I’m on sick day #2, here. It’d be awesome being home from work if I didn’t feel like a plague repository. Anyway.
Yesterday, sitting like a sick lump, I watched Baby Driver. It’s ultimately a fairly predictable, dumb little heist movie with a decent cast and occasional bursts of heart, but that’s not the real draw here. Whomever did the music deserves a full damn raise. It’s some of the best uses of music in film since Forrest Gump, in terms of matching to scenes. They even time action sequences to the beats of the songs. Incredible.
And on that note (pun intended), the soundtrack itself is mighty damn fine:
But especially, the film will forever hold a place in my heart for its opening scene, the bank heist timed to the brilliant Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s Bellbottoms (dammit I LOVE that song, that whole album… YEAH!).
Enjoy…
keepsmealive 
Get well soon.
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Thanks! Am definitely on the mend.
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I loved this film, definitely Wright’s best movie since ‘Scott Pilgrim’ (although I liked Ant Man). I was shocked to find out that ‘Harlem Shuffle’ provided the horns for ‘Jump Around’ – I’d only ever heard the Stones version.
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I know! Soul music just keeps on giving, eh?
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Nice call on Forrest Gump being a benchmark for how to incorporate music in a movie!
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haha thanks! It’s just the film that first comes to mind when I think of how effective music can be in a motion picture. There are tons of others that have great moments, but FG was flawless throughout, on that score (see what I did there).
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Hate Forrest Gump!
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OK, but you gotta admit they used good songs for scenes!
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Maybe. 😀
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I’ll take it as a win!
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One of my faves of the year, excellent soundtrack too. Looooove Chase Me.
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The soundtrack’s definitely a winner, for choices of songs AND their usage in the film!
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Heard of the movie but not much else. I like a good heist film but it’s been a while. The Score and Sexy Beast were the last two I saw and liked.
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This one’s… OK. I’m a tough audience, though. I mean, it has Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, but I felt like they were playing the stereotypes not actually interesting characters. The guy who plays Baby was probably the best of all of them.
Anyway, it’s the music that’s the best here, for sure!
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