Customer Ratings & Reviews

Love the soundtrack for this film. Looking forward to spending hours listening to this.

If you're a fan of the movie, close your eyes and this music takes you there.

The Catching Fire score is a great CD with good music for every mood.

I was not the biggest fan of the score for the first "Hunger Games" film, but fortunately I feel the "Catching Fire" album is a large improvement. I really enjoy the work of composer James Newton Howard, and his return to this sequel draws parallels to the first album while forging a new path that features more emotional and intense music. There are a number of thrilling moments where a track is dark or suspenseful, and then suddenly comes to life ("Peacekeepers" and "The Games Begin" are good examples of this). Obviously, there is a romantic aspect to the movie that also allows for some more conventional orchestral music on the album ("Just Friends" is one of my favorites). Not only do we have an increase in quality, but we also get an increase in quantity. This album has 29 tracks totaling over 75 minutes of music; that's 10-15 minutes more than the typical movie soundtrack, and a whole half-hour longer than the first "Hunger Games" score. I'm glad to see more music being made available on the album. FAVORITE TRACKS [1] Katniss [4] Just Friends [6] The Tour [10] Horn of Plenty [26] I Need You Please visit FilmMusicFan(dot)com for more soundtrack reviews.

Catching Fire is a terrific film adaptation and sequel and James Newton Howard builds upon and bests his score for the first film.