What does it sound like?:
I’ve raved about this film on these pages before, and I’m well aware it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. It baffles, irritates and delights in equal measure. I think it was one of last year’s top movies.
Anyway, I was surprised and pleased to see this second volume of soundtrack music when I did my weekly lunchtime ramble to Fopp today. It’s got a lovely cover and looks like a really nice little package.
I love the soundtrack to Baby Driver, and the volume 1 CD was one of my top compilations last year. This mops up a lot of the tracks that were missed from it, from REM’s New Orleans Instrumental to Sky Ferreira’s version of the Commodore’s Easy. More importantly, the compilation style matches the film itself a lot more than before, so you get key snatches of dialogue and sound effects, along with remixed versions of the songs (by young upstarts like Dangermouse and Kid Koala) as they appear in the film itself (jumps and scratches, a drum machine remix of Tequila, ambient noises, Focus by Hocus Pocus with synchronised machine gun noises, etc) so the experience of listening to it is a lot closer to the woozy potpourri feel of the film.
What does it all *mean*?
It’s a lovingly curated little piece. I thought the first soundtrack, while having some excellent music on it, suffered a little by being “just” a bunch of good songs. This is a much more thoughtful little package. It’s as if they’ve “done” the soundtrack proper and this is one for the fans.
Goes well with…
Driving around in the sunshine. Let’s hope we get a warm summer this year.
Release Date:
Might suit people who like…
The Baby Driver movie, obviously. People who haven’t seen or don’t like the movie will probably think this sounds chaotic or noisy. But fans (I am one) will get a real sense of joy from the sounds here.
retropath2 says
Hmmm, call me old fashioned but I see nothing wrong with just a bunch of good songs, especially if unmarred by talking and background noise. Film was diverting enough nonsense and I liked hearing the songs as it rocketed along, but I don’t think I’d go this far.
Arthur Cowslip says
I get you, and I think I used to feel this way myself. But I don’t know, the more time goes on I find I crave full on soundscape/soundtrack stuff rather than just a group of songs played from beginning to end.
Vulpes Vulpes says
These young whipper-snappers, eh? Such larks! Fancy forming a band called Hocus Pocus and putting out a track called Focus! What a hoot!
*walks off chuckling, listening to ‘Frank Zappa’ by the Hotrats*
😉
retropath2 says
Ooo, that must be on a version unlisted here….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_Ons
Leicester Bangs says
I like it when people do stuff like this with soundtracks. The first one I remember having dialogue snippets was Reservoir Dogs, but the real game-changer was Natural Born Killers. Terrible film, utterly brilliant soundtrack, and I’m not sure I’ve come across it done so well since. Maybe this is the one.
Arthur Cowslip says
Yeah this probably all goes back to Tarantino, I agree.
Mike_H says
The 1998 UK release of the “Get Carter” soundtrack had nine choice dialogue bits added, plus a few extra music tracks.
The original music-only album was only ever released on vinyl in Japan, in 1971. If you can find a copy of that, expect to pay a small fortune.
deramdaze says
“You know, I’d almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Piss holes in the snow.”
And there was Ian Hendry just wanting a quiet afternoon at the race track.
Mike_H says
“Come on Jack, put it away, you know you won’t use it.”
“That’s the gun he means.”
Moose the Mooche says
The 1988 CD reissue of the 2001 soundtrack has all of Hal’s dialogue from the film in one track.
“I’m afraid, Dave” – that’s entertainment!!
Sniffity says
There was an unofficial Phantom Of The Paradise soundtrack that included all the incidental music (none of which appeared on the offical S/T release) plus snatches of dialogue.
“An assassination live on television, coast to coast? That’s entertainment!”
Leicester Bangs says
My Across 110th Street has dialogue on it but that’s a 1997 reissue.