HOSH, 1979, Jalja, MK — Midnight (The Hanging Tree) - MK Remix

MK's remix of a melodic techno reworking of a Hunger Games folk song is broadly charting across 116 country and platform charts today. The original track began as HOSH and Italian producer 1979's dance reimagining of James Newton Howard's "The Hanging Tree" — the mournful ballad Jennifer Lawrence performed in Mockingjay — grafting Jalja's vocals onto a slow-burning melodic house framework. When MK, the Detroit-born producer known for his stripped, hypnotic club edits, remixed it for the July 2020 remix package on Three Six Zero Recordings, he pushed it further into late-night dancefloor territory without losing the song's eerie, post-apocalyptic undertow. The original had already hit number one on Beatport's Melodic House and Techno Tracks playlist before the remixes landed, per Wikipedia. Five years on, the MK version is the one finding the broader audience.