Existe música no Panem? E se sim, que tipo de música?

Há muita música intercalada ao longo da série:

No capítulo cinco de The Hunger Games há música durante a procissão da carruagem:

The opening music begins. It’s easy to hear, blasted around the Capitol.

No capítulo dez, há música quando eles vão ao telhado na noite anterior ao início dos Jogos:

The roof is not lit at night, but as soon as my bare feel reach its tiled surface I see his silhouette, black against the lights that shine endlessly in the Capitol. There’s quite a commotion going on down in the streets, music and singing and car horns, none of which I could hear through the thick glass window panels in my room.

No capítulo onze, há música quando são mostradas as baixas do dia:

That’s it. The Capitol seal is back with a final musical flourish. Then darkness and the sounds of the forest resume.

No capítulo dezesseis, Rue e Katniss conversam sobre música, mas, aparentemente, eles estão falando sobre cantar e não sobre música instrumental real:

Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, “Music.”

“Music?” I say. In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness. At least a rainbow gives you a tip about the weather. “You have a lot of time for that?”

“We sing at home. At work, too. That’s why I love your pin,” she says, pointing to the mockingjay that I’ve again forgotten about.

“You have mockingjays?” I ask.

“Oh, yes. I have a few that are my special friends. We can sing back and forth for hours. They carry messages for me,” she says.

No capítulo dezoito, quando Rue morre, ela pede que Katniss cante para ela (o que Katniss faz) e Katniss relembra a música de seu pai cantando:

“Sing,” she says, but I barely catch the word.

Sing? I think. Sing what? I do know a few songs. Believe it or not, there was once music in my house, too. Music I helped make. My father pulled me in with that remarkable voice — but I haven’t sung much since he died. Except when Prim is very sick. Then I sing her the same songs she liked as a baby.

Também vemos nessa cena que Katniss realmente tinha um professor de música:

What my music teacher calls a mountain air.

No capítulo vinte e dois, descobrimos que eles realmente tinham assembléias musicais na escola:

“So that day, in music assembly, the teacher asked who knew the valley song. Your hand shot right up in the air. She stood you up on a stool and had you sing it for us. And I swear, every bird outside the windows fell silent,” Peeta says.

No capítulo cinco de Pegando fogo músicos tocam durante a turnê do Distrito 11:

Somewhere below, musicians begin to play. As the first wave of our little procession begins down the steps, Peeta and I join hands.

No capítulo seis, os músicos tocam na festa na mansão do Presidente Snow:

About halfway between the floor and the ceiling, musicians float on what look like fluffy white clouds, but I can't see what holds them aloft.

Mais tarde, na festa, descobrimos que, no Distrito 12, eles provavelmente tinham violino e flauta:

Music filters down from the clouds as he leads me away from the team, the table, and out onto the floor. We know only a few dances at home, the kind that go with fiddle and flute music and require a good deal of space. But Effie has shown us some that are popular in the Capitol.

No capítulo doze, descobrimos que existe um dispositivo eletrônico chamado chip de música:

I begin to question them casually about what other hardships this winter has brought them. They are not used to want, so any little disruption in supply makes an impact on them. By the time I'm ready to be dressed, their complaints about the difficulty of getting different products — from crabmeat to music chips to ribbons — has given me a sense of which districts might actually be rebelling. Seafood from District 4. Electronic gadgets from District 3. And, of course, fabrics from District 8. The thought of such widespread rebellion has me quivering with fear and excitement.

No capítulo dezesseis, obtemos mais informações sobre o que é um chip de música:

“The strength of the thread,” Beetee finishes explaining. “Automatically. It rules out human error.” Then he talks about his recent success creating a musical chip that's tiny enough to be concealed in a flake of glitter but can hold hours of songs. I remember Octavia talking about this during the wedding shoot, and I see a possible chance to allude to the uprising.

No capítulo dois de Tordo a música toca na televisão após a entrevista de Peeta:

Music plays them out, and then there's a woman reading a list of expected shortages in the Capitol — fresh fruit, solar batteries, soap.

No capítulo dezesseis, há música no casamento de Finninck:

The three hundred lucky guests culled from 13 and the many refugees wear their everyday clothes, the decorations are made from autumn foliage, the music is provided by a choir of children accompanied by the lone fiddler who made it out of 12 with his instrument.

Isso também nos diz que havia vários músicos no Distrito 12.

Sim. Jogos Vorazes Wiki tem os três seguintes:

Profundamente no prado

"Deep In The Meadow" (also known as "Rue's Lullaby") is a song that is sung by Katniss to Rue, who was on her deathbed after Marvel speared her in the stomach. Rue's last request was to hear Katniss sing

A Árvore Hanging

This song was taught to Katniss Everdeen by her father, Mr. Everdeen, when she was young. Her mother, Mrs. Everdeen heard her singing the song and watched Prim and her making necklaces of rope to go with it.

The Valley Song

The Valley Song is mentioned in the first Hunger Games book by Peeta in the caves, saying how he remembers Katniss singing this song at school.

Todas as três músicas são canções folclóricas, como convém às pessoas que não têm recursos para fabricar instrumentos musicais. É seguro assumir que a Capital tem sua própria música, mas Katniss nunca tem muita oportunidade de experimentá-la.