Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [iTunes Plus AAC M4A]

The movie franchise has Jennifer Lawrence to both create new songs and hire other artists to write and perform material of their own. The new work follows the main strategy of the last soundtrack: It throws echo around everything and lets dense, ambient sound creep over the voices and instruments. Like the previous “Games” album, “Mockingjay” has a distinct ’80s feel, evident in its more-is-more approach. The opening track, “Meltdown,” piles on too many players, including Lorde, two rappers (Pusha T and Q-Tip) and the vocal trio Haim. Other songs recall the Reagan-era sounds of Kate Bush (the group Chvrches on “Dead Air”) or Peter Gabriel (Bat for Lashes’ “Plan the Escape”).

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