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James Newton Howard – The Hanging Tree (2014) | Track profile | Dork

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James Newton Howard
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Hanging Tree

TRACK

James Newton Howard

The Hanging Tree

Release date: 21st November 2014

From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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About This Track

"The Hanging Tree" is a track by James Newton Howard, from the album The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), released 21st November 2014. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard

Lyrics

The Hanging Tree

[Verse 1]

Are you, are you

Coming to the tree?

Where they strung up a man

They say who murdered three

[Refrain]

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

[Verse 2]

Are you, are you

Coming to the tree?

Where a dead man called out

For his love to flee

[Refrain]

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

[Verse 3]

Are you, are you

Coming to the tree?

Where I told you to run

So we'd both be free

[Refrain]

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

[Verse 4]

Are you, are you

Coming to the tree?

Wear a necklace of hope

Side by side with me

[Refrain]

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

[Verse 3]

Are you, are you

Coming to the tree?

Where I told you to run

So we'd both be free

[Refrain]

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

[Verse 1]

Are you, are you

Coming to the tree?

Where they strung up a man

They say who murdered three

[Refrain]

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

[Verse 2]

Are you, are you

Coming to the tree?

Where a dead man called

Out for his love to flee

[Refrain]

Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be

If we met at midnight in the hanging tree

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Track details

From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2014

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Album

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Release year

2014

—The Hanging Tree
—Scream My Name
—Kingdom
—Original Beast
—Meltdown
—The Leap
—This Is Not a Game
—Plan the Escape
—Ladder Song

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Jeremiah Fraites, Shawn Ferrari, Suzanne Collins, Wayne Sermon, Wesley Schultz
Producer: James Newton Howard, Sven Faulconer
Co-Producer: Jim Weidman
Vocals: Jennifer Lawrence, Sunna Wehrmeijer
Arranger: Sunna Wehrmeijer, Sven Faulconer
Audio Editor: David Olson, Jim Weidman
Cello: Josephine Knight, Richard Tunnicliffe
Choir: London Voices, Trinity Boys Choir
Choir Conductor: Pete Anthony
Choir Director: Ben Parry, David Swinson, Terry Edwards
Concertmaster: Thomas Bowes
Conductor: Ben Parry, David Swinson, Terry Edwards
Fiddle: Giles Lewin, Sonia Slany
Mastering Engineer: Dave Collins
Mixing Engineer: Shawn Murphy
Piano: Ben Parry, David Swinson, Terry Edwards
Sound Designer: Joseph Trapanese
Synthesizer Programmer: Christopher Wray, Sunna Wehrmeijer, Sven Faulconer
Viol: Richard Boothby
Violin: Jennifer Godson, Thomas Bowes