#BEST SONGS FROM BABY DRIVER SOUNDTRACK MOVIE#

Wright took time to inject some humanity and depth into the majority of the characters in 'Baby Driver,' especially Baby himself, who is played as a thoughtful kid with his moral compass firmly intact. The only time the soundtrack comes close to a cliche is when Golden Earring's 'Radar Love' plays during one driving scene but the trope is averted because the song is playing from an FM radio station. We hear everything from Beck to The Commodores, from Barry White to Young MC, from Run the Jewels to Simon & Garfunkel. We don't hear 'Born to Be Wild' or 'I Can't Drive 55' as Baby is putting his pedal to the floor, instead we get mostly deep tracks spanning many genres and eras of music. For as many songs as are used in 'Baby Driver' - and there are dozens - I give Wright and his team credit for avoiding clicheВ choices. Which brings me to the soundtrack itself. A similar trick is used during an intense chase as Baby listens to 'Hocus Pocus' by Focus. The sounds of bullets being fired and guns being reloaded are all timed to sync with the song's signature moments. In one fantastic scene, Baby witnesses a bloody shootout while listening to 'Tequila' (a 1996 recording by the Button Down Brass, not the original Champs version). And these sound effects are used with precision accuracy in this movie. 'Baby Driver' is obsessed with the sounds of the world not only the revving, purring and squealing of a fast car but the sounds of feet on pavement, coffee cups being filled and the other noises that make up the soundtrack of daily life.

#BEST SONGS FROM BABY DRIVER SOUNDTRACK MOVIE#

This movie deserves at least Oscar nominations for sound editing and sound mixing - and it probably deserves to win them both. The soundtrack is almost constant and writer-director Edgar Wright does a nice job keeping us in Baby's head, changing the volume of the tracks as his focus shifts and even dropping it altogether when his earbuds become dislodged. 'Baby Driver' relies on music more than just about any action film I can think of. When he meets a diner waitress named Debora (Lily James), his priorities suddenly shift to making a clean getaway with her. Baby doesn't talk much and constantly wears earbudsВ that crank music into his head to drown out the ringing he hears as the result of a car crash when he was a child. This action-thriller follows a talented young getaway driver nicknamed Baby (Ansel Elgort) as he works to pay off a debt by helping carry out a string of armed heists in Atlanta. Plus, it has a ton of heart and one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard. One taken in the sexiest car with the best sound system on the market.Д«ut 'Baby Driver' is much more than a 'car movie,' because its characters are the stars, not the vehicles they are constantly drifting in.

I promised myself I wouldn't use driving metaphors when writing this review, but permit me just one: 'Baby Driver' is the cinematic equivalent of a joyride.

Best songs from baby driver soundtrack