‘The Hunger Games’ Companion Album Track ‘Abraham’s Daughter’ by Arcade Fire
Entertainment Weekly exclusively revealed the first listen to ‘Abraham’s Daughter’, the original song by Arcade Fire that will be on the companion album Songs from District 12 and Beyond
Arcade frontman Win Butler spoke to EW about his inspiration for the song, which will play over the movie’s closing credits: “I tried to put myself in the headspace of how excited I’d be if this film was coming out when I was 15. I still remember hearing Radiohead’s ‘Exit Music (for a Film)’ in [Baz Luhrmann’s] Romeo + Juliet when I was that age.”
“Our whole approach was to get into the world and try to create something that serves the story and the film,” he continued. ”There’s something in the story of Abraham and Isaac that I think resonates with the themes in the film, like sacrificing children. So we made a weird, alternate-universe version of that, where it’s as if Abraham had a daughter — kind of a metaphor for Katniss.”
In addition to “Abraham’s Daughter,” the group also contributed a song to the movie’s score, “Horn of Plenty.”
“We were interested in making music that would be more integral in the movie, just as a mental exercise,” Butler explained. “And there’s an anthem that runs throughout the books, the national anthem of the fascist Capitol. So as a thought experiment, we tried to write what that might sound like. It’s like the Capitol’s idea of itself, basically.”
“It’s not a pop song or anything,” he added. “More of an anthem that could be playing at a big sporting event like the Games. So we did a structure for that, and then James Newton Howard made a movie-score version of it that happens in several places in the film.”
I personally love that he cited Exit Music (for a film) because I think I was 16 or 17 when Romeo+Juliet came out and that song was just beyond amazing playing during the credits. To this day it’s still my favorite Radiohead song. What do you guys think about Abraham’s Daughter?
I don’t like the song at all… I’m kind of sad that Safe and Sound won’t be the credits song instead, but what can you do I suppose.
This song is, well…bleh. I don’t know, I can’t get myself to like it.
says its blocked by UMG?
I looked for another video on youtube for it, as the one above is blocked.
Listening to it, gave me a weird feeling… a good feeling. I can imagine it during the end credits. I think it fits really well with it (:
@Buttercup
UNPOPULAR OPINION: I agree. It’s not at all like what Arcade Fire usually is.
Not your average Arcade Fire but I love the story behind it. It was featured on indieshuffle where Arcade fire told them the song was inspired by Abraham and Isaac, as if Abraham had a child:
http://www.indieshuffle.com/hunger-games-soundtrack-arcade-fire-abrahams-daugher/
I actually loved the song. Loved the build-up towards the end. loved eeet.
I can’t listen to it and I’ve been lookng everywhere for a place to listen to it. Does anyone know where I can listen to it?
Darren: Look at my comment above you, the link will direct you to indieshuffle where you can listen to not only this track, but other tracks from the soundtrack album as well
knock yourself out!
ahh shoot, darren, I just noticed it was taken down there as well.. But they do direct you to sites who stream the song I think. Good luck with your listening! I was lucky and managed to get my hands on it! (recording it)
I don’t like it
I finally found an unblocked version on Youtube, they’re going up faster than they can be pulled, so just sort the search results by date. I really liked the music but couldn’t suss out the lyrics. Can someone post those please?
AH AH AH AH AHHHHHHHHHH.
Sorry.
Big Arcade Fire here. -cough-
And to those of you who don’t like it.
Arcade fire songs do that. You don’t like it the first time…
but then you think about them. You listen to it again…it’s alright. It makes you think again.
You listen to it again…it’s magical.
Their music takes time. It took me twenty times or more listening to their Suburbs album to really get into all the songs.
@Emma I went to the link that you had but since it said they couldn’t stream the song anymore I closed it, the second time I payed more attention and found a link and finally I could listen to it! Thanks!
What the hell is a companion album?
@Cait it’s like songs that go with a movie but aren’t actually in it all the time.
i LOVE it. So somber and yet so bad*ss! I am totally psyched for this movie AND this soundtrack!!
The video doesn’t work :/ and I can’t find the song anywhere.
I don’t like it I think they should play the call by Regina Spector for the credits in mockingjay it’s perfect!!!!!