The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (soundtrack) "Spin" magazine place the soundtrack at number 9 on their year end list for pop albums as Andrew Unterberger stated that the soundtrack should be added to "Lorde's list of pre-drinking-age accomplishments". Unterberger also praised the singer for bringing artists from different genres while remaining cohesive. Similarly, in its year end review for pop albums, "Rolling Stone" listed the soundtrack at number 9 with Charles Aaron expressing that "Though Jennifer Lawrence's role as "The Hunger Games" heroine Katniss Everdeen has been a starmaking turn, the character itself is, to be kind, broadly drawn. But on this electronic-pop-leaning soundtrack envisioned by
The Hunger Games (novel) Twenty-year-old actress Jennifer Lawrence was chosen to play Katniss Everdeen. Though Lawrence was four years older than the character when filming began, Collins felt the role demanded "a certain maturity and power" and said she would rather the actress be older than younger. She added that Lawrence was the "only one who truly captured the character I wrote in the book" and that she had "every essential quality necessary to play Katniss." Lawrence, a fan of the books, took three days to accept the role, initially intimidated by the size of the production. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth were later