Chris Martin will accept an award on behalf of Coldplay for their song Atlas at the Hollywood Film Awards on October 21, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The song, which earned the group the Hollywood Song Award, came out this past September as the lead single from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack.
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The moody, piano-led ballad, which reaches Coldplays signature orchestral-rock aplomb by its midway point, was not only the first song the group had ever written specifically for a movie but its first new song since the release of 2011s Mylo Xyloto. Atlas made it to the No. 1 position on 43 countries respective iTunes chart. In the U.S., it made it to No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked in the Top 20 of Billboards Rock Songs and Alternative Songs charts.
Martin is reportedly a fan of the Hunger Games series of books and based the song on the drama within the movie. We are thrilled with how well they have connected to the themes and ideas within the film, the movies director, Francis Lawrence, commented in September. Their unwavering passion and excitement for the project elevated the collaboration even further.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack, which features new tracks from Christina Aguilera, Sia and Lorde, among others, comes out November 19th. The movie hits theaters November 22nd.