Lorde has been chosen as music supervisor for the new Hunger Games movie, and is responsible for selecting the soundtrack and recording its lead single. The 17-year-old singer said she is “so pleased and proud” to be named “sole [music] curator” for Mockingjay, Part 1, working alongside the film’s director Francis Lawrence.

“I sat down with Lorde on the set of Mockingjay this spring and I was immediately struck by how she so innately understood what we ... were trying to accomplish with the film,” Lawrence said in a statement. “Her immense talent and keen understanding of Mockingjay’s characters and themes not only had 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.”

Lorde has been very open about her love of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games books, and contributed a song to Lawrence’s Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack. The films’ “cast and story are an inspiration for all musicians participating”, the singer claimed. “I think the soundtrack is definitely going to surprise people.”

Previous Hunger Games soundtracks have included original songs by artists such as Coldplay, Patti Smith, Arcade Fire and Taylor Swift with the Civil Wars. The film, which is the third in the series, is due to be released this November, ahead of the final instalment next year.