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
Katniss Everdeen has ever seen, an obsession that she realizes is simply a "repetitive game" to keep darker thoughts at bay. In the series' last words, Katniss offers one final observation: "But there are much worse games to play." Katniss and her family live in the futuristic nation of Panem, located on the continent once known as North America, which was destroyed in a global catastrophe. Panem is run by an all-powerful city called the Capitol, located in the Rocky Mountains, which is surrounded by 12 districts, each having a specific purpose in supplying something to the Capitol. The story starts in