Hunger Games soundtrack

[akashiver]

So the HG soundtrack is pretty good, if a bit bipolar. Roughly 50% of the singers heard "Hunger Games soundtrack" as, in Taylor Swift's words, ''Appalachian music 300 years from now.'' 45% heard  "DYSTOPIA! I GET TO WRITE AN ANTHEM FOR A DYSTOPIA!"  And a minority - say 5% - heard "This is your chance to write Hunger Games filk!" And then there's Taylor Swift, who also heard "write a generic pop song to play over the end credits!" But I'll forgive her, because her futuristic Appalachian music is pretty decent, and also, she was probably told to write a generic pop song for the end credits.

The upshot: this is a good soundtrack album. Even on shuffle, the songs flow into each other with surprising coherence. And it's a rich mine for writers looking for "I'M IN A DYSTOPIA! WITH A BANJO!" music to play in the background as they write. 

I'm also amused and rather touched to hear how many artists just really, really wanted to write HG filk. Rock on, nerdy dystopian banjo players. Rock on.

Comments

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.... I keep hoping I will hear a good song to dance to at Gen Con from this soundtrack. Anything that really moves you? Nothing really moved me when I saw the flick. (Loved the movie, just didn't feel moved to dance to any of the songs.)

[akashiver.livejournal.com]

I really like certain songs, but I don't think they're dancing songs. I'll keep my ears open though.

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)