The Huger Games has now become a regular household topic. Young kids watch the films, teenagers who have read the books go see them, and parents hear about the movie all the time. The franchise has used this widespread popularity to expand the appeal by producing this soundtrack that has not only become the anthem of the film, but to inspired fans and people who enjoy the songs.

Eighteen-year-old Lorde has been in charge of curating the major franchise movie The Hunger Games: Mockingjay– Part 1’s soundtrack. The owners of the Hunger Games franchise saw Lorde to be a comparable figure to protagonist, Katniss Everdeen. An immense honor for Lorde, she is now in charge of creating and leading the production of the most anticipated and popular soundtracks today. The young artist sang four songs, co-wrote five songs, and hired the music artists that would sing on the soundtrack all within this albums 18 months of production. Incredible!

Now who are the musical artists selected to sing in the soundtrack? The diversity absolutely stunned the public and the hard core Hunger Games fans. The soundtrack ranged from electric pop stars like Charli XCX and Tove Lo to producer and rapper Kanye West. Charli XCX, famed for her song “Boom Clap” was implemented in the film, originally written for another famous young adult novel turned film The Fault in Our Stars. West remixed Lorde’s song “Yellow Flicker Beat”, which was written for this album.

The full lists of participating writers and performers on the album also include Stromae, Pusha T, Q-Tip, HAIM, CHVRCHES, Tove Lo, Simon Le Bon, Major Lazer, Ariana Grande, Raury, Tinashe, Bat for Lashes, The Chemical Brothers, Miguel, XOV, Son Lux, and Grace Jones. The genres of all of the artists are ultimately distinctive from each other. Nonetheless, the soundtrack flows in such a way the soundtrack did not crumbled down to the floor.

Even though the album had an abundance of genre diversity, the soundtrack was not a ten out of ten. The soundtrack was not a disaster, but one would not call this soundtrack flawless. For example, the specific song “Animal” sang by XOV has disappointed the public. This song really stood out in the soundtrack in a negative way because of the lyrics couldn’t compare to the rest of the lyrics on the album. There were some artists who impressed the public such as the well dynamic collaboration of Miguel and Chemical Brothers collaboration “This Is Not a Game.” French pop superstar Stromae also makes an appearance and pleases audiences with a remix of his instrumental song “Merci,” with vocals from Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip and Haim

With this soundtrack, great tracks and slight misfires, the overall feel and talent throughout merits this album an 8 out of 10. Go listen to it now, and explore the empowering pop filled soundtrack albums of this series’ past.