--- description: A new track from CHVRCHES, "Dead Air," is the latest off the Lorde-curated "Mockingjay, Part 1" soundtrack. title: Listen to a New CHVRCHES Track From the Mockingjay, Part 1 Soundtrack image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Listen to a New CHVRCHES Track From the _Mockingjay, Part 1_ Soundtrack  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Nov 4, 2014 4:14 PM CUT  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Nov 4, 2014 4:14 PM CUT Lorde continues to deliver spot-on Katniss vibes with the latest release from the soundtrack she’s curated for _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1_. “Dead Air,” a synth-heavy rabble-rouser from Scottish electronic group CHVRCHES, joins previously announced tracks from Charli XCX, Bat for Lashes, Tove Lo, and Tinashe, to name just a few. (Lorde is contributing several of her own songs, including “Yellow Flicker Beat.”) With a melody that’s at once somber and empowering, “Dead Air” captures the mood of everyone’s favorite bow-wielding heroine. Lyrically, it meshes nicely with the movie’s revolutionary themes: “We’ll hold up to an idea/ And we’ll fight what we can’t see.” The idea, of course, is freedom from President Snow’s tyrannical regime; the unseen enemy, Snow’s repressive seat of power in District 1. The band has performed the track at live shows under several temporary names, including “Richard Pryor,” “Gene Wilder,” and “Eddie Murphy.” “Dead Air” seems a much better fit for the song’s message of stoic resolve. (Although an origin story for these working titles, if it exists, would be most welcome.) The soundtrack will be released on Nov. 17, just ahead of the movie’s premiere date of Nov. 21. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3556321/chvrches-dead-air-mockingjay-soundtrack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3556321/chvrches-dead-air-mockingjay-soundtrack/"},"headline":"Listen to a New CHVRCHES Track From the Mockingjay, Part 1 Soundtrack","datePublished":"2014-11-04T16:14:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:12:38.344Z","description":"“This is a call to your arms”","url":"https://time.com/3556321/chvrches-dead-air-mockingjay-soundtrack/","keywords":["movies","Hunger Games","Music","Lorde","The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3556321/chvrches-dead-air-mockingjay-soundtrack/","name":"Listen to a New CHVRCHES Track From the Mockingjay, Part 1 Soundtrack"}}]}] ```