, the rule is revoked and only one winner is to be allowed. Katniss decides that they should eat poisonous nightlock berries, killing themselves and leaving the Games with no winner. As a result, Seneca Crane hastily ends the Games, and declares both Katniss and Peeta as winners. This is seen by the Capitol's people as an act of undying love, but is seen by Capitol officials and rebels in many districts as an act of defiance. The act makes Katniss a symbol of rebellion for the Districts against the Capitol. Upon returning to District 12, Katniss becomes aware of her indifference of feelings towards Peeta.
Months later, Panem's leader, President Snow, visits Katniss in her home before the annual victory tour. It is revealed that her and Peeta's actions that helped them win the previous games was seen as an act of rebellion and caused a few uprisings in some of the districts. In order to calm the situation, Snow suggests Katniss convince the country of her and Peeta's love. By the end of the victory tour, with the country still seemingly unconvinced, Snow announces the 75th Hunger Games (the country's third Quarter Quell) in which all tributes are to be selected from the existing pool of victors. Being the only living female victor from District 12, Katniss is again reaped to compete in the games, alongside Peeta, who volunteers after their previous mentor, Haymitch Abernathy's name is called. During these games, Katniss and Peeta ally themselves with Beetee and Wiress (District 3), Finnick Odair and Mags (District 4), and Johanna Mason (District 7). Mags and Wiress are killed, however the remaining allies make it to the final 7, along with Brutus and Enobaria (District 2). After a plan suggested by Beetee to electrocute the remaining two tributes goes awry, Katniss blows up the arena by shooting an arrow at the force field, which had an electrical wire attached to it. Katniss, Finnick, and Beetee are rescued from the arena by the rebels and taken to District 13, though the remaining alliance members Peeta and Johanna are taken by the Capitol.
Upon regaining the majority of her mental and physical stability, the rebels approach Katniss about becoming the "Mockingjay" of the revolution. She eventually agrees and assists by filming short promos that are aired throughout the districts. After going through training, she is sent on a mission to the Capitol to carry out President Snow's assassination, alongside Gale and Finnick Odair. Peeta, who was successfully rescued from the Capitol, joins them. The Capitol injected Peeta with tracker jacker venom, causing him to forget a lot, including his feelings towards Katniss. When they first reunite in District 13, he tries to kill her. He is sent to join the mission to the Capitol, however, after weeks of counseling and attempts to set him straight again. The majority of the rebels in Katniss's crew is killed along the way to President Snow's mansion. A bomb goes off, killing her sister, who was in the Capitol to nurse the wounded rebels back to health. Katniss is left burned from the bombing near the President's mansion, right before the end of the war. She is rescued and nursed back to her own health, while informed that the rebels won the war and have President Snow's execution set, to be carried out by Katniss herself. After speaking with President Snow, she realizes that it was President Alma Coin of District 13 (who has also become the new president of Panem since Snow's capture), who ordered the bombing that killed Prim. At the execution, instead of shooting her arrow at President Snow, she kills Coin to avenge Prim's death and prevent someone as brutal as Coin from taking Snow's place. After being excused for Coin's murder, as she was still seen as mentally unstable, Katniss is sent back to District 12. She contemplates suicide until Peeta comes back from Dr. Aurelius's. Despite his flashbacks from his torture and her nightmares, they grow back together. In the epilogue, set fifteen years after the end of the story, it is implied that she has married Peeta, and they have two children, one girl and one boy.
Peeta Mellark[edit]

Peeta Mellark

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Josh Hutcherson
District
12
Information

Gender
Male
Family
Mr. Mellark (father; deceased at end of Catching Fire)
 Ms. Mellark (mother; deceased at end of Catching Fire)
 Unnamed 2 brothers (both deceased at end of Catching Fire)
Main article: Peeta Mellark
Peeta Mellark is the male tribute from District 12, in both the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. He is a baker's son. He is quite charismatic, which helps him during the Games. He states in an interview after the Reaping that he has been in love with Katniss since the first day he saw her. His relationship with Katniss grows throughout the story.
During The Hunger Games, Peeta is certain that Katniss will win because of her experience in hunting. Peeta defends Katniss, and even declares his love for her on public television. Though Peeta is sincere, Katniss does not truly return Peeta's affections; she initially believes he is simply trying to curry favor with the public and with the sponsors. At the end of the Games, they are the last two tributes remaining. The revision to the rules, which allowed two tributes to become victors if they originated from the same district, was revoked in an attempt for a more dramatic, and therefore audience-pleasing, ending. But rather than fight to the death, Peeta and Katniss threaten suicide with nightlock berries, forcing the Gamemakers to declare both of them victors. After the Games, it was revealed that Peeta had contracted blood poisoning from a wound he sustained in the Arena. Though Katniss had saved him in the Arena, he underwent surgery following the Games. The damage resulted in the loss of his left leg, forcing Peeta to use a prosthetic leg. Peeta is nicknamed "Lover Boy" by the Careers because of his love for Katniss.
Catching Fire opens with Peeta being "icy" and "unreachable", believing that the affection Katniss showed during the previous year's Games was a ploy. When President Snow announces the Third Quarter Quell, Peeta makes a deal with Haymitch to keep Katniss alive and safe – he volunteered himself, in Haymitch's place, in order to protect Katniss. He lies to the Capitol in an effort to try to save Katniss from returning to the Games by saying that they are married and that she is pregnant. During the Third Quarter Quell, Peeta and Katniss are part of the group that destroys the Arena. While rebels from District 13 rescue Katniss, Peeta is captured by Capitol forces.
In Mockingjay, he is tortured physically and mentally in an attempt to reveal information regarding Katniss and her whereabouts. Although he and others are eventually rescued, the Capitol tampered with his memories by using tracker jacker venom – a process called "hijacking" – which leaves him frightened and unstable. Believing that Katniss is a muttation, and remembering only a twisted version of their experiences in the Games, Peeta attempts to kill Katniss, but fails. With help from District 13 doctors, Prim, and other friends, he slowly begins to regain parts of his real memories, although the process is overwhelming and tedious for him. President Coin sends him on the final mission into the Capitol with the squad of soldiers that includes Katniss, Gale, and Finnick, where he struggles with his memories and mental trauma. It is believed President Coin's intent was for Peeta to become insane and kill Katniss, turning her into a martyr. However, Peeta manages to prevent this from happening, even insisting that he be handcuffed constantly in case he loses control and hurts someone. Realizing the danger in which he puts the group and the difficulty he causes them, he asks to be killed when it seems that he will lose control and try to kill Katniss. Katniss fiercely refuses and kisses him, which seems to make him stable. Peeta later votes not to have another Hunger Games (featuring children of the Capitol as tributes) to avenge the children that participated in previous years. When the war ends, Peeta survives and eventually returns to District 12 with Katniss. Later he and Katniss marry, and have two children – a girl and a boy – who are able to live in a world without the Hunger Games.
Peeta is 16 years old in The Hunger Games and 17 years old in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. He has a talent for art (he tells Katniss he was responsible for decorating the cakes at his family's bakery) and reveals that his favorite color is orange. When he is recovering his memory after he was "hijacked," Katniss reminds him that he likes the soft kind of orange like the sunset, not the bright kind.
Gale Hawthorne[edit]
Main article: Gale Hawthorne

Gale Hawthorne

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Liam Hemsworth
District
12
 Later District 2
Status
Alive
Information

Gender
Male
Family
Mr. Hawthorne
(father, deceased)
Hazelle Hawthorne (mother)
Rory Hawthorne (brother)
Vick Hawthorne (brother)
Posy Hawthorne (sister)
Gale Hawthorne is an 18-year-old boy who lives in District 12. He is Katniss's best friend and her hunting partner. They meet while Katniss is attempting to hunt to feed her family following their fathers' deaths. Gale is described by Katniss as muscular and very handsome, and catches the attention of girls in District 12. Both Gale and Katniss bear the typical resemblance of those from the Seam; dark hair, olive skin, and grey eyes. He has three younger siblings and is skilled with snares and hunting with bow and arrow.
In the second book, Catching Fire, Katniss returns to District 12, but their relationship cannot continue as it was, since Katniss and Peeta must play the part of lovers due to threats from the Capitol. Gale confesses his love for Katniss after she asks him to run away with her. Soon after, he is brutally whipped in public for hunting on Capitol land. He and Katniss prepare to fight as it becomes clear that a rebellion is about to begin. However, Katniss, along with Peeta, are selected for the Third Quarter Quell and must leave District 12 to return to the Games. Once again, Gale is forced to say goodbye to Katniss as she prepares for a fight to the death.
In Mockingjay, Gale fights in the rebellion in an epic war. District 12 is destroyed, and Gale leads approximately 10% of the population to safety. The survivors are forced to move to what is left of District 13. Once the people of District 13 are aware of Gale's heroism, they reward him with a higher ranking and a communicuff (which is later taken from him as punishment for helping Katniss in the war). Toward the end of the book, his relationship with Katniss deteriorates because he feels responsible for the death of Prim, Katniss's sister (caused by a bomb he had constructed). He mentions that he would always remind Katniss of Prim's death, which Katniss silently agrees with. Afterwards, Gale decides to remain in District 2.
Haymitch Abernathy[edit]
Main article: Haymitch Abernathy

