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The music video for "Beating Heart" premiered on 11 March 2014 on MTV. Sharon Ridoynauth, Liz Taw & Lucy Wearing I want to make the best of what is left hold tight LyricsĪnd finally we step to leave to the departure lounge of disbelief She also performed the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 15 April.
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On 13 April, Goulding performed "Beating Heart" at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards, followed by a performance of Zedd's song "Find You"-also from the Divergent soundtrack-featuring Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant. Goulding appeared on the NBC morning television show Today on 12 March 2014 to perform an acoustic version of the song. "Beating Heart" was officially sent to contemporary hit radio stations in the United States on 22 April 2014. On 25 February, the track was made available for pre-order as part of the Divergent soundtrack album on iTunes in North America. That same day, the song debuted on BBC Radio 1 as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record. The song officially made its premier on BBC Radio 1 on the 24th of February.Ī lyric video for "Beating Heart" premiered on the Entertainment Weekly website on 24 February 2014, featuring scenes from Divergent. North Americans can pre-order Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack bundles that include the soundtrack on 12-inch picture-disc vinyl and a poster with names of fans who order, beginning Jan. Goulding also contributed vocals to the film's score, composed by electronic artist Junkie XL with the assistance of executive producer Hans Zimmer. "I basically got to go into the studio, and just be put in front of the microphone for a few hours and sing whatever I wanted to sing," "Not even words, noises and sounds, too."ĭirector Neil Burger said in a press release that Goulding’s vocals are an extension of the film’s lead female character Tris, played by Shailene Woodley. both in the way it sounds, and the way it will be featured in the film. Goulding added that she recorded instrumental tracks with orchestral accompaniment and that the music they made will definitely surprise both her fans and Initiates alike. film director Neil Burger said in a release about the soundtrack album. "We started working on the film with songs from Ellie Goulding's album Halcyon and soon found that the texture of her music and the tone of her voice matched perfectly with our film." "In many ways Ellie has become the inner voice of our heroine Tris."
“I wrote a song for 'Divergent,' called 'Beating Heart,' and it's being used for the soundtrack,” she said. On January the 22nd, on Good Morning America, Goulding revealed that she'd be contributing a whole lot to the film's soundtrack.