The 17-year-old Royals singer will choose the soundtrack for the young adult sci-fi phenomenon
Lorde has been chosen to curate the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. The 17 year-old singer from New Zealand will also provide the lead single for the soundtrack, which accompanies the third film in the young adult science-fiction saga based on Suzanne Collins' bestselling books.
Lorde previously contributed a cover of Tears for Fears' Everybody Wants to Rule the World to the soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second film in the series.
"Curating the soundtrack for such a hotly anticipated film was a challenge, but I jumped at the chance," Lorde said. "The cast and story are an inspiration for all musicians participating and, as someone with cinematic leanings, being privy to a different creative process has been a unique experience. I think the soundtrack is definitely going to surprise people."
The soundtrack albums for the first two Hunger Games films have included impressive original work, featuring new music from Arcade Fire, The National, Coldplay and Taylor Swift.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 continues the story of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who becomes the reluctant leader of a rebellion against the totalitarian government of Panem. The film also stars Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore and Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died in February before filming was complete.