Haymitch Abernathy

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Woody Harrelson[2]
District
12
Status
Alive
Information

Gender
Male
Family
Mrs. Abernathy (mother) (deceased)
 Unnamed younger brother (deceased)
Haymitch Abernathy is a "paunchy, middle-aged man" who was the victor of the 50th Hunger Games (the Second Quarter Quell), which occurred 24 years prior to the first book.[3] When he was 15, Haymitch was reaped for the Second Quarter Quell, where four tributes from each district were forced into the arena. He became an ally to a girl named Maysilee Donner, who was the original owner of Katniss's symbolic mockingjay pin, but was later forced to watch her die. During the Games, he discovered a wall of shrubbery at the edge of the Arena that concealed a force field, which ricocheted anything thrown in its direction. During the final moments of the Games, Haymitch (severely wounded himself) positioned himself by the edge, knowing that when his opponent flung her weapon at him, he could duck and the force field would hurl it back at her. His plan was successful, leaving Haymitch the victor. Within two weeks of his victory, Haymitch's mother, younger brother, and girlfriend were killed by President Snow as punishment for Haymitch using the force field to his advantage. Haymitch became an example of what happens to those who defy the Capitol.
After his victory, he became an alcoholic and has spent almost all of the next 24 years intoxicated. Being the only surviving victor from District 12 (one of only two in the history of the Games), Haymitch was forced to mentor all of its tributes, which consumed him with guilt by being forced to participate in the Games that he hated. He dealt with these feelings with alcohol and openly flouting the dignity of the games. He treats Peeta and Katniss with contempt and is sarcastic, expending no effort to help them. However, when Katniss confronts him, he is stirred from his stupor and emerges as the pair's greatest advocate, impressed by her determination and Peeta's patience. Haymitch shows himself to be highly canny as he guides his protégés in a cleverly designed, highly unorthodox strategy aimed at ensuring the survival of both tributes.
In the book Catching Fire, the liquor supply in District 12 runs out. As a result, Haymitch suffers from alcohol withdrawal. It is left to Katniss and Peeta to coax him back to health (and get him more liquor). After this incident, Katniss begins to develop a true affection and respect for him. When Katniss discovers that Haymitch and his allies from District 13 and the Capitol failed to save Peeta from the arena as they did for her, she claws him in the face. In Mockingjay, Haymitch is forced to go through detox in District 13, as they do not permit the consumption of alcohol. After this, he continues to serve as a mentor to Katniss and Peeta; however, he never truly repairs his relationship with either of them, and goes back to his drinking after the war ends. Haymitch and Katniss, despite nearly always working towards the same goals, are usually hostile towards one another, because they have similarly prickly personalities; also, Katniss and Peeta both resent Haymitch for keeping information from both of them, sometimes at the request of the other.
Primrose Everdeen[edit]

Primrose Everdeen

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Willow Shields
District
12
Status
Deceased (Killed in double blast after going in to help Capitol children casualties)
Information

Nickname(s)
Prim (by everyone)
 Little Duck (by Katniss)
Gender
Female
Family
Mrs. Everdeen (mother)
 Mr. Everdeen (father, deceased)
 Katniss Everdeen (sister)
Primrose Everdeen, an ingénue character, nicknamed "Prim", is Katniss's younger sister. She was 12 years old in The Hunger Games and presumably 13 years old in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Like her mother, she has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Prim is thoughtful and sweet. She is a skilled healer, having been taught by her mother. In Mockingjay, Prim is singled out by District 13 to be trained as a doctor. During Catching Fire and Mockingjay, Katniss sees a change in her personality, as she has become more solemn and mature. Katniss stated in the books that Prim is "the only person I'm certain I love."
At the Reaping for the 74th Hunger Games, Prim's name is pulled by Effie Trinket to be the female tribute for District 12. Katniss volunteers to take her place in the Games. As she leaves for the Capitol, Prim makes Katniss promise to try hard to win the Games. This promise guides many of Katniss's actions in the game, while Katniss's sacrifice for Prim making her a popular symbol in the Capitol as people love the story, prompting some to note that the Capitol will never threaten Prim to get to Katniss because of the potential outcry.
In Mockingjay, Prim is sent by President Alma Coin into the rebellion battle against the Capitol to serve as a casualty nurse. During this battle, Prim is killed in a bombing, causing Katniss to fall into a deep depression. President Snow later reveals to Katniss that the bombing was planned by the rebels to galvanize public opinion against the Capitol to make people think that the Capitol caused the accident, and then had timed a second explosion to detonate when the medical corps arrived to assist survivors. Katniss had been told by Gale that this was a strategy being contemplated by the rebels. Knowledge of this information leads Katniss to execute President Coin, instead of President Snow.
Cinna[edit]

Cinna

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Catching Fire
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Lenny Kravitz
District
12
Status
Deceased (killed after he designed Katniss's wedding-turned-Mockingjay dress)
Information

Gender
Male
Family
unknown
Cinna is the stylist of Katniss Everdeen. His styling efforts help her obtain sponsors, who send her useful gifts during her first Hunger Games. He designed her burning dress in the first Hunger Games which gives her the nickname "The Girl on Fire" in the media. He also designed Katniss's purported wedding dress, which transforms (upon spinning and incinerating) on the live television broadcast into a Mockingjay costume replete with wings, magnifying her image as a symbol for the rebellion. For this act of rebellion on his part, he is beaten brutally by peacekeepers and dragged off while Katniss witnesses it all, helplessly encapsulated in a tube just seconds prior to being launched into her second Hunger Games. In the last part of the trilogy he bequeathed to Katniss a notebook with designs of her Mockingjay dress so it can be recreated to further the rebellion.
Finnick Odair[edit]

Finnick Odair

First appearance
Catching Fire
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Sam Claflin
District
04
Status
Deceased (Decapitated by lizard muttations)
Information

Gender
Male
Spouse(s)
Annie Cresta (wife)
Children
Unnamed son
Finnick Odair is the male tribute from District 4 who was reaped into the Third Quarter Quell. He is 24 years old and described as being very handsome, muscular, athletic and tall with tan skin, bronze hair, and stunning sea-green eyes. He is very popular among the people of the Capitol, and is known as a Sex Symbol for having many female lovers in the Capitol, none of whom he stays with for long. At age 14, he won the 65th Hunger Games by using a trident and a net against other tributes (a skill unique to District 4's trade of fishing). Katniss remarks that the trident given to him by a sponsor may have been the most expensive gift ever seen in the Games. During the Quarter Quell, Katniss is hesitant to make Finnick her ally, because she does not trust him—to her, he appears to be shallow, arrogant, and superficial. However, Finnick soon proves to be trustworthy by saving Peeta by using CPR to resuscitate him (which Katniss notes as, "one of the things I will never stop owing him for"), and using his skills to provide shelter. When jabberjays that make sounds of the screams of loved ones being tortured appear in the Quell, the one made to target Finnick uses the voice of Annie Cresta, his "poor, mad" lover in District Four, who was also a victor of the Games. In Mockingjay, Finnick enters a deep depression, a result of Annie being held prisoner by the Capitol. He assists with the rebellion by appearing in rebel propaganda. He later reveals that victors of the Games are often prostituted to wealthy citizens of the Capitol by President Snow, which resulted in his reputation of many lovers. He also reveals all of the political secrets he learned from clients, including the fact that President Snow only became the leader of Panem through poisoning his opponents. He is reunited with Annie (when District 13 retrieves her, Johanna, and Peeta from the Capitol), and they get married. Finnick is a member of the "Star Squad" that goes to fight in the Capitol during the final stages of the rebellion. He is decapitated by lizard muttations during the attempt to infiltrate the Capitol. Some months after his death, Annie has their son. Finnick is characterized as being personable, very good-looking, and down-to earth, with a quirky sense of humor. After an initial period of distrust, he and Katniss become good friends.
Johanna Mason[edit]

Johanna Mason

First appearance
Catching Fire
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Jena Malone[4]
 
District
07
Status
Alive
Information

Gender
Female
Johanna Mason is the female tribute from District 7. Sarcastic and rebellious, Johanna's first meeting with Katniss involves her stripping naked out of her tree costume in order to make Katniss uncomfortable. She reveals that she has no friends or family in District 7 during the 75th Hunger Games, stating "there is no one left I love." She won her original Hunger Games by pretending she was a weakling and a coward, so no one regarded her as a threat, but when only a few tributes remained, she revealed herself as a vicious killer. Johanna teams up with Katniss, Peeta, and Finnick in the Quarter Quell, bringing Beetee and Wiress with her. Johanna takes part in the committee to keep Katniss and Peeta alive, and helps by protecting Katniss throughout the Games. Near the end of Catching Fire she removes the tracker in Katniss's arm by cutting it out with a knife. Johanna is captured by the Capitol at the end of Catching Fire. In the third book, she is rescued along with Peeta and Annie and brought to District 13, where she fights with rebel forces and improves her friendship with Katniss. She is to fight in the Capitol with Katniss (although not as a sharpshooter—being from an area where lumber is the main export, her main weapon is the axe) but during training in District 13 she panics when the training arena is deliberately flooded as she has developed a fear of water as a result of her Capitol torture: being soaked in water and given electric shocks. Because she and Katniss refuse to be held in the District 13 hospital to treat their supposed mental illnesses, they convince the officials of District 13 to let them room together. Johanna is part of the committee that votes whether or not to hold one last Hunger Games using the Capitol's children: she votes yes. Also, Haymitch implies that she may also have been prostituted by President Snow, like Finnick. But it is also implied that she refused to be prostituted, causing the Capitol to kill her family and friends.
President Snow[edit]

President Snow

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Donald Sutherland
District
The Capitol
Status
Deceased (Choked to death by his own blood or trampled on after the murder of President Coin)
Information

Family
Unnamed child
 Unnamed granddaughter
The primary antagonist of the series, President Coriolanus Snow is the autocratic ruler of the Capitol and all of Panem. Though seemingly laid-back, his demeanor hides a sadistic and psychopathic mind.[5] He initially appears in The Hunger Games at the opening of the Games giving the official welcome, but he does not speak to Katniss face-to-face until Catching Fire, when he pays her a visit at home and tells her that he is angry that both she and Peeta were allowed to survive the Hunger Games, as their act of defiance (preferring joint suicide to the prospect of one killing the other) has ignited rebellion in several of the Districts. She is too prominent to kill, but he threatens her family and Gale unless she proves to the Districts that her act of saving Peeta was merely that of a love-crazed teenager and was not related to any desire to defy the Capitol.[6] Later, Snow indicates to her that she failed in this, meaning that some or all of his threats will come true. President Snow is described as having very puffy lips, which are most likely the result of an appearance-altering operation that is very popular in the Capitol. Katniss describes him as exuding a smell of blood and roses.[7] In Mockingjay, it is revealed that the smell of blood is due to mouth sores he got from one of the poisons that he used to kill people in his monomaniacal efforts to control Panem. He drank the poison in order to allay suspicions, then took the antidote, but they could not cure him of the sores. He also smells strongly of genetically enhanced roses, as he always wears a white rose in his lapel to cover the scent of blood. The strong smell invariably makes Katniss gag. He is said to have prostituted winning tributes, like Finnick Odair, forcing them to have sex with wealthy Capitol citizens, under threat of killing their loved ones if they refused. Snow claims he only kills for a purpose, and he promises Katniss he will always tell her the truth. Whether these assertions are true or not is left up to interpretation by Katniss. He dies at the end of Mockingjay, after Katniss shot President Coin instead of him, though the rebels are unable to determine whether it was by choking to death on his own blood from his untreated mouth sores or because he was trampled by the mob in the panic following the assassination of President Coin.
Effie Trinket[edit]

Effie Trinket

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Elizabeth Banks
District
The Capitol
 Liaison to District 12
Information

Gender
Female
Effie Trinket is a Capitol-born chaperone who was assigned to oversee District 12's tributes in the Hunger Games, specifically Katniss and Peeta in the 74th and 75th Games. She must carry out such tasks as drawing the tributes' names at the reaping and escorting them to the Capitol. At first, she detests her association with District 12 and hopes to be promoted to a better, richer district after she pays her dues for a few years. Later, Effie becomes attached to her District 12 charges, though it's unclear if this is because of their particular charms, or because of their fame and success, which reflect well upon her. She does not have any moral qualms about the Hunger Games or the Capitol and appears totally oblivious to the misfortunes of District 12. She does not appear to be very intelligent, and gets basic facts wrong, such as confusing how diamonds and pearls are made. Effie always seems to wear wigs of different colors for different "special" occasions. She is very strict about manners and is always punctual. Katniss notes in the first book that 'although she can be tiresome, Effie has a very keen instinct about certain things' and that 'she has a certain determination I admire'. Her catchphrase in the first book is 'Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor!' In Mockingjay, it is said that she was imprisoned after Katniss's escape, but, unlike many others Katniss knew in the Capitol, she is not executed. She meets up again with Katniss before Snow's execution and Katniss notes that she has a "vacant look" in her eyes.
Major Tributes[edit]
This is a list of named tributes from the 74th and 75th Hunger Games who are not considered main characters in the series.
74th Hunger Games[edit]

Character
Portrayer
Tribute Details
In the Games
Marvel Jack Quaid[8] District 1 male Marvel was the male tribute for District 1 and a member of the career pack. He scored a 9 in his individual training. Marvel played a strong part in the initial bloodbath, killing off many tributes. He then took part in the hunt for Katniss during the games, along with the career tributes and Peeta. When the careers were attacked by the tracker jacker nest, he survived as the sole District 1 tribute. Marvel survived through to the final 8 tributes, but was then killed by Katniss, in defense after he had speared Rue. He finished 8th overall.
Glimmer Leven Rambin District 1 female Glimmer was the female tribute for District 1 and a member of the career pack. Like the other career tributes, she played a strong part in the initial bloodbath, killing off many tributes. She then took part in the hunt for Katniss during the games, along with the career tributes and Peeta. On Day 2, the career tributes found the District 8 female, and Glimmer was given a sword by Cato to kill her. Glimmer then hunted down Katniss with the other career tributes, and cornered her up a tree with no escape. With help from Rue, Katniss was able to cut down a tracker jacker nest, which woke all the tracker jackers and the career tributes. Glimmer failed to escape the attack of the tracker jackers and was stung to death. She finished 11th overall (12th in the book).
Cato Alexander Ludwig District 2 male Cato was the male tribute for District 2 and a member of the career pack. He scored a 10 in his individual training, proving to be one of the most powerful tributes. Cato played a strong part in the initial bloodbath, killing off many tributes. He then took part in the hunt for Katniss during the games, along with the career tributes and Peeta. Out of the four career tributes, Cato was the most eager to kill Katniss. He managed to escape the attack of the tracker jackers, caused by Katniss while they were sleeping. When Katniss destroyed the career tributes mountain of supplies, Cato, in a fit of rage, snapped the neck of the District 3 male. Cato made it through to the final 6, and was absent from the feast, as Clove had gone to the cornucopia herself and fought with Katniss. Cato next appeared at the cornucopia as he, Katniss and Peeta were being attacked by the Mutts to end the games. Cato fought brutally with both the District 12 tributes, and almost beat them when he grabbed Peeta by the neck threatening to kill him, which would leave Katniss as sole victor as she would kill Cato in defense, but he was shot in the hand, pushed off of the Cornucopia by Peeta and attacked by a pack of wolf mutts. He then begged to be killed by Katniss out of mercy, and she shot him in the head to end his torture. He was the final tribute to be killed in the 74th Hunger Games, finishing 3rd overall.
Clove Isabelle Fuhrman District 2 female Clove was the female tribute for District 2 and a member of the career pack. She scored a 10 in her individual training, very common of a career tribute. In the initial bloodbath, she was the first tribute who came close to killing Katniss. She killed the District 9 male, who was about to kill Katniss, and then threw a knife at Katniss, which landed in her backpack. She then chased Katniss away into the forest. Clove took part in the hunt for Katniss during the games, along with the career tributes and Peeta. Once they found Katniss, they chased her up a tree and trapped her by sleeping on the ground beneath her. She then survived the attack of the tracker jackers, caused by Katniss. She and the careers were then weakened even more by Katniss when she destroyed their supplies. Clove and Katniss then came into contact at the feast, where Clove attacked her with a knife, pinned her down and taunted her about the death of Rue. She was then attacked by Thresh, who had witnessed the whole fight. Her death is slightly different between the book and the film. In the book she has her head smashed with a rock by Thresh, cracking her skull, but in the film she is violently slammed against the cornucopia. She finished 6th overall.
Unknown Ian Nelson District 3 male The male tribute from District 3. He escaped the bloodbath alive, however, his female counterpart was killed. He survived by joining the career pack, as he was able to rewire the explosives from under the pedestals to protect the supplies for the careers. He was killed by having his neck snapped by Cato, after Katniss shot an arrow at a bag of apples, which set off the bombs, destroying the supplies. He finished 9th overall.
Foxface Jacqueline Emerson District 5 female Foxface was the female tribute for District 5. During training, she spent most of her time working on the plants section, which proved her to be the smartest of all the tributes. She scored a 5 during her individual training. She survived the initial bloodbath, but ran into Katniss while trying to escape. The two spared each other's lives in fear and ran in opposite directions. She was next seen by Katniss, as she stole food from the career tributes mountain of supplies. She then took part in the feast, in which she remained hidden in the cornucopia, escaping with her district bag. She made it through to final 5 tributes, but her death came when she was poisoned by eating nightlock (poisonous berries). She finished 5th overall (4th in the book).
Unknown Ashton Moio District 6 male The male tribute for District 6. He fought with Cato in training, who accused him of stealing his knife, which made him a target for Cato in the Games. Both he and his female counterpart were killed in the initial bloodbath. He almost killed Glimmer, the District 1 female, but was then killed by Cato.
Unknown Mackenzie Lintz District 8 female The female tribute for District 8. She was one of the youngest tributes in the 74th Hunger Games. She survived the initial bloodbath, and made camp on the first night very close to Katniss. She made a fire to keep warm, which attracted the attention of the career tributes. She was then found and killed by the Careers with Peeta eventually killing her off for good. She finished 12th overall (13th in the book).
Thresh Dayo Okeniyi[9] District 11 male Thresh was the male tribute for District 11. He was one of the oldest and strongest tributes, which came as an advantage to him in the games. He scored a 9 in his individual training, which proved him to be as strong as the career tributes. He survived the initial bloodbath, and even killed one of the tributes himself. During the games, he stayed hidden away from all the other tributes which helped him survive through to the final 6. When the feast was announced, he made his way to the cornucopia and witnessed Clove attack Katniss. He then brutally killed Clove upon hearing her say that she killed Rue, his female counterpart. He spared Katniss's life as she was Rue's ally. His death in the book is very different to that of the film. He is presumably killed by Cato, finishing 5th overall (book), whereas in the film he is the first victim of the Mutts, finishing 4th overall.
Rue Amandla Stenberg District 11 female Rue was the female tribute for District 11. She was the youngest of all the tributes in the games, being just 12 years old. She scored a 7 in her individual training. She survived the initial bloodbath, unusual for such a young tribute. She spent the first few days climbing through the trees and hiding. On Day 5, she found Katniss up a tree, who was trapped by the career tributes. She pointed out a tracker jacker nest to Katniss and told her to cut it down to attack to the careers. This resulted in the death of Glimmer. Katniss then collapsed after being stung by some of the tracker jackers, and was asleep for a few days. Rue took care of her body wounds during this time. Upon awakening, Katniss and Rue became allies and made plans to destroy the careers supplies. Katniss destroyed the mountain the next day, but Rue found herself trapped in a net set up by the careers. Katniss came to her rescue, only for Marvel to spear Rue in the abdomen. Katniss killed Marvel in defense of Rue. Rue then told Katniss that she has to win and asked her to sing for her as she died. She finished 7th overall.
75th Hunger Games (3rd Quarter Quell)[edit]

Character
Portrayer
District/Gender
Cause of death
Gloss Alan Ritchson District 1 male Shot with an arrow in the right temple (in the chest in the film) by Katniss
Cashmere Stephanie Leigh Schlund District 1 female Had an axe thrown into her chest by Johanna Mason
Brutus Bruno Gunn District 2 male Killed by Peeta (method unknown)
Enobaria Meta Golding District 2 female N/A (removed from the arena by the Capitol)
Beetee Jeffrey Wright District 3 male N/A (removed from the arena by the rebels)
Wiress Amanda Plummer District 3 female Throat slit by Gloss
Mags Lynn Cohen[10] District 4 female Sacrificed herself to poisonous fog to allow Finnick to save Peeta instead
Female Morphling Megan Hayes District 6 female Sacrificed herself by jumping in front of a monkey mutt before it has the chance to kill Peeta
Blight Bobby Jordan District 7 male Accidentally ran into the force field when the blood rain started
Woof John Casino District 8 male Killed in the bloodbath
Cecelia Elena Sanchez District 8 female Killed in the bloodbath
Chaff E. Roger Mitchell District 11 male Killed by Brutus (method unknown)
Seeder Maria Howell District 11 female Killed in the bloodbath
Other characters[edit]
District 12[edit]

Character
Portrayer
Description
Mrs. Everdeen Paula Malcomson Katniss's mother. She was raised in town as the daughter of an apothecary, and consequently had a fairly comfortable life. During the 50th Hunger Games (2nd Quarter Quell) reaping, she and Madge's mother were clinging on Maysilee Donner, Madge's aunt and Ms. Everdeen's friend, who was reaped and killed at the time. She gave it all up to marry Katniss's father and move to the Seam, where she lived in poverty. She falls into a deep depression when her husband dies in a mining accident. She does not talk for quite a while, causing Katniss to step up and be Prim's caretaker. She eventually recovers enough to set up an apothecary in District 12, but it is not until after her first Hunger Games that Katniss finally forgives her mother for not offering any support to her and Prim during her depression. In Mockingjay she is seen working in the hospital in District 13, and following Prim's death at the end of the book, she does not return to District 12 with Katniss. Instead, she stays in District 4, working in a hospital and coping with her grief. She and Katniss maintain contact through telephone calls.
Madge Undersee N/A The mayor's daughter and Katniss's friend. She and Katniss were always thrown together at school, both being solitary in nature. Madge is the one who gives Katniss her mockingjay pin,[11] which becomes a symbol of rebellion. Katniss later learns that the pin had belonged to Madge's aunt, Maysilee Donner, a Tribute in the 50th Hunger Games and twin to Madge's mother, who became allies with Haymitch for some time. Katniss and Madge spend more time together during the months after the Games. Katniss is at Madge's house when she first hears of the uprisings in District 8 on the mayor's television in his room. She and her family perish in the District 12 bombings. Madge is not included in the film adaptations.
Mr. Everdeen Philip Troy Linger He was Katniss's father, before his death in the mines of District 12 when Katniss was 11 and Prim was 7. Memories of him run through Katniss's mind throughout the series, with Katniss mentioning such features of him as his singing voice, his handsomeness, and the things he taught her. Peeta's father says that although he was in love with Katniss's mother, she chose to marry Katniss's father because of his lovely singing voice. Katniss recalls that when he sang, "all the birds stopped to listen". (Which is one of the memories that Peeta responds successfully to.) She misses him terribly, and the pain of losing him almost destroyed Mrs. Everdeen. He is depicted through flashbacks in the films.
Delly Cartwright TBA A girl from District 12 whom Katniss describes as being "the friendliest person on the planet." She is Peeta's friend. She is one of the refugees in District 13, after escaping the District 12 fire bombing with her younger brother. Her parents, who hid in the shoe shop during the bombing, were not so lucky as Katniss describes. She is first mentioned in "The Hunger Games", when Peeta, trying to explain Katniss's reaction in recognizing an Avox as someone she met on a hunting trip, fibs that the Avox is a "dead ringer for Delly". In Mockingjay, after Peeta is rescued from the Capitol, Delly is used as a psychological "balm" to stir his childhood memories and help begin his recovery from the mind-control tortures the Capitol inflicted upon him. In the same book, it was revealed that Delly and Peeta used to do chalk drawings on paving stones and Peeta's father used to let them make dough people.
Greasy Sae Sandra Ellis Lafferty Greasy Sae is an old woman who sells bowls of soup from a large kettle at The Hob in District 12. Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne trade with her often, and make a conscious effort to keep on good terms with her as she could be counted on to buy wild dog, which most of their other customers decline. Greasy Sae started a collection to sponsor Peeta and Katniss during the 74th Hunger Games, with some people chipping in. She also has a granddaughter described as "not quite right" who is generally treated as sort of a pet by people in the Hob, who give her scraps of food from their stands. At the end of the book, Greasy Sae is one of the few hundred people to return to District 12 following the war. When Katniss returns to District 12 after the war, Greasy Sae comes over in the morning and evening to cook and do light housekeeping. It is unclear whether she is doing this out of friendship or if she has been paid. Greasy Sae is not directly mentioned in the Hunger Games movie, but a character who is presumably her is seen dealing with Katniss. She gives the mockingjay pin to Katniss in the movie, although in the book, it was given to her by Madge.
Hazelle Hawthorne N/A Gale's mother. A very self-reliant woman, after her husband is killed in the same mining accident that killed Katniss's father, she takes up work doing people's laundry. After Gale is caught poaching and is publicly whipped, people stop using her services for fear of being punished for associating with her. She gets a new job cleaning Haymitch's house sometime after that.
Rory, Vick, and Posy Hawthorne N/A Gale's younger siblings. The book states that Rory is 12, Vick is ten and Posy is five. Posy was born just after the mining accident in which Gale's father died. After Thread's lockdown, Posy got sick and Rory got tesserae in exchange for his name to be entered more times in the reaping.
Mr. Mellark N/A Peeta's father. Kind and soft spoken, resembling Peeta, he does not appear except when he trades with Katniss and Gale and when he visits Katniss before the 74th Hunger Games to give her cookies. It is later revealed that he grew up with Katniss's mother, Mrs. Everdeen, and even loved her. In Mockingjay, used to let Peeta and Delly Cartwright make dough girls and boys. He and his wife die in the bombings of District 12.
Mrs. Mellark Raiko Bowman She is Peeta's mother. Very stern and strict, she only appears in the series once, when she beats Peeta. Peeta mentions that he likes his father more than his mother once. Katniss calls her a "witch" on several occasions, and hints that Mr. Mellark only married her because he could not have the woman that became Mrs. Everdeen. Mrs. Mellark dies in the bombings of District 12.
Cray Wilbur Fitzgerald Head Peacekeeper of District 12. As Head Peacekeeper of District 12, Cray does not enforce many of the laws of the Capitol. He is often found in the Hob, the black market of District 12, where he buys illegal alcohol and game from Gale and Katniss. Although lenient with the law, he is also known to abuse his position by luring starving young women into his bed in exchange for a small amount of money. Katniss claims that if she had not learned to hunt, she would have been one of those women.
Maysilee Donner N/A She is Madge's aunt, and was reaped along with Haymitch and two others for the 50th Hunger Games, and temporarily became his ally. She was friends with Katniss's mother. After breaking the alliance with Haymitch, she is killed by a large number of bright, "candy-pink birds," who use their razor sharp beaks to fatally wound her in the neck. Haymitch stays with her until she dies, as Katniss stayed with Rue until she died. The mockingjay pin Madge gave Katniss belonged to her.
Romulus Thread Patrick St. Esprit Cray's replacement as Head Peacekeeper of District 12. His only appearance is in the second book Catching Fire at Gale Hawthorne's whipping for poaching off the Capitol's land. He makes major changes to District 12 by adding new gallows, stocks, and a whipping post. He also has the Hob (District 12's black market) burned down.
Mayor Undersee N/A Mayor Undersee is the father to Madge Undersee as well as the mayor of District 12. He enjoys the strawberries that Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne pick illegally from the woods. He was present at the reaping in "The Hunger Games". He is also mentioned as throwing a Harvest Festival party in District 12 in Catching Fire. He dies in the bombing of District 12.
Goat Man N/A An old man who raises goats as a living. In The Hunger Games, Katniss recalls him as the man who sells Katniss and Gale a goat. Later the goat is given to Primrose and named Lady. His fate is unknown, although he is said to have died during the initial bombing of District 12.
Rooba N/A The District 12 meat butcher. She helps Katniss by refusing the Goat Man's offer thus letting Katniss have the goat for a lower price. She is also known to buy meat (such as squirrels and deer) from Katniss and Gale. She dies in bombing of District 12.
Lady N/A A nanny goat owned by Prim, who usually milks it before going to school every day. Unlike Buttercup, Lady was not brought to District 13 during the evacuation, due to her size and weight. It is unknown, but likely, if Lady was killed during the bombings, but Katniss didn't see her anywhere when she visited District 12.
Buttercup N/A Prim's cat. Though Katniss describes him as "the world's ugliest cat", Prim disregards this and takes good care of him. He is Prim's companion, and is loyal only to her. Although he did not escape with Prim and Mrs. Everdeen, Katniss found him when she revisited District 12 and brought him back. He is said to dislike District 13, due to its underground location and lack of fresh air. After Prim's death and the end of the war, he makes his way back to District 12 on foot, and is found again by Katniss. The two mourn over Prim's death in Mockingjay, and end up comforting each other (it is hinted they are starting to come to love each other).
Ms. Undersee N/A Mayor Undersee's wife, Madge's mother, and sister of Maysilee Donner. She is only mentioned to have been in a very deep depression, partially brought on by her sister's death. She is described as to stay in bed all day, shutting away reality. She takes pills to calm her pain, which doesn't seem to work. Perishes along with her daughter, husband, and two other people.
Darius N/A A friendly Peacekeeper who was turned into an Avox because he interfered with Gale's public whipping. He is Katniss's Avox servant for the Quarter Quell, along with Lavinia. Because of this, he was arrested with Lavinia, questioned about Katniss, tortured and eventually killed. Peeta mentioned in Mockingjay that while Lavinia died relatively quickly (if accidentally), it took days to finish Darius off. As Avoxes cannot speak, it can be assumed that the only purpose of questioning them was to torture Peeta by making him listen.
The Capitol[edit]

Character
Portrayer
Description
Cinna Lenny Kravitz Katniss's stylist, responsible for her public appearance. After designing the spectacular outfits of the opening ceremony, which include igniting Katniss and Peeta's costumes with synthetic fire, he nicknames Katniss "the Girl On Fire." Cinna is in his first year as a stylist for the Games, and specifically requested to be assigned to District 12. His amazing designs immediately win over the audience in favor of the District 12 tributes. Despite (or perhaps because of) his professional interest in image, Cinna proves to be better than most at seeing through the superficial spectacle of the Games to their barbaric core, "using [her] outfits as a vehicle to express potentially dangerous ideas."[12] He and Katniss establish an easy, comfortable relationship and he demonstrates a genuine concern for her well-being. In Catching Fire, Cinna dresses her for her interview in her wedding dress, as insisted by President Snow, but alters it so that when Katniss raises her arms and twirls at her interview, the white dress burns away to be replaced with a black dress of feathers that resembles a mockingjay, which has become the symbol of the resistance in Panem. Because of this, Cinna is savagely beaten in front of Katniss, right before she enters the arena for the Quarter Quell, which unnerves her greatly. It is suggested that he might have been tortured to death after the arena explodes. Cinna is very different from the other inhabitants of the Capitol; he does not use surgery to alter his features, wears simple black clothes, and leaves his hair its natural dark brown color, close cropped. His only concession to the Capitol's fashion style is a small amount of gold eyeliner that brings out the gold flecks in his eyes.
Plutarch Heavensbee Philip Seymour Hoffman In the 74th Hunger Games, he is the judge who falls into the punch bowl when Katniss shoots an arrow into the judge's viewing box. In Catching Fire, he is the new Head Gamemaker following the execution of Seneca Crane. He is later shown to be the leader of the rebellion movement in the Districts, and is the mastermind behind the plan to break the tributes out of the arena in Catching Fire. He tries to give Katniss hints about the nature of the Arena for the Quarter Quell, but Katniss doesn't pick up on it until much later. In Mockingjay he has become a "rebel filmmaker"[13] and helps create propaganda featuring Katniss as the Mockingjay for Panem. He is elected Secretary of Communications after the war ends.
Seneca Crane Wes Bentley The Head Gamemaker during the 74th Hunger Games. He is executed because he lets both Katniss and Peeta live. The book gives no details; in the movie however, Crane is escorted by Peacekeepers and locked in an opulent room containing only an elegant bowl of fresh Nightlock berries for him to consume. In the second book, Katniss effectively both impresses and shocks the Gamemakers by using the paint from Peeta's effigy of Rue, a practice dummy strung from the rafters of the gymnasium with a hangman's noose, and the name "Seneca Crane" as a warning and epitaph. This earns her a ranking of 12, designed to force other competitors to target her.
Octavia, Venia, and Flavius Bruce Bundy, Kimiko Gelman, and Nelson Ascencio respectively Katniss's prep team. They are residents of the Capitol and sport the usual radically altered appearances of Capitol residents, including orange corkscrew hair and purple lipstick (Flavius); pea-green skin (Octavia); and aqua-colored hair and a face etched with gold tattoos (Venia). At first it appears that they are very dull-witted and care only about their appearance. They prove themselves less shallow when they begin to cry while preparing Katniss for the Quarter Quell, from which they do not expect her to return. Katniss gleans valuable information from them by listening to them gossip about shortages of supplies, giving Katniss clues about which districts have rebelled. In Mockingjay, they are kidnapped and taken to District 13 to help with Katniss's styling, and they very quickly run afoul of District 13's draconian rules and end up cruelly punished for stealing bread. Katniss orders them set free and healed. Venia is said to have always been the strongest: for example, in Catching Fire, Venia is the only one to contain her emotions while working on Katniss's appearance, while Octavia and Flavius both needed to leave the room to control their emotions.
Caesar Flickerman Stanley Tucci Master of ceremonies and commentator of the Hunger Games along with Claudius Templesmith. He also interviews each tribute on live television the night before the Games begin, and is known to have an innate ability to relax a tribute's fears so as to have a casual discussion with him or her. He is also known for wearing a different color of hair and suit for each Hunger Games, including a frightening blood-red color of hair used in the 73rd Hunger Games. In the movies, he is also known for flashing a huge smile. It has been suggested that he has been the Master of ceremonies since the early days of the Hunger Games.
Tigris Eugenie Bondurant A former Hunger Games stylist who currently works in a small shop specializing in fur-trimmed underwear in the Capitol. Her face has been altered into a "semi-feline mask" from many surgical operations. It is implied these alterations, too strange for even people in The Capitol, caused her to be shunned and banned as a stylist for the Games; this resulted in Tigris becoming embittered towards The Capitol. She aids Katniss's squad on their final mission by hiding them in her shop and disguising them. When Katniss offers Tigris food, she says "I eat next to nothing, and then, only raw meat." After that, Katniss says that Tigris is too into her character.
Claudius Templesmith Toby Jones Announcer and commentator of the Hunger Games with Caesar Flickerman.
Lavinia Amber Chaney An Avox (a servant whose tongue has been cut out as punishment for treason). She has red hair, pale skin, and striking features. Because of her inability to speak, Katniss initially does not know her name or anything about her. Katniss recognizes her from when she and Gale witnessed the girl's capture and the death of her friend, and Katniss later speculates that she is a runaway from the Capitol. In Mockingjay, Katniss learns that her name was Lavinia and that it was planned that she be tortured to death to traumatize Peeta. She was killed along with Darius. Katniss learns from Peeta that her torturers used too much electricity during the process and her heart stopped, accidentally granting her a quick and less painful death.
Portia Latarsha Rose Peeta's stylist in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. She is only mentioned a few times in the series. She praises Katniss on a job well done in the first book when Katniss receives an 11 in training. Portia was publicly executed by the Capitol.
Atala Karan Kendrick Training Center coach before the Games.
District 13[edit]

