Tyler Childers Takes On Old Money on New Hunger Games Soundtrack

Tyler Childers attacks inherited wealth on "Old Money," his new song for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping soundtrack, released ahead of the film's Nov. 20 theatrical opening.

"Old money/ Birthing corporations/ raising them up right," Childers sings on the track. The line lands as the song's thesis: wealth siloed, passed along and protected by the very few at the expense of almost everyone else. It's an acoustic, gospel-inflected treatment of that theme — one Childers first explored on "Eatin' Big Time," a standout from his 2025 album Snipe Hunter.

Who made the record?

Childers wrote and produced "Old Money" himself, with Shawn Everett handling the mix. Everett also worked on Snipe Hunter, so the pairing continues an established collaboration. The background vocals carry a family-and-band feel: CJ Cain and Jesse Wells, both members of Childers' road band the Food Stamps, sing alongside John Haywood and Senora May — Childers' wife, described by Rolling Stone as an excellent singer-songwriter in her own right.

The song is Childers' first new release since Snipe Hunter. In the interim, he hasn't been idle: he produced The Universal Bubba, the newest record from folk singer Willi Carlisle.

What does this change for the soundtrack?

Sunprise on the Reaping's music was produced by Dave Cobb, one of Nashville's most in-demand producers, and it stacks the roster with lauded country and roots artists:

• Ella Langley
• Kacey Musgraves
• Madeline Edwards
• Stephen Wilson Jr.
• Noah Cyrus
• Carter Faith
• Kashus Culpepper
• Noah Kahan
• Stevie Nicks
• the Cure

Adding Childers to that list gives the soundtrack its sharpest class critique. His catalog has long balanced Appalachian storytelling with pointed economics, and "Old Money" sits squarely in that lineage.

When can audiences hear and see it?

The full soundtrack is available now. The film, a prequel to the original Hunger Games trilogy, arrives in theaters on Nov. 20.

Francis Lawrence's prequel adapts Suzanne Collins' novel about a young Haymitch Abernathy, the mentor figure from the original books. Joseph Zada plays the young Haymitch, with a cast that includes McKenna Grace, Whitney Peak, Ralph Fiennes, Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke and Lili Taylor.

The pairing is a natural fit. The Hunger Games universe is built on institutionalized inequality — a wealthy Capitol extracting resources and labor from twelve poorer districts. Childers' song about dynastic money and the corporations it births could hardly find a more on-theme home. Expect "Old Money" to anchor the film's marketing push as the Nov. 20 release approaches.