Secret Sisters: "Tomorrow Will Be Kinder"

Overnight, it seems, a guerrilla marketing team has conspired to drape the city in advertisements for the upcoming Hunger Games movie. Billboards, subway signs, online links and fan pages, even a tumblr of memes before the movie has even been released. Of course, we've seen this fanaticism before, particularly when it comes to young adult fantasy series.

So I'm bracing myself for the onslaught of whatever happens when good (or just popular) books are, for better or worse, turned into movies. Crucial to the culture of those movies is the music, and the artists chosen for the film -- whether they're already big names or not -- get incredible exposure.

Released last week, the full Hunger Games soundtrack list features heavyweights like Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, and Maroon 5; some "indie" bands like Arcade Fire and the Decemberists; and a few little-known groups, like this Alabama sister act. The Secret Sisters released their debut album in October 2010, and it reached #27 on the Billboard country charts, signaling that these twangy crooners may be simmering to be the next big thing in the genre. The boost of this movie soundtrack could do for them what Twilight did for Paramore, introducing them to a huge new potential fan market. Of course, having a connection was key; the executive producer of the album, Grammy winner T Bone Burnett, is also the producer for the Secret Sisters. He's also worked with Allison Krauss, John Mellencamp, and Elton John, to name a few, so I'd venture that the girls are in capable hands.

The song, "Tomorrow Will Be Kinder," was written in response to the tornadoes that ripped through the sisters' home state last April. The haunting melody is complimented by a warm harmony, a full sound that reflects the kinship of the two singers. (They really are sisters.) And the optimism of the lyrics -- "A brighter day is coming my way, yes, tomorrow will be kinder" -- will strike a particularly poignant chord in the bleak, joyless world of the Hunger Games characters, for whom tomorrow may not exist at all.

OH MAN I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS MOVIE. The soundtrack will be released on March 20, the movie on March 23, the score on March 26. Full feature trailer and soundtrack list after the jump!

Hunger Games trailer:

Hunger Games soundtrack:
1.  Arcade Fire “Abraham’s Daughter”
2.  The Secret Sisters “Tomorrow Will Be Kinder”
3.  Neko Case “Nothing To Remember”
4.  Taylor Swift “Safe & Sound ft. The Civil Wars”
5.  Kid Cudi “The Ruler and The Killer”
6.  Punch Brothers “Dark Days”
7.  The Decemberists “One Engine”
8.  The Carolina Chocolate Drops “Daughter’s Lament”
9.  The Civil Wars “Kingdom Come”
10.  Glen Hansard “Take The Heartland”
11.  Maroon 5 ft. Rozzi Crane “Come Away To The Water”
12.  Miranda Lambert “Run Daddy Run ft. Pistol Annies”
13.  Jayme Dee “Rules”
14.  Taylor Swift “Eyes Open”
15.  The Low Anthem “Lover Is Childlike”
16.  Birdy “Just A Game”