Song of the Week-
Beating Heat by Ellie Goulding, from the Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
In today’s world, movie soundtracks are just as important to
a movie franchise as the films themselves. Teen franchises definitely lead the
way in this respect, and being no stranger to this trend after featuring on the
latest soundtracks for the Twilight series and Hunger Games series, British
singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding has lent a hand to the latest big teen film
and future film franchise, Divergent. The soundtrack is to feature three songs
from Goulding, including new cut Beating Heart. Upon hearing this new track I
was immediately captivated, and can see why it would fit into a moody teenage
film franchise piece. The song finds Goulding singing of how there is
difficulty within life, but in the end she just wants to make the best of the
moment and wants to hear her lovers beating heart. There is a dynamic quality
to the lyrics in the way that Goulding delivers a poetic style whilst making
the song sound very accessible and catchy. Goulding’s vocal performance is lush
with a delicacy and lilting quality that is both passionate and chilled and
brings out the emotion of the lyrics very nicely. The vocal performance also
works great against the production with its sea of ambient synths and pulsating
electronic rhythms. Beating Heart is a powerful number that feels like a worthy
edition to this new film soundtrack, and a song that also just works on its own
merit.
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