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The soundtrack for Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1, curated by Lorde, has been revealed!

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Already back in July it was announced that Lorde would be the curator of the soundtrack for the new Hunger Games movie ‘Mockingjay Part 1’, and Monday night the tracklist was revealed by iTunes.

The tracklist consists of 14 songs including songs from CHVRCHES, Tove Lo, Charli XCX, Raury and The Chemical Brothers.

Lorde herself will be featured in 4 songs including Stromae’s “Meltdown” and Kanye West’s remix of her own “Yellow Flicker Beat“, which was the first song from the soundtrack to be released (September 29).

Here’s what the full tracklist looks like:

1. Stromae – Meltdown (feat. Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip & Haim)
2. Chvrches – Dead Air
3. Tove Lo – Scream My Name
4. Charli XCX – Kingdom (feat. Simon le Bon)
5. Various Artists – Track 5
6. Raury – Lost Souls
7. Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat
8. Tinashé – The Leap
9. Bat For Lashes – Plan the Escape
10. Grace Jones – Original Beast
11. Lorde – Flicker (Kanye West Rework)
12. XOV – Animal
13. The Chemical Brothers – This Is Not a Game (feat. Miguel)
14. Lorde – Ladder Song

Ladder Song” will be a cover of Bright Eyes’ original.

With the release of “Yellow Flicker Beat, the first-revealed song from the soundtrack, Lorde wrote: “it’s my first offering from what i hope will be a soundtrack you love. it’s my attempt at getting inside her head, katniss’. i hope you like it.”

Here’s what the artwork for the soundtrack looks like:

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Director, Francis Lawrence have also talked about Lorde in an interview, saying: “Her immense talent and keen understanding of Mockingjay’s characters and themes not only have enabled her to create a song of her own that completely captures the film’s essence, but her insight and passion for our project make her the perfect creative force to assemble the other songs on our soundtrack.”

The full soundtrack will be released on November 17, which is just four days before the premiere of the movie on November 21.

Listen to “This Is Not A Game (feat. Miguel)” – the newest revealing from the soundtrack here:

Watch the trailer for the movie here:

Lorde releases new song ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’ for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Soundtrack!

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Today, September 29, Lorde released the first track for the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. 

On July 31st, Lorde was announced to be the curator of the soundtrack, following her contribution with ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World, which was a part of the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. 

Yellow Flicker Beat‘ was just released as the first song from the soundtrack, and was made by herself. On Tumblr, she made a post, where she described the song with: “it’s my first offering from what i hope will be a soundtrack you love. it’s my attempt at getting inside her head, katniss’. i hope you like it.”

Here’s the artwork:

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Earlier this week she also teased a part of the lyrics, “and the scars that mark my body, they’re silver and gold. My blood is a flood of rubies, precious stones”, by writing it on two photos she posted on her social media accounts.

Director, Francis Lawrence talked about Lorde in an interview saying: “Her immense talent and keen understanding of Mockingjay’s characters and themes not only have enabled her to create a song of her own that completely captures the film’s essence, but her insight and passion for our project make her the perfect creative force to assemble the other songs on our soundtrack.”

The full soundtrack will be released on November 18, which is just three days before the movie premiere (November 21).

Lorde also recently topped Billboards ’21 Under 21′ list with 5 Seconds Of Summer and Justin Bieber as the second and third.

Listen to ‘Yellow Flicker Beat‘ here: