Their first meeting is set to the eerie and yet warm “Let’s Go Away for A While” by the Beach Boys. Speaking of Debora, the love affair between Baby and her is classic. The scene quickly turns violent and stressful, but the romantic song still seems to fit. Barry White’s “Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up” is an odd choice but it just works when a collaborator turns against Baby at the diner where his girlfriend Debora (Lily James) works. Cleverly, the same song is playing in some of the stores he runs by. When a major heist goes very bad, Baby is chased into a mall to the frenetic yodeling rock song “Hocus Pocus” by Focus. As the group is driving away, a grenade tossed by Foxx’s character explodes to the final word of the song, also spoken by Foxx at the same time, of course, “Tequila”. Not only is this version of the song both familiar and unfamiliar, but gