Book Playlist

The Hunger Games / Catching Fire / Mockingjay / the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes / Sunrise on the Reaping Playlist

15 tracks

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Sep 7, 2026

A dystopian, character-driven arc needs music that can feel intimate and controlled—like the arena’s rules—while still swelling into defiance, grief, and resolve. This playlist pairs tense, minimal orchestral textures and chamber-music restraint (for survival, fear, and surveillance) with lyrical tracks that echo sacrifice, propaganda’s shadows, and the hope of collective rebellion across Panem.

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Track List

15 songs

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato

Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: String Quartets Vol.3

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Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat, Op. 100 D.929: 2. Andante con moto

Franz Schubert · Schubert: The Piano Trios

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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto

Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6/The Creatures of Prometheus Overture

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Andante Cantabile for Cello Solo and String Orchestra, Op. posth.

Yo-Yo Ma · Appassionato [International Version]

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Berg: Lyric Suite for String Quartet: III. Allegro misterioso - Trio estatico

Alban Berg · Hommage

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Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

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Prayer

Keaton Henson · Prayer

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The Hanging Tree - From "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" Soundtrack

James Newton Howard · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Score)

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I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie · Plans

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First Light

Aurora Keys · First Light

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Run Boy Run

Woodkid · The Golden Age

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The Mother We Share

CHVRCHES · The Bones Of What You Believe

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Sweater Weather

The Neighbourhood · I Love You.

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Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

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Luminary

Joel Sunny · Luminary

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Mood balanced

Genre classical

Era any

Length medium

Instrumental request 50%

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