"The Hanging Tree" is a song performed by composer James Newton Howard for the 2014 film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, the third installment of The Hunger Games film series. The song did not appear on the original official soundtrack album for the film (although it does appear on the score album), but was added during the digital re-release of the official soundtrack for the film. The lyrics were written by The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins and originally appeared in her novel Mockingjay. The music was composed by Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz of American indie folk band The Lumineers. Following its release, "The Hanging Tree" debuted in the top 40 of the singles charts of Australia,  the United Kingdom, and the United States. The song was released to American hot adult contemporary radio stations on December 15, 2014. A remixed version of the song was released tocontemporary hit radio stations on December 9, 2014, and is used as an official song for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Jamaica .