The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack includes music by Rachel Zegler, Olivia Rodrigo and Josie Hope Hall. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Francis Lawrence’s 2023 movie on Amazon and Apple. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema section for more soundtrack song listings, and then browse cast and character guides in the Know the Cast section.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes stars Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow, a mentor for the 10th annual Hunger Games. Rachel Zegler co-stars as Lucy Gray Baird, a rebellious tribute from District 12. The storyline follows the main protagonists as they grow close during the focal competition before drifting apart. Composer James Newton Howard (King Kong) scored the 157-minute film, which includes a total of 10 credited tracks. Here’s every song in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a prequel to the 2012 movie The Hunger Games and an adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ 2020 book.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2023 Movie

• “Anthem: Gem of Panem” by Fionnula Flanagan (00:03:00): The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack song is featured during an interior scene. Coriolanus looks for Tigris (Hunter Schafer). Grandma’am (Fionnula Flanagan) sings the tune.
• “Nothing You Can Take from Me” by Rachel Zegler (00:14:00): Lucy stands before a crowd. She angrily performs a song in rebellion. A “Boot-Stompin'” version plays at 01:41:00 before a live rendition at 01:42:00.
• “The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird” by Rachel Zegler (00:45:00): Lucy appears on live television. She addresses the Capitol and Districts. Lucy performs a song that she wrote about a boy when she was 12 years old.
• “The Old Therebefore” by Rachel Zegler (01:30:00): Lucy seemingly wins the titular competition. Lucky Flickerman (Jason Schwartzman) tells Coriolanus that it’s not his decision to make. Lucy calms snakes by softly singing The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack song.
• “The Hanging Tree” by Rachel Zegler (01:44:00): Coriolanus talks to Sejanus (Josh Andrés Rivera) during a street scene. Lucy sings the song during an outdoors transition sequence. The music is featured again at 02:07:00 and 02:17:00.
• “Lucy Gray” by Rachel Zegler (01:48:00): Coriolanus confronts Sejanus about his intentions. The music continues during a transition scene. Lucy jumps off a dock and swims with Coriolanus.
• “Pure As the Driven Snow” by Rachel Zegler (01:57:00): An interior scene begins. Lucy performs a country tune. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack song continues as Coriolanus colludes with Sejanus.
• “Keep on the Sunny Side” by Josie Hope Hall (02:00:00): Mayfair (Isobel Jesper Jones) threatens to harm Lucy. The music amplifies during a performance scene. Maude (Vaughan Reilly) sings for a crowd.
• “Can’t Catch Me Now” by Olivia Rodrigo (02:27:00): The track scores the end credits.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack also includes:

• “Sonata No. 9, 3rd Movement K311” by Iain Farrington

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