The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2015 filmThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. The film is scored by the recurring franchise collaboratorJames Newton Howard. It was released on November 23, 2015 throughRepublic Records, complimenting Howard's original score and the song "Deep in the Meadow" performed byJennifer Lawrence that originally appeared in the predecessor,[1] and again re-appeared in the film's end credits.[2][3] In the album, it is accompanied by two suite pieces: "There Are Worse Games to Play" and theHunger Games suite as a medley.[4] A remixed version of the song, produced byBaauer was later unveiled separately.[5][6] Unlike the predecessors, there is no additional pop companion album inspired by the film.[7]
Filmtracks.com commented that Howard's music forThe Hunger Games series started with lament in thefirst instalment, drama inthe second and expanded to full action inthe third instalment, with the score forMockingjay – Part 2 "meanders between all three in this entry".[8] The review, although concerned with the highlights emulating Howard's score forThe Last Airbender (2010), complimented that it provides a "noble send-off" to the musical franchise giving four stars to the album.[8] Marcy Donelson ofAllMusic commented the score as "quietly tense, wistful, and explosive".[9]
Richard Lawson ofVanity Fair called the score as "alternately piercing and rousing",[10] while John Anderson ofTime called the score as "moody".[11] Peter Debruge ofVariety wrote Howard's score fluctuates from "soap-opera-style piano accents to full-blown action-movie bombast" while at moments becomes downright vital at the "film's claustrophobic sequence" where Katniss' squad battles head-to-head with the mutants at sewer system.[12]
Synth programming – Sven Faulconer, Christopher Wray
Recording – Shawn Murphy
Mixing – Erik Swanson, Shawn Murphy
Mastering – Dave Collins
Music editor – David Olson
Supervising music editor – Jim Weidman
Score editor – David Channing
Assistant score editor – Carlos Mosquera
Auricle control systems – Chris Cozens, Richard Grant
Music co-ordinator – Rona Rapadas
Scoring co-ordinator – Pamela Sollie
Creative director – Giancarlo Pacheco, Sandra Brummels
Scoring crew – George Oulton, Jon Alexander, Lewis Jones, Matt Jones
Music preparation – Joann Kane Music Service
Music librarian – Mark Graham
Packaging and design – Jessica Kelly
Instruments
Bass – Allen Walley, Mary Scully, Richard Pryce, Roger Linley, Steve Williams, Steve Mair
Bassoon, contrabassoon – Gavin McNaughton, Richard Skinner
Cello – Bozidar Vukotic, Chris Worsey, Dave Daniels, Dave Lale, Frank Schaefer, Ian Burdge, Joely Koos, Jonathan Williams, Josephine Knight, Nick Cooper, Paul Kegg, Tim Gill, Tony Lewis, Richard Tunnicliffe (baroque)
Clarinet, bass clarinet – Anthony Pike, David Fuest, Nick Rodwell
Fiddle – Giles Lewin, Sonia Slany (solo)
Flute – Anna Noakes, Helen Keen, Karen Jones
Harp – Skaila Kanga
Horn – David Pyatt, Martin Owen, Mike Thompson, Nigel Black, Phillip Eastop, Richard Bissill, Simon Rayner
Oboe, cor anglais – Jane Marshall, John Anderson
Percussion – Chris Baron, Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Paul Clarvis, Bill Lockhart
Piano, celesta – Simon Chamberlain
Trombone – Andy Wood, Dave Stewart, Dudley Bright, Ed Tarrant, Emma Hodgson, Keith McNicoll, Mark Nightingale, Richard Edwards, Tracy Holloway
Trumpet – Alistair Mackie, Andrew Crowley, Jason Evans, John Barclay, Kate Moore, Phil Cobb
Tuba – Adrian Miotti, Owen Slade, Pete Smith
Viola – Andy Parker, Clare Finnimore, Fiona Bonds, Gustav Clarkson, Jonathan Barritt, Judith Busbridge, Julia Knight, Kate Musker, Martin Humby, Morgan Goff, Peter Lale, Phil D'Arcy, Rebecca Carrington, Reiad Chibah, Richard Cookson, Rusen Gunes, Steve Tees, Sue Dench, Vicci Wardman
Viola da Gamba – Richard Boothby
Violin – Ben Cruft, Ben Hancox, Boguslaw Kostecki, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, Dai Emanuel, Debbie Preece, Debbie Widdup, Dorina Markoff, Emlyn Singleton, Everton Nelson, Ian Humphries, Jackie Hartley, Jenny Godson, John Bradbury, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Jonathan Strange, Kathy Gowers, Lorraine McAslan, Maciej Rakowski, Martin Burgess, Oli Langford, Patrick Kiernan, Paul Willey, Perry Montague-Mason, Philippa Ibbotson, Philippe Honoré, Roger Garland, Sonia Slany, Steve Morris, Thomas Bowes, Tom Hankey, Tom Pigott-Smith
Vocals
Alto – Alexandra Gibson, Amanda Dean, Carris Jones, Deryn Edwards, Freya Jacklin, Helen Brookes, Judith Rees, Susan Marrs, Tamsin Dalley, Vanessa Heine
Bass – Ben Bevan, Edward Grint, James Holliday, John Evanson, Mark Williams, Neil Bellingham, Nicholas Garrett, Nigel Short, Oliver Hunt, Richard Fallas, Stefan Berkieta
Soprano – Alison Hill, Amy Wood, Elizabeth Drury, Grace Davidson, Joanna Eteson, Joanna Forbes-Lestrange, Katie Hill, Natalie Clifton-Griffith, Rosalind Waters, Sara Brimer
Tenor – Benedict Hymas, Benedict Quirke, Gabriel Vick, Harvey Brough, Julian Alexander Smith, Matt Long, Oliver Griffith, Peter Wilman, Richard Edgar Wilson, Richard Eteson
Solo vocalist – Sunna Wehrmeijer
Choir
Choir – London Voices, Trinity Boys Choir
Choirmasters – David Swinson (Boys choir), Ben Parry, Terry Edwards (London Voices)
Vocals – Alex MacTavish, Buster Dickinson, Daniel Gilbert, Daniel Williams, Erwan Regy, Freddie Jemison, Harry Cookson, Harry Lees, Igor Sterner, Joel Okolo-Hunter, Joshua Dumbrill, Max Sherwood, Ming-Ho Cheung, Roman Southcombe, Ross Ah-Weng, Samuel Richardson, Tom Leigh, William Stone, Zach Figuiera (Boys choir)
Orchestra
Orchestration – Jeff Atmajian, John Ashton Thomas, Jon Kull, Pete Anthony, Peter Bateman, Peter Boyer
Conductor – Pete Anthony
Assistant orchestra contractor – Susie Gillis
Orchestra contractor – Isobel Griffiths
Orchestra leader – Thomas Bowes
Management
A&R – Tom Mackay
A&R administration – Gillian Russell
A&R coordinator – Angela Asistio
Business affairs – Evan Levane, Michael Seltzer, Skyler Sourifman
Executive director of music business and legal affairs (Lionsgate) – Raha Johartchi
Executive in charge of film music (Lionsgate) – Amy Dunning
General manager, executive vice president of music business and legal affairs (Lionsgate) – Lenny Wohl
Manager of film music (Lionsgate) – Nikki Triplett
Marketing – Frank Arigo
Music finance executive (Lionsgate) – Chris Brown
Vice president of film music (Lionsgate) – Trevon Kezios
Legal co-ordinator – Samantha Hilscher
Senior co-ordinator of film music (Lionsgate) – Ryan Svendsen
