A Lullaby For Rue
We originally posted this song streaming once again on our site after the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. Now, we would like to dedicate it to everyone in Boston and the surrounding areas. We hope that you are safe and sound - you are in our thoughts and hearts. "A Lullaby For Rue" will be streaming free until further notice on our site; we wish that we could do more, and we hope that the next time we post about this song, it will be under happier, joyful circumstances.
May you all be safe.
A Lullaby For Rue (music by Edward Underhill; lyrics by Suzanne Collins)
May you all be safe.
A Lullaby For Rue (music by Edward Underhill; lyrics by Suzanne Collins)
Featuring: Laura Blum-Smith, voice --- Wyatt Underhill, violin --- Andrew Broadwater, bass recorder
Listen to The HG Music Project, Volume II: Resistance
Music composed by Edward Underhill & Matt Bukaty
Featuring performances by:
Rose Brown, piccolo
Laura Blum-Smith, voice
Emma Schneider, voice
Allie Pike, voice
Sarah Thomas, voice
Andrew Broadwater, bass recorder, tin whistle, & viola
Sean Arawjo, guitar
Eamon Briggs, fiddle
Edward Underhill, cello
Matt Bukaty, horn
Our new album is here! The HG Music Project, Vol. II: Resistance is an unofficial score portraying a number of scenes from Catching Fire, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy. You can listen to the entire soundtrack streaming here on our website, and read about the musical themes, and what each piece represents in the story. You can also now find it on iTunes, Amazon, and Bandcamp!
If you'd like to listen to The HG Music Project: Vol. I - with music for The Hunger Games - you can still find it streaming on our Bandcamp site, and you can also find it on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify. For right now, at least, only Volume II will be streaming here on our website.
We hope you enjoy! Please remember that our livelihood depends on our listeners - if you'd like to take the music with you, please purchase legally through iTunes, Bandcamp, or Amazon MP3. Thank you!
Featuring performances by:
Rose Brown, piccolo
Laura Blum-Smith, voice
Emma Schneider, voice
Allie Pike, voice
Sarah Thomas, voice
Andrew Broadwater, bass recorder, tin whistle, & viola
Sean Arawjo, guitar
Eamon Briggs, fiddle
Edward Underhill, cello
Matt Bukaty, horn
Our new album is here! The HG Music Project, Vol. II: Resistance is an unofficial score portraying a number of scenes from Catching Fire, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy. You can listen to the entire soundtrack streaming here on our website, and read about the musical themes, and what each piece represents in the story. You can also now find it on iTunes, Amazon, and Bandcamp!
If you'd like to listen to The HG Music Project: Vol. I - with music for The Hunger Games - you can still find it streaming on our Bandcamp site, and you can also find it on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify. For right now, at least, only Volume II will be streaming here on our website.
We hope you enjoy! Please remember that our livelihood depends on our listeners - if you'd like to take the music with you, please purchase legally through iTunes, Bandcamp, or Amazon MP3. Thank you!
1. Intro: A Single Spark (music by Edward Underhill)
- An introduction to Catching Fire. Familiar themes return, some as distant echoes, until the end sinks into the ominous rise of a new theme: the musical theme for resistance and rebellion.
- An introduction to Catching Fire. Familiar themes return, some as distant echoes, until the end sinks into the ominous rise of a new theme: the musical theme for resistance and rebellion.
Featuring: Rose Brown, piccolo
2. A Visit From President Snow (music by Matt Bukaty)
- President Snow pays a visit to Katniss... with news of uprisings and dangerous threats.
- President Snow pays a visit to Katniss... with news of uprisings and dangerous threats.
3. Caring For Gale (music by Matt Bukaty)
- Katniss rescues Gale from the Peacekeeper's whip with Haymitch's help, and they take him to Katniss's mother. Later, Katniss sits alone with him, until he wakes up... and then she kisses him.
- Katniss rescues Gale from the Peacekeeper's whip with Haymitch's help, and they take him to Katniss's mother. Later, Katniss sits alone with him, until he wakes up... and then she kisses him.
Featuring: Andrew Broadwater, recorder, tin whistle, viola --- Sean Arawjo, guitar
4. District 11 (music by Edward Underhill)
- On the train during their Victory Tour, Peeta shows Katniss his paintings of the Games. They arrive in District 11, where Katniss finds herself face-to-face with Rue's family. As the music stills, and a soft voice sings a new theme, the people of District 11 raise their hands in a silent salute. The bass recorder brings back the violin line from "A Lullaby for Rue," and Rue's four notes swirl through the music as it rises to a return of the resistance theme. Chaos swells, and the act of rebellion is answered by a gunshot that will ripple through the districts.
- On the train during their Victory Tour, Peeta shows Katniss his paintings of the Games. They arrive in District 11, where Katniss finds herself face-to-face with Rue's family. As the music stills, and a soft voice sings a new theme, the people of District 11 raise their hands in a silent salute. The bass recorder brings back the violin line from "A Lullaby for Rue," and Rue's four notes swirl through the music as it rises to a return of the resistance theme. Chaos swells, and the act of rebellion is answered by a gunshot that will ripple through the districts.
