Lorde will never be a “royal” and she knows it, which is why she’ll be curating a soundtrack album for all the districts in the hit sci-fi fantasy film, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1″!
After releasing a series of propaganda posters and teaser trailer of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1″, Lionsgate announced that the Grammy award-winning artiste Lorde has been chosen to curate the soundtrack album for the film.
Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time Lorde has sung for the film as the 17-year-old singer has previously covered the classic song “Everybody Wants to Rule The World” that was featured in the soundtrack album of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. The cover caught the attention of the media as she put a modern twist on the song with her hauntingly beautiful voice.
As both a songwriter and performer, Lorde is known to constantly challenge herself and thus, jumped at the chance to curate the soundtrack album for the film. The album came via her unique relationship with her music publisher, SONGS Music Publishing who was the key architect of the deal.
On working on the soundtrack album, she 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.
Director Francis Lawrence also praised the artiste for “her immense talent and keen understanding of Mockingjay’s characters and themes”, which helped her create songs that “completely captures the film’s essence”.
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″ is the final instalment in “The Hunger Games” trilogy and stars Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Woody Harrelson. The soundtrack album will be released via Republic Records prior to the release of the film on 21st November. Guess we can expect to hear more Lorde awesomeness soon!
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