Lorde to curate 'Mockingjay Part 1' soundtrack

Lorde’s Pure Heroine has plenty of songs about teenagers, one song about class stratification, and another about gladiatorial combat, so it makes perfect sense that she’d be chosen to put together the music for a Hunger Games movie. The franchise’s next installment, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, will feature a soundtrack curated by the 17-year-old Kiwi pop phenomenon. The details of what she’s choosing have yet to be made public, but it’s been confirmed that she’ll provide the album’s lead single, and it’s hard to imagine that she’s going to pass up the perfect opportunity to place “Glory and Gore.”

“Curating the soundtrack for such a hotly-anticipated film was a challenge, but I jumped at the chance,” Lorde says in a statement. “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.”

Mockingjay arrives in theaters Nov. 21. The soundtrack, which will be released by Republic Records, doesn’t have a date yet.