Divergent Soundtrack: Composers, Songs and Tracklist

Two composers scored the Divergent films: Tom Holkenborg wrote the music for Divergent (2014), and Joseph Trapanese scored both Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016). Each film has at least one album, and Interscope Records released the song albums for the first two.

Tom Holkenborg scored Divergent (2014), directed by Neil Burger. Interscope Records released the song album "Divergent" on March 11, 2014, and Lionsgate released "Divergent: Original Motion Picture Score" on March 18, 2014. The song album has nine tracks, among them "Find You" by Zedd with Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant, "Fight for You" by Pia Mia and Chance the Rapper, "Backwards" by Tame Impala and Kendrick Lamar, and "I Won’t Let You Go" by Snow Patrol. The score album runs to 21 tracks, and the cues people search for include "Tris", "The Test", "Choosing Dauntless", "Capture The Flag", "Ferris Wheel", "Erudite Plan" and "I Am Divergent".

Joseph Trapanese took over for Insurgent (2015), directed by Robert Schwentke. Film Music Reporter covered his hiring in November 2014, when he replaced Junkie XL on the sequel. Interscope Records released both the song album "Insurgent" and "Insurgent (Original Motion Picture Score)" on March 17, 2015. The 20 track score album includes "Amity", "Dauntless Arrive", "Escaping Amity", "Train Attack", "Truth Serum" and "Raiding Candor", and the cue titles follow the faction by faction route of the story.

Trapanese stayed for Allegiant (2016), again directed by Schwentke. Universal Music Group released "Allegiant (Original Motion Picture Score)" on March 11, 2016, with 17 tracks. Its best-known cues by title are "Beyond the Wall", "The Council", "Over the Wall", "Chase Through Fringe", "Plasma Globes", "The Bureau" and "Memory Band". The album opens with "Scars", which is also the title of the Tove Lo song that plays over the end credits.

In my opinion, the change of composer sits neatly beside the change of director, since the second and third chapters share a musical identity that differs from the first. For the wider crew picture, see the Divergent cast and crew page.

The planned fourth film, Ascendant, was redeveloped as a TV movie and then a series, and it was never made. Author Veronica Roth told Entertainment Weekly in 2023 that it will never be made, and as of November 3, 2026 no new Divergent film has been officially announced, so the film music stays at three scores. Any later news is tracked on the next Divergent movie page.

The signature songs of the Divergent films are "Beating Heart" by Ellie Goulding and "Find You" by Zedd, Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant from Divergent (2014), "Holes in the Sky" by M83 and HAIM from Insurgent (2015), and "Scars" by Tove Lo from Allegiant (2016). The sheets credit twelve songs to the first film, seven to the second and one to the third, so the song count shrinks with each chapter.

Divergent (2014). The first film has the longest song list of the saga. The Interscope Records soundtrack album, released on March 11, 2014, carries nine tracks: "Find You", "Beating Heart", "Fight for You", "Hanging On (I See MONSTAS remix)", "I Won’t Let You Go", "Backwards", "I Need You", "In Distress" and "Lost and Found (ODESZA remix)". "Find You" is the one song here that a source lists as written for the film, by Zedd with Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant. "Beating Heart" is Ellie Goulding's contribution and plays over the end credits. Goulding also supplied "Dead in the Water" and "Hanging On (I See MONSTAS remix)".

The rest of the lineup is broad. "Fight for You" pairs Pia Mia with Chance the Rapper, "I Won't Let You Go" is by Snow Patrol, and "Backwards" brings together Tame Impala and Kendrick Lamar. "I Need You" is by M83, "In Distress" by A$AP Rocky and Gesaffelstein, and "Lost and Found (ODESZA remix)" by Pretty Lights. Woodkid's "Run Boy Run" and Skrillex's "Stranger" with KillaGraham and Sam Dew complete the credited songs.

Insurgent (2015). The second film, directed by Robert Schwentke, has a tighter album of eight tracks, also on Interscope Records and released on March 17, 2015. Its songs are "Holes in the Sky" by M83 and HAIM, "Never Let You Down" by Woodkid and Lykke Li, "Blood Hands" by Royal Blood, "Warriors" by Imagine Dragons, "Sacrifice" by Zella Day, "The Heart of You" by Anna Calvi and "Carry Me Home" by SOHN. The album closes on "Convergence". For the full story of the film itself, see the Insurgent movie page.

Allegiant (2016). The final film is represented by a single song, "Scars" by Tove Lo, which plays over the end credits. The title also opens the film's score album, so the song and the Joseph Trapanese cues sit together on one release. The Allegiant movie page covers the film, and the Divergent movies in order guide shows where it falls in the sequence.

Our picks: the best songs in the Divergent films (opinion)

• "Find You" by Zedd, Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant: in my opinion it is the most obvious pop single of the saga, and it is the one song a source credits as written for the film.
• "Beating Heart" by Ellie Goulding: perhaps the best fit for the first film's closing moments, since it plays over the end credits.
• "Backwards" by Tame Impala and Kendrick Lamar: it could be argued that this is the most unexpected pairing on any of the albums.
• "Holes in the Sky" by M83 and HAIM: the strongest opener of the three soundtrack releases, to my ear.
• "Never Let You Down" by Woodkid and Lykke Li: a restrained, atmospheric pick that stands up away from the film.
• "Blood Hands" by Royal Blood: the heaviest guitar track in the saga, and a welcome change of texture.
• "Scars" by Tove Lo: the lone song in Allegiant, and a fair choice to carry the series out.