The Hunger Games 2012 Many pieces of instrumental music were used in the film “The Hunger Games”, an American science fiction adventure film released in 2012. The film was directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins. All of the film's soundtracks were composed by James Newton Howard. He is an American composer best known for his film scores. He is one of the most popular and respected film composers and has composed music for over 100 films. Howard was born in Los Angeles, California on June 9, 1951. Throughout his career as a composer/musician/songwriter, he has composed music for films of all sizes and genres, earning several nominations for his work. In May 2008 he was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. He replaced Danny Elfman due to a scheduling conflict for The Hunger Games (2012) and for the film's music album released by Universal Republic. He is also the composer of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in 2013 under the direction of Peter Landesman. The very first piece of i...