Baby Driver (Soundtrack)
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| Label (s) | 30th Century Records Columbia Records |
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The soundtrack for Baby Driver (2017) by director Edgar Wright was composed by the British film composer and Oscar winner Steven Price . The songs from the film were released as a soundtrack album on June 23, 2017 by Columbia Records and 30th Century Records on double CD , double vinyl and as a download .
production
The score for the "Car Chase Musical" Baby Driver was composed by Steven Price and is not part of the released soundtrack album. In addition, the viewer hears the songs that the protagonist Baby hears in the film. The thirty tracks from Baby Driver form the actual soundtrack for the film. Columbia Records (subsidiary of major label Sony Music Entertainment ) and Danger Mouse's label 30th Century Records released the soundtrack album on CD , vinyl and in digital form. The song selection spans genres such as pop , rock , soul , blues , funk , jazz , hip-hop and punk .
Carsten Baumgardt von Filmstarts explains that the obligatory background music does not sound in the background, as is usually the case in films, but is a permanent and penetrating part of the plot. The main character Baby himself sets the pace for the following scenes by selecting the songs, which range from the central piece Easy, from the Commodores to jazz and blues to Barry White, regardless of whether it is a rapid escape or a relaxed one Walk to get coffee. The opening song is the song Bellbottoms from The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion . The song Baby Driver by Simon & Garfunkel , which can be heard in the film , gave the protagonist his name. In the film, baby suffers from tinnitus and suppresses it almost continuously with songs that he puts together or mixes himself according to the daily routine. He follows conversations by reading others' lips.
Danger Mouse produced the song Chase Me especially for the film , which contains a sample of the song Bellbottoms by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and was created in collaboration with Run the Jewels and Big Boi . Killer Mike from Run the Jewels can also be seen in a small role in the film.
Track list
- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms
- Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle
- Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Egyptian Reggae
- Googie Rene - Smokey Joe's La La
- The Beach Boys - Let's Go Away For Awhile
- Carla Thomas - BABY
- Kashmere Stage Band - Kashmere
- Dave Brubeck - Unsquare Dance
- The Damned - Neat Neat Neat
- The Commodores - Easy (Single Version)
- T. Rex - Debora
- Beck - Debra
- Incredible Bongo Band - Bongolia
- The Detroit Emeralds - Baby Let Me Take You (in My Arms)
- Alexis Korner - Early In The Morning
- David McCallum - The Edge
- Martha & the Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
- The Button Down Brass - Tequila
- Sam & Dave - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
- Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts
- Blur - intermission
- Focus - Hocus Pocus (Original Single Version)
- Golden Earring - Radar Love (1973 Single Edit)
- Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
- Young MC - Know How
- Queen - Brighton Rock
- Sky Ferreira - Easy
- Simon & Garfunkel - Baby Driver
- Kid Koala - Was He Slow (Credit Roll Version)
- Danger Mouse (featuring Run the Jewels and Big Boi ) - Chase Me
reception
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Normally, for the soundtrack of a film, directors choose pieces of music that are intended to accompany what is happening on the screen. In Baby Driver , however, Wright lets his titular hero hear music that seems to decide his fate, according to Variety's Peter Debruge . IndieWire's Eric Kohn also says that while Wright himself described Baby Driver as a car film that is powered by music, it has become more of a music film made around cars. The music that is played incessantly in the film includes songs by Lionel Richie , Isaac Hayes and Queen , who help shape the story of the film, and is the best soundtrack to a film of the year for Kohn.
Daniel Hecht from tonight.de also says: "You probably won't find a better compilation of cool and timeless oldies this year!"
Rolling Stone's Peter Travers also calls it the best soundtrack of the year. In the film, Wright gives every scene its indelible mark, says Travers.
Chart successes
The soundtrack debuted at number 18 on the album download chart on June 30, 2017 and at number 4 on the soundtrack album chart in the United Kingdom , where it peaked at number 1 the following week. At this point it also rose to number 10 in the US soundtrack album charts and at number 141 on the Billboard 200 . The following week it reached number 27 on the Billboard 200.