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Portrayer
Description
President Alma[citation needed] Coin Julianne Moore The leader of District 13. After taking over the Capitol, she temporarily becomes president of Panem. She has a special disliking of Katniss and mentions that Katniss is more useful to her dead than alive. It was revealed that she wanted Peeta rescued from the third Quarter Quell, not Katniss. She is publicly killed by Katniss at President Snow's execution after Katniss concludes that it was Coin who was responsible for the bombing that proved fatal to Primrose and many Capitol children.
Boggs Mahershala Ali First introduced as President Coin's right-hand man. At first, Katniss writes him off as someone she will dislike due to his close association with Coin. However, he is shown to be honest, witty, and friendly, and Katniss learns to trust him. He serves as Katniss's bodyguard for part of Mockingjay, and is assigned to Squad 451 along with Katniss, Gale, and Finnick. He accidentally steps on a land mine on a Capitol street that the Holo did not detect. When his legs are blown off, the squad drags him into an apartment, where he gives Katniss his Holo and tells her to complete her "mission," to not trust "them" (who this is referring to is unclear), and to kill Peeta. He dies soon after.
Cressida Natalie Dormer Resident director from the Capitol, she and her camera crew join the rebellion, moving to District 13 after fleeing the Capitol. Cressida is described as "a woman with a shaved head tattooed with green vines". She films the rebels' propos, following the training and the final mission of Katniss and her troop. After they're attacked, she leads the remaining members of the Star Squad to safety in Tigris's shop. Post-war, it is shown she manages to survive and now films war damage throughout the districts.[citation needed]
Messalla Evan Ross Cressida's assistant from the Capitol. He moved to District 13 after fleeing the Capitol. He assists in filming propos for the rebels in Districts 8 and 13. He joins the Star Squad in the rebellion, on their final mission in the Capitol. When the troop find their way into the underground of the Capitol, they are soon found by lizard muttations. Whilst fleeing from the lizards, Messalla is killed by a pod that emits a shaft of impenetrable light, melting his skin off.
Leeg 1 and Leeg 2 (sisters) Misty Ormiston and Kim Ormiston (respectively) Born in District 13, the sisters are placed in the sharpshooting Star Squad to assist Katniss in her final mission. They are said to look almost completely alike. Since everyone is addressed as "Soldier", they are distinguished by 1 and 2. Four days after arriving in the Capitol, Leeg 2 is the first to be killed in the Star Squad. She dies after poisonous darts that shoot out of an incorrectly labelled pod, shoot her in the temple. Leeg 1 continues through to the underground of the Capitol, until she is killed when Katniss discovers that Leeg 1 and Jackson chose to stay at a pod called the Meat Grinder, to hold back the lizard muttations.
Mitchell, Jackson, and Homes Joe Chrest, Michelle Forbes and Omid Abtahi (respectively) Part of Katniss's sharpshooting team, the Star Squad, they are all killed in the war. Mitchell is kicked into a net of barbed wire by a raging Peeta, and subsequently killed by a black tar-like substance. Jackson, second in command after Boggs in the Star Squad, stays behind to hold back the muttations, along with Leeg 1, presumably resulting in their deaths. Homes is presumed to be decapitated by the lizard muttations along with Finnick and Castor.
Castor and Pollux (brothers) Wes Chatham (Castor) and Elden Henson (Pollux) Cressida's camera crew from the Capitol. They often wear "insect shells", that is, a wearable carapace holding the camera and equipment. Pollux is a former Avox, having escaped from servitude in the Capitol, and Castor interprets for him. As photojournalists, they are courageous and have an incredible sense for "capturing the right moment" on film. After Katniss sings "The Hanging Tree," Pollux comes to truly accept and admire her. Castor is killed by the lizard muttations with Finnick and Homes. Their names derive from the twins of Greek mythology. In the myth, as in Mockingjay, Castor was killed, while Pollux lived on, alone.
Dr. Aurelius TBA A doctor from District 13. He took care of Katniss during her time in District 13 and headed the study on Peeta's hijacking. He is also Katniss's doctor/therapist after Prim's death (however, he generally sleeps during their sessions unless she feels like talking, which suits them both). He serves as a witness in Katniss's defense during her trial for the killing of Coin, stating she is mentally unstable.
Other districts[edit]

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Portrayer
Description
Annie Cresta
District 4 Stef Dawson From District 4, she competed in and won the 70th Hunger Games. She has sea green eyes and dark hair. She became mentally unstable after seeing the male tribute from her district decapitated. When an earthquake broke a dam, the arena was flooded. She won because, being from the fishing district, she was the best swimmer. Annie seems never to have fully recovered. She is chosen at the reaping for the Quarter Quell, but Mags volunteers to take her place, really trying to spare her. Her scream is used by the jabberjays (birds that are able to mimic whatever they hear) in the Quarter Quell to torment Finnick, who loves her. In Mockingjay, she and Finnick Odair marry, and she later gives birth to their son after his death. Annie votes against another Hunger Games for Capitol children, noting that, if Finnick were alive, he would do the same.
Commander Paylor
District 8 Patina Miller First appears in Mockingjay. Paylor is described a having dark brown eyes that are puffy with fatigue and smells of metal and sweat. Paylor is a leader of the rebel troops in District 8. Katniss meets her while in District 8 to film a propo. Later in Mockingjay, while wandering around President's Snow now rebel-inhabited mansion, Paylor allows Katniss to see President Snow, who is now imprisoned and awaiting execution. Two days after Katniss kills Coin, Paylor becomes President of Panem. It is implied that living conditions in all the districts improved considerably under her presidency.
Bonnie and Twill
District 8 N/A Katniss meets Bonnie and Twill in the woods during Catching Fire. Both are from District 8 and are rebels. Twill proves this by holding out a cracker with the image of a mockingjay; it is the first time Katniss sees that the mockingjay has become a symbol of rebellion. Bonnie and Twill are on their way to District 13 and they are the first to tell Katniss that District 13 may exist. Katniss also begins to ponder the reality of District 13, when she realizes that they show the same footage of the burned-down justice building again and again, each time implying it is current footage. However, in Mockingjay, it is mentioned that the pair never made it to 13, and they are presumed dead. Bonnie and Twill are not featured in the films.
Commander Lyme
District 2 Lily Rabe (Part 1), Gwendoline Christie (Part 2) A victor from District 2 who won over a generation ago according to Katniss. She is tall and muscular and leads the rebels in their fight in District 2 to capture "the Nut" which is a mountain that contains the missiles for the Capitol. It can be assumed that she dies in combat because at the end of the trilogy when Coin gathers the remaining victors only 7 are left: Peeta, Annie, Katniss, Beetee, Enobaria, Haymitch, and Johanna. Nothing is directly said that happens to Lyme but it is clear she dies at some point.
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Haymitch Abernathy
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Haymitch Abernathy

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Woody Harrelson[1]
District
12
Status
Alive
Information

Gender
Male
Family
Mrs. Abernathy (mother) (deceased)
 Unnamed younger brother (deceased)
Haymitch Abernathy is a fictional character in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy. He first appears in the first novel in the series, The Hunger Games. He is a former winner of the titular games who, as an adult, mentors contestants Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. In the Hunger Games film series, he is portrayed by Woody Harrelson.[2]
Character history[edit]
When he was 15, Haymitch was reaped for the Second Quarter Quell, where four tributes from each district were forced into the arena. He became an ally to a girl named Maysilee Donner, who was the original owner of Katniss's symbolic mockingjay pin, but was later forced to watch her die. During the Games, he discovered a wall of shrubbery at the edge of the Arena that concealed a force field, which ricocheted anything thrown in its direction. During the final moments of the Games, Haymitch (severely wounded himself) positioned himself by the edge, knowing that when his opponent flung her weapon at him, he could duck and the force field would hurl it back at her. His plan was successful, leaving Haymitch the victor. Within two weeks of his victory, Haymitch's mother, younger brother, and girlfriend were killed by President Snow as punishment for Haymitch using the force field to his advantage. Haymitch became an example of what happens to those who defy the Capitol.
After his victory, he became an alcoholic and has spent almost all of the next 24 years intoxicated. Being the only surviving victor from District 12 (one of only two in the history of the Games), Haymitch was forced to mentor all of its tributes, which consumed him with guilt by being forced to participate in the Games that he hated. He dealt with these feelings with alcohol and openly flouting the dignity of the games. He treats Peeta and Katniss with contempt and is sarcastic, expending no effort to help them. However, when Katniss confronts him, he is stirred from his stupor and emerges as the pair's greatest advocate, impressed by her determination and Peeta's patience. Haymitch shows himself to be highly canny as he guides his protégés in a cleverly designed, highly unorthodox strategy aimed at ensuring the survival of both tributes.
In the book Catching Fire, the liquor supply in District 12 runs out. As a result, Haymitch suffers from alcohol withdrawal. It is left to Katniss and Peeta to coax him back to health (and get him more liquor). After this incident, Katniss begins to develop a true affection and respect for him. When Katniss discovers that Haymitch and his allies from District 13 and the Capitol failed to save Peeta from the arena as they did for her, she claws him in the face. In Mockingjay, Haymitch is forced to go through detox in District 13, as they do not permit the consumption of alcohol. After this, he continues to serve as a mentor to Katniss and Peeta; however, he never truly repairs his relationship with either of them, and goes back to his drinking after the war ends. Haymitch and Katniss, despite nearly always working towards the same goals, are usually hostile towards one another, because they have similarly prickly personalities; also, Katniss and Peeta both resent Haymitch for keeping information from both of them, sometimes at the request of the other.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Ng, Philiana (May 10, 2011). "Woody Harrelson Cast as Haymitch in 'Hunger Games'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ "Character Profile: Haymitch Abernathy". Retrieved 29 September 2010.