Featuring: Emma Schneider, voice --- Allie Pike, voice --- Laura Blum-Smith, voice --- Andrew Broadwater, bass recorder --- Edward Underhill, cello
5. The Capitol (music by Matt Bukaty)
- The Capitol looms, harsh, glitzy, twisted, and electric, its residents cheering for the arrival of the tributes.
- The Capitol looms, harsh, glitzy, twisted, and electric, its residents cheering for the arrival of the tributes.
6. Finnick Odair (music by Edward Underhill)
- A portrait of Finnick Odair, the man with the sugar cubes.
- A portrait of Finnick Odair, the man with the sugar cubes.
Featuring: Allie Pike, voice --- Edward Underhill, cello
7. The Mockingjay Dress (music by Edward Underhill)
- Cinna's theme begins the piece, as Katniss walks out on stage with Caesar Flickerman, wearing the wedding dress Cinna has designed for her. When she twirls for the audience, the dress appears to go up in smoke. And when she finally stops spinning, a very different dress is revealed. She has turned into a Mockingjay. In the shocked stillness that follows, the resistance theme appears, hummed by the solo voice. Then, as Peeta takes the stage, and tells Caesar a shocking revelation, the "boy with the bread" theme emerges, joined by Katniss and Peeta's theme as all the tributes take hands.
- Cinna's theme begins the piece, as Katniss walks out on stage with Caesar Flickerman, wearing the wedding dress Cinna has designed for her. When she twirls for the audience, the dress appears to go up in smoke. And when she finally stops spinning, a very different dress is revealed. She has turned into a Mockingjay. In the shocked stillness that follows, the resistance theme appears, hummed by the solo voice. Then, as Peeta takes the stage, and tells Caesar a shocking revelation, the "boy with the bread" theme emerges, joined by Katniss and Peeta's theme as all the tributes take hands.
Featuring: Laura Blum-Smith, voice --- Edward Underhill, cello
8. Cinna (music by Matt Bukaty)
- Cinna sits quietly with Katniss before the Quarter Quell begins. The soprano voice brings out his theme one last time, before Peacekeepers burst in and seize Cinna, dragging him away as blaring sirens signal Katniss's rise into the Arena.
- Cinna sits quietly with Katniss before the Quarter Quell begins. The soprano voice brings out his theme one last time, before Peacekeepers burst in and seize Cinna, dragging him away as blaring sirens signal Katniss's rise into the Arena.
Featuring: Emma Schneider, voice --- Rose Brown, flute
9. The Quarter Quell (music by Matt Bukaty)
- Katniss rises to the Arena and the Quarter Quell begins.
- Katniss rises to the Arena and the Quarter Quell begins.
10. Sand And Pearl (music by Edward Underhill)
- Sitting together on the beach at night, Peeta tells Katniss that he knows she's trying to keep him alive, and that he's doing the same for her. He tells her that no one will miss him in District 12, and she realizes that she needs him. She kisses him, and their theme returns, played by the fiddle, and then by the cello. The music closes with the same theme it began with - a theme for the pearl he gives her, and everything it represents.
- Sitting together on the beach at night, Peeta tells Katniss that he knows she's trying to keep him alive, and that he's doing the same for her. He tells her that no one will miss him in District 12, and she realizes that she needs him. She kisses him, and their theme returns, played by the fiddle, and then by the cello. The music closes with the same theme it began with - a theme for the pearl he gives her, and everything it represents.
Featuring: Rose Brown, piccolo --- Eamon Briggs, fiddle --- Edward Underhill, cello
11. The Real Enemy (music by Edward Underhill)
- Katniss and Johanna move silently through the trees, unwinding the wire of Beetee's trap as they go, until, in one swift moment, everything dissolves into chaos. Katniss is left alone, to survive, to search for Peeta, and to try to remember the words Haymitch said to her. Rue's four notes and bits of the Lullaby melody chase each other back and forth. A snatch of melody appears, hummed by the solo voice - a song about hanging and trees that Katniss remembers from her childhood - and, pushing thoughts of Peeta from her mind, Katniss lifts her bow and arrow, finally remembering who the real enemy is. Explosions and fireworks fill the sky.
- Katniss and Johanna move silently through the trees, unwinding the wire of Beetee's trap as they go, until, in one swift moment, everything dissolves into chaos. Katniss is left alone, to survive, to search for Peeta, and to try to remember the words Haymitch said to her. Rue's four notes and bits of the Lullaby melody chase each other back and forth. A snatch of melody appears, hummed by the solo voice - a song about hanging and trees that Katniss remembers from her childhood - and, pushing thoughts of Peeta from her mind, Katniss lifts her bow and arrow, finally remembering who the real enemy is. Explosions and fireworks fill the sky.
Featuring: Rose Brown, piccolo --- Laura Blum-Smith, voice
12. There Is No District Twelve (music by Matt Bukaty)
- Katniss wakes up to a changed world. The Districts are rebelling. Peeta is gone. And Gale arrives with crushing news: There is no District Twelve.
- Katniss wakes up to a changed world. The Districts are rebelling. Peeta is gone. And Gale arrives with crushing news: There is no District Twelve.
Featuring: Andrew Broadwater, recorder & whistle --- Edward Underhill, cello --- Sarah Thomas, voice