Awards
- Nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Volume 2: The Score for A Score
| Baby Driver Volume 2: The Score for A Score | |
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On March 14, 2018 Edgar Wright announced Volume 2: The Score for A Score, a second soundtrack album for Baby Driver , which, in addition to other songs from the film, also includes the original score by Steven Price as well as remixes , two unreleased tracks and dialogues which contains figures from Baby Driver . Volume 2 was released on April 13, 2018 on LP, CD and in digital form via 30th Century Records and Columbia Records.
Track list
- Steven Price - Robbery Arrival
- Danger Mouse (featuring Run the Jewels & Big Boi) - Chase Me
- Ennio Morricone - Secondo Intermezzino Pop
- Steven Price - Candy From Baby / What's In There Is Ours
- The Foundations - Harlem Shuffle
- Steven Price - Sunset That Ride
- Lily James & Ansel Elgort - You're back! (Dialog)
- Barbara Lewis - Baby I'm Yours
- Unloved - Cry Baby Cry
- Steven Price - Keep Driving and Never Stop
- The Steve Miller Band - Threshold
- Boga - Nowhere to Run (Baby Driver Mix)
- Vinnie Maniscalco - TaKillYa (Baby Driver Mix)
- Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels
- Steven Price - Bananas
- Boards of Canada - Ready Let's Go
- Steven Price - Dumb-Ass Excuse
- Kid Koala - Debora
- Jon Hamm & Ansel Elgort - What did you do? (Dialog)
- Focus - Hocus Pocus (Baby Driver Mix)
- Ansel Elgort - My name is Joseph (monologue)
- REM - New Orleans Instrumentals No. 1
- Steven Price - Lucky Charm
- Steven Price - Run
- Sky Ferreira - Easy (Baby Driver Mix)
- Steven Price - Postcards from Debora
- Jon Hamm & Ansel Elgort - Killer track (dialogue)
- Mint Royale - Blue Song
Chart successes Vol. 2
Volume 2 of the album rose on April 20, 2018 9th place in the soundtrack album charts in the UK one.
Web links
- Soundtrack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Peter Travers: 'Baby Driver' Review: Buckle Up For Edgar Wright's Go-For-Broke Pulp Musical In: Rolling Stone, June 28, 2017.
- ↑ Ursula Schmied: New heist movie 'Baby Driver': Four types and fast cars In: gq-magazin.de, March 13, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Daniel Hecht: Reingehört: New albums from June 23, 2017 on tonight.de, accessed on July 7, 2017
- ^ Carsten Baumgardt: Baby Driver In: filmstarts.de. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ↑ Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine on AllMusic.com (accessed July 7, 2017)
- ↑ Review by Kai Butterweck on Laut.de (accessed July 7, 2017)
- ↑ Peter Debruge: SXSW Film Review: 'Baby Driver' In: Variety, March 12, 2017.
- ↑ Eric Kohn: 'Baby Driver' Review: Edgar Wright's Brilliant Car Chase Musical Casts Ansel Elgort As an Outlaw Fred Astaire - SXSW 2017 In: indiewire.com, March 12, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-downloads-chart/
- ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/
- ↑ Soundtracks. The Week of July 15, 2017 In: billboard.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ Billboard 200. The Week of July 15, 2017 In: billboard.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ↑ 60th GRAMMY Awards: Full Nominees List In: grammy.com, November 28, 2017.
- ↑ Edgar Wright: Baby Driver Volume 2: The Score For A Score 'will be released on April 13 on Twitter.com (accessed March 19, 2018)
- ↑ Baby Driver: Volume 2 Soundtrack Announced on pitchfork.com (accessed March 19, 2018)
- ↑ Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50: April 20, 2018 - April 26, 2018 In: officialcharts.com. Retrieved April 21, 2018.