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Haymitch Abernathy
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Haymitch Abernathy

First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Woody Harrelson[1]
District
12
Status
Alive
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Family
Mrs. Abernathy (mother) (deceased)
 Unnamed younger brother (deceased)
Haymitch Abernathy is a fictional character in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy. He first appears in the first novel in the series, The Hunger Games. He is a former winner of the titular games who, as an adult, mentors contestants Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. In the Hunger Games film series, he is portrayed by Woody Harrelson.[2]
Character history[edit]
When he was 15, Haymitch was reaped for the Second Quarter Quell, where four tributes from each district were forced into the arena. He became an ally to a girl named Maysilee Donner, who was the original owner of Katniss's symbolic mockingjay pin, but was later forced to watch her die. During the Games, he discovered a wall of shrubbery at the edge of the Arena that concealed a force field, which ricocheted anything thrown in its direction. During the final moments of the Games, Haymitch (severely wounded himself) positioned himself by the edge, knowing that when his opponent flung her weapon at him, he could duck and the force field would hurl it back at her. His plan was successful, leaving Haymitch the victor. Within two weeks of his victory, Haymitch's mother, younger brother, and girlfriend were killed by President Snow as punishment for Haymitch using the force field to his advantage. Haymitch became an example of what happens to those who defy the Capitol.
After his victory, he became an alcoholic and has spent almost all of the next 24 years intoxicated. Being the only surviving victor from District 12 (one of only two in the history of the Games), Haymitch was forced to mentor all of its tributes, which consumed him with guilt by being forced to participate in the Games that he hated. He dealt with these feelings with alcohol and openly flouting the dignity of the games. He treats Peeta and Katniss with contempt and is sarcastic, expending no effort to help them. However, when Katniss confronts him, he is stirred from his stupor and emerges as the pair's greatest advocate, impressed by her determination and Peeta's patience. Haymitch shows himself to be highly canny as he guides his protégés in a cleverly designed, highly unorthodox strategy aimed at ensuring the survival of both tributes.
In the book Catching Fire, the liquor supply in District 12 runs out. As a result, Haymitch suffers from alcohol withdrawal. It is left to Katniss and Peeta to coax him back to health (and get him more liquor). After this incident, Katniss begins to develop a true affection and respect for him. When Katniss discovers that Haymitch and his allies from District 13 and the Capitol failed to save Peeta from the arena as they did for her, she claws him in the face. In Mockingjay, Haymitch is forced to go through detox in District 13, as they do not permit the consumption of alcohol. After this, he continues to serve as a mentor to Katniss and Peeta; however, he never truly repairs his relationship with either of them, and goes back to his drinking after the war ends. Haymitch and Katniss, despite nearly always working towards the same goals, are usually hostile towards one another, because they have similarly prickly personalities; also, Katniss and Peeta both resent Haymitch for keeping information from both of them, sometimes at the request of the other.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Ng, Philiana (May 10, 2011). "Woody Harrelson Cast as Haymitch in 'Hunger Games'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ "Character Profile: Haymitch Abernathy". Retrieved 29 September 2010.


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Gale Hawthorne
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Gale Hawthorne
The Hunger Games character
Gale Hawthorne-The Hunger Games.jpg
Gale Hawthorne, as portrayed by Liam Hemsworth in the 2012 film The Hunger Games.
 
First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Liam Hemsworth
Information

Gender
Male
Family
Mr. Hawthorne
(father, deceased)
Hazelle Hawthorne (mother)
Rory Hawthorne (brother)
Vick Hawthorne (brother)
Posy Hawthorne (sister)
Gale Hawthorne is a fictional character in Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games trilogy, portrayed in the films by Liam Hemsworth. He is the best friend of Katniss Everdeen from District 12.


Contents  [hide]
1 Character background
2 In the books 2.1 The Hunger Games
2.2 Catching Fire
2.3 Mockingjay
3 Characterization 3.1 Appearance
3.2 Personality
3.3 Skills
3.4 Family
4 Critical reception
5 Film adaptation
6 References

Character background[edit]
Gale is the oldest child of the Hawthorne family with three younger siblings; Rory, Vick, and the only girl, Posy who was born after their father died in a mining accident that also killed Katniss' father. After his father's death, Gale struggles to provide for his family with help from his mother, Hazelle. To help feed his family, he hunted illegally in the forest adjacent to District 12, and he applied for tesserae many times. He is 19 in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. When he was 14 years old, he met Katniss, who also lost her father in the same mine accident. They cross each other's paths while hunting in the woods outside of District 12. Despite their initial misgivings about one another, the two slowly warm up to each other and become best friends. They attended the same school but really met at the mine site when it blew. At the beginning of The Hunger Games, Katniss notes that the only time she really smiles is when she is in the woods with Gale.
Katniss recalls that at 14, "Gale already looked like a man." It is later mentioned he was over six feet tall. Similar to many people from the Seam, he has olive skin, straight black hair, and gray eyes.
Gale admits to have fallen in love with Katniss in Catching Fire, and their relationship grows in each book. He holds a hatred for the Capitol and has scars on his back from when he was whipped over 40 times in Catching Fire after being caught by the new Head Peacekeeper, Romulus Thread, illegally hunting turkey. He went to the house designated for the Head Peacekeeper expecting to find old Cray, who was the Head Peacekeeper until Thread came to District 12.
In the books[edit]
The Hunger Games[edit]
Main article: The Hunger Games (novel)
Gale is introduced in the first chapter of The Hunger Games as Katniss's good friend with whom she hunts. When they first meet, Gale thinks Katniss says 'Catnip' when he asks Katniss her name. This name sticks so her nickname is Catnip to Gale. He suggests they run away from District 12 together in order to avoid the Reaping, the process in which a boy and a girl from each district are chosen to compete in the Hunger Games. They agree, however, it would be too difficult with their families, who Gale refers to as their "children". Gale also helps Katniss's family survive when Katniss is taken away after the Reaping, just as Katniss promises to help his family if something happens to him. Subsequent events (such as Katniss entering the arena for the Hunger Games) cause them to be separated. In the arena, Katniss realizes that it would be to her advantage to feign love for Peeta, but she feels guilty because she is confused about her feelings for Gale.
Catching Fire[edit]
Main article: Catching Fire
Gale is upset about the affection between Peeta and Katniss in the Hunger Games. Having reached age 19, Gale now works in the mines and can only hunt on Sundays, while Katniss lives next door to Peeta. Gale kisses Katniss in the forest, which leaves her confused about her feelings. The kiss is reported to President Snow, who threatens to kill Gale if Katniss does not obey his orders to present the appearance that Katniss is madly in love with Peeta. Katniss realizes she can no longer be seen with Gale, and resolves to run away with him (and their families) to escape what she increasingly suspects will end with their deaths at the hands of President Snow. Initially Gale is elated, though less so when he hears Peeta and Haymitch will come along. Ultimately he rejects the plan, once he realizes that there had been uprisings and believes that this is the start of a rebellion. Gale is caught illegally hunting by a new peacekeeper, and is whipped almost to death, but Katniss intervenes and puts herself in the path of the whip; her mother is later able to treat them. While Gale is unconscious, Katniss thinks about her relationship with Gale, and kisses him. Although Katniss is supposed to be Peeta's lover in public, she is unable to forget Gale, though when Gale declares he loves her, she replies "I know" rather than returning his affections. After she is taken away for the Quarter Quell, she does not see Gale again until the very end of the novel, when she and Gale meet up on the hovercraft ride to District 13. He tells her that District 12 has been bombed and destroyed, but he managed to evacuate about 10% (about less than 900 people) of the population, including their families.[1]
Mockingjay[edit]
Main article: Mockingjay
In Mockingjay, Gale lives in District 13 and spends time with Beetee designing weapons to use against the Capitol. Katniss becomes uncomfortable with the brutality involved in some of Gale's weapons. He is one of the main characters and has a deeper relationship with Katniss while Peeta is a prisoner of the Capitol, but their relationship goes through a number of strains throughout the book. He saves Prim's life during an air raid on District 13 from the Capitol, and volunteers for an extremely dangerous mission to rescue Peeta from the Capitol. He and Katniss even get to hunt together again on the grounds of District 13. He is part of the "Star Squad" that sets out to assassinate President Snow. As the Capitol is conquered by the rebels, Katniss' sister is killed in an ambush attack that Gale supposedly orchestrated. After the battle, Gale realizes that Katniss could never forgive him for the inadvertent role he played in Prim's death; he accepts there will be no future for them and departs. He later gets a "fancy job" in District 2, the masonry district, causing Katniss to feel relieved. In the end, Katniss realizes her love for Peeta, concluding that she and Gale both have a "fire, kindled by rage and hatred" that will only hurt their relationship.
Characterization[edit]
Appearance[edit]
Gale has the common Seam look in District 12: Dark hair, olive skin, and grey eyes. When he first met Katniss at the age of 14 he was already over six feet tall and "was as good as a man" to Katniss. He is described as being very handsome and masculine.
Personality[edit]
Gale Hawthorne is good at keeping things under control, but tends to get angry quite often, often ranting about and mocking the Capitol. Katniss Everdeen describes him as "a rebel since birth". He is very protective of Katniss and her family, and would rather stay and fight with her than run away. Gale is in love with her, and is sure to let her know, though doesn't force her to decide.
However, Gale believes that the end justifies the means and has been shown to be capable of sinking to the Capitol's level when he suggests trapping the soldiers in the Nut in District Two or in the creations of his traps on a human level. This is one of many things that puts him at odds with Katniss. In the climax of the last novel, it is his aggression that ultimately ends any chance of a romantic relationship with Katniss.
Skills[edit]
Gale is good at trapping animals in snares and doing activities that occupy his mind. He can also use a bow and arrow even though he's not as talented as Katniss. Later, he is able to transfer his skill in snares into a skill in designing military weapons and tactics.
Family[edit]
Gale lives with his mother, Hazelle, who washes other peoples' clothes for extra money. His father died in the mine accident along with Katniss's father. He has three siblings; Rory, Vick, and Posy.
Critical reception[edit]
Entertainment Weekly suggested that Gale, along with Peeta Mellark, was "thinly imagined."[2]
Film adaptation[edit]
On April 4, 2011, Lionsgate announced that Liam Hemsworth would play the role in The Hunger Games film series.[3]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Carpenter, Susan (23 August 2010). ""Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins Book Review". the Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
2.Jump up ^ Reese, Jennifer (28 August 2009). "Catching Fire". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
3.Jump up ^ Sperling, Nicole (April 4, 2011). "'The Hunger Games': Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth complete the love triangle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 4, 2011.


