Beating Hearts can be heard on the trailer for the first film in the dystopian fantasy trilogy, starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller and Kate Winslet. The song got its first airplay on BBC Radio 1, Tuesday night, on the Zane Lowe show and she spoke recently about the making of the track, which was produced by Russian-German electronic music producer Zedd.
‘I got to jam, like you would jam on a guitar, but just with my voice,’ Ellie Goulding told EW3 ‘I really enjoyed it.’ She has three songs on the soundtrack (two from Halcyon Days) for the film based on Veronica Roth’s bestselling young adult fiction novels. Her ex-boyfriend Skrillex has also produced a song for the movie, as have A$AP Rocky, I See MONSTAS, Snow Patrol, M83, Pretty Lights, Tame Impala & Kendrick Lamar, Woodkid, Big Deal, Pia Mia feat. Chance The Rapper.
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