Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"I think that one of the challenges for a movie like this is that it's set in the future and so you sort of have to figure out, "OK, what might music in the future sound like?" The film is actually set not in a perfected future, but actually kind of in a future world that is deteriorating. And so we wanted to create a musical element that had reflected on current music sounds, but also felt kind of time-forward and had a certain futuristic element. Really our notion was to find music that was dangerous, tribal and had electronic elements without really being dance-y." — Music supervisor Randall Poster talking about the soundtrack album^[1]

Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official soundtrack for the film Divergent. The album was released on March 11, 2014, and features songs by Zedd and Ellie Goulding with the original score composed by Hans Zimmer.

Background[]

On December 19, 2013, Ellie Goulding's Dead in the Water from her 2012 album Halcyon was featured in Divergent's first official clip. This song was later included on the soundtrack.^[2]
On January 26, 2014, Zedd, Matthew Koma, and Miriam Bryant's Find You was released as the soundtrack album's first single.^[3]
The soundtrack was officially released on March 11, 2014.
Beating Heart by Ellie Goulding was released on May 9, 2014 as its second single.^[4]

Track listing[]

Standard Listing[]

No.	Title	Writers	Artist(s)	Length
1.	Find You	Zedd, Matthew Koma, Miriam Bryant, Victor Rådström	Zedd featuring Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant	3:23
2.	Beating Heart	Ellie Goulding, Joe Janiak	Ellie Goulding	3:31
3.	Fight For You	Michael Volpe, Marc Griffin, Pia Mia, Chancellor J. Bennett, Nicholas Balding, Andrew van Wyngarden, Benjamin Goldwasser	Pia Mia featuring Chance The Rapper	4:35
4.	Hanging On (I See MONSTAS Remix)	Patrick James Grossi, Ariel Rechtshaid	Ellie Goulding	4:04
5.	I Won't Let You Go	Gary Lightbody, Jacknife Lee	Snow Patrol	4:07
6.	Run Boy Run	Woodkid, Ambroise Willaume	Woodkid	3:32
7.	Backwards	Kevin Parker, Kendrick Duckworth	Tame Impala and Kendrick Lamar	3:54
8.	I Need You	Anthony Gonzales	M83	3:01
9.	In Distress	Rakim Mayers, Mike Levy	A$AP Rocky featuring Gesaffelstein	3:09
10.	Lost and Found (ODESZA Remix)	Derek Vincent Smith	Pretty Lights	4:36
11.	Stranger	Sonny Moore, Justin Parker, Sam Dew, Graham Muron	Skrillex	4:50
12.	Dream Machines	KC Underwood, Alice Costelloe	Big Deal	2:59
13.	Dead in the Water	Goulding, Fin Dow-Smith	Ellie Goulding	4:44