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Gale Hawthorne
The Hunger Games character
Gale Hawthorne-The Hunger Games.jpg
Gale Hawthorne, as portrayed by Liam Hemsworth in the 2012 film The Hunger Games.
 
First appearance
The Hunger Games
Last appearance
Mockingjay
Created by
Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by
Liam Hemsworth
Information

Gender
Male
Family
Mr. Hawthorne
(father, deceased)
Hazelle Hawthorne (mother)
Rory Hawthorne (brother)
Vick Hawthorne (brother)
Posy Hawthorne (sister)
Gale Hawthorne is a fictional character in Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games trilogy, portrayed in the films by Liam Hemsworth. He is the best friend of Katniss Everdeen from District 12.


Contents  [hide]
1 Character background
2 In the books 2.1 The Hunger Games
2.2 Catching Fire
2.3 Mockingjay
3 Characterization 3.1 Appearance
3.2 Personality
3.3 Skills
3.4 Family
4 Critical reception
5 Film adaptation
6 References

Character background[edit]
Gale is the oldest child of the Hawthorne family with three younger siblings; Rory, Vick, and the only girl, Posy who was born after their father died in a mining accident that also killed Katniss' father. After his father's death, Gale struggles to provide for his family with help from his mother, Hazelle. To help feed his family, he hunted illegally in the forest adjacent to District 12, and he applied for tesserae many times. He is 19 in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. When he was 14 years old, he met Katniss, who also lost her father in the same mine accident. They cross each other's paths while hunting in the woods outside of District 12. Despite their initial misgivings about one another, the two slowly warm up to each other and become best friends. They attended the same school but really met at the mine site when it blew. At the beginning of The Hunger Games, Katniss notes that the only time she really smiles is when she is in the woods with Gale.
Katniss recalls that at 14, "Gale already looked like a man." It is later mentioned he was over six feet tall. Similar to many people from the Seam, he has olive skin, straight black hair, and gray eyes.
Gale admits to have fallen in love with Katniss in Catching Fire, and their relationship grows in each book. He holds a hatred for the Capitol and has scars on his back from when he was whipped over 40 times in Catching Fire after being caught by the new Head Peacekeeper, Romulus Thread, illegally hunting turkey. He went to the house designated for the Head Peacekeeper expecting to find old Cray, who was the Head Peacekeeper until Thread came to District 12.
In the books[edit]
The Hunger Games[edit]
Main article: The Hunger Games (novel)
Gale is introduced in the first chapter of The Hunger Games as Katniss's good friend with whom she hunts. When they first meet, Gale thinks Katniss says 'Catnip' when he asks Katniss her name. This name sticks so her nickname is Catnip to Gale. He suggests they run away from District 12 together in order to avoid the Reaping, the process in which a boy and a girl from each district are chosen to compete in the Hunger Games. They agree, however, it would be too difficult with their families, who Gale refers to as their "children". Gale also helps Katniss's family survive when Katniss is taken away after the Reaping, just as Katniss promises to help his family if something happens to him. Subsequent events (such as Katniss entering the arena for the Hunger Games) cause them to be separated. In the arena, Katniss realizes that it would be to her advantage to feign love for Peeta, but she feels guilty because she is confused about her feelings for Gale.
Catching Fire[edit]
Main article: Catching Fire
Gale is upset about the affection between Peeta and Katniss in the Hunger Games. Having reached age 19, Gale now works in the mines and can only hunt on Sundays, while Katniss lives next door to Peeta. Gale kisses Katniss in the forest, which leaves her confused about her feelings. The kiss is reported to President Snow, who threatens to kill Gale if Katniss does not obey his orders to present the appearance that Katniss is madly in love with Peeta. Katniss realizes she can no longer be seen with Gale, and resolves to run away with him (and their families) to escape what she increasingly suspects will end with their deaths at the hands of President Snow. Initially Gale is elated, though less so when he hears Peeta and Haymitch will come along. Ultimately he rejects the plan, once he realizes that there had been uprisings and believes that this is the start of a rebellion. Gale is caught illegally hunting by a new peacekeeper, and is whipped almost to death, but Katniss intervenes and puts herself in the path of the whip; her mother is later able to treat them. While Gale is unconscious, Katniss thinks about her relationship with Gale, and kisses him. Although Katniss is supposed to be Peeta's lover in public, she is unable to forget Gale, though when Gale declares he loves her, she replies "I know" rather than returning his affections. After she is taken away for the Quarter Quell, she does not see Gale again until the very end of the novel, when she and Gale meet up on the hovercraft ride to District 13. He tells her that District 12 has been bombed and destroyed, but he managed to evacuate about 10% (about less than 900 people) of the population, including their families.[1]
Mockingjay[edit]
Main article: Mockingjay
In Mockingjay, Gale lives in District 13 and spends time with Beetee designing weapons to use against the Capitol. Katniss becomes uncomfortable with the brutality involved in some of Gale's weapons. He is one of the main characters and has a deeper relationship with Katniss while Peeta is a prisoner of the Capitol, but their relationship goes through a number of strains throughout the book. He saves Prim's life during an air raid on District 13 from the Capitol, and volunteers for an extremely dangerous mission to rescue Peeta from the Capitol. He and Katniss even get to hunt together again on the grounds of District 13. He is part of the "Star Squad" that sets out to assassinate President Snow. As the Capitol is conquered by the rebels, Katniss' sister is killed in an ambush attack that Gale supposedly orchestrated. After the battle, Gale realizes that Katniss could never forgive him for the inadvertent role he played in Prim's death; he accepts there will be no future for them and departs. He later gets a "fancy job" in District 2, the masonry district, causing Katniss to feel relieved. In the end, Katniss realizes her love for Peeta, concluding that she and Gale both have a "fire, kindled by rage and hatred" that will only hurt their relationship.
Characterization[edit]
Appearance[edit]
Gale has the common Seam look in District 12: Dark hair, olive skin, and grey eyes. When he first met Katniss at the age of 14 he was already over six feet tall and "was as good as a man" to Katniss. He is described as being very handsome and masculine.
Personality[edit]
Gale Hawthorne is good at keeping things under control, but tends to get angry quite often, often ranting about and mocking the Capitol. Katniss Everdeen describes him as "a rebel since birth". He is very protective of Katniss and her family, and would rather stay and fight with her than run away. Gale is in love with her, and is sure to let her know, though doesn't force her to decide.
However, Gale believes that the end justifies the means and has been shown to be capable of sinking to the Capitol's level when he suggests trapping the soldiers in the Nut in District Two or in the creations of his traps on a human level. This is one of many things that puts him at odds with Katniss. In the climax of the last novel, it is his aggression that ultimately ends any chance of a romantic relationship with Katniss.
Skills[edit]
Gale is good at trapping animals in snares and doing activities that occupy his mind. He can also use a bow and arrow even though he's not as talented as Katniss. Later, he is able to transfer his skill in snares into a skill in designing military weapons and tactics.
Family[edit]
Gale lives with his mother, Hazelle, who washes other peoples' clothes for extra money. His father died in the mine accident along with Katniss's father. He has three siblings; Rory, Vick, and Posy.
Critical reception[edit]
Entertainment Weekly suggested that Gale, along with Peeta Mellark, was "thinly imagined."[2]
Film adaptation[edit]
On April 4, 2011, Lionsgate announced that Liam Hemsworth would play the role in The Hunger Games film series.[3]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Carpenter, Susan (23 August 2010). ""Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins Book Review". the Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
2.Jump up ^ Reese, Jennifer (28 August 2009). "Catching Fire". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
3.Jump up ^ Sperling, Nicole (April 4, 2011). "'The Hunger Games': Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth complete the love triangle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 4, 2011.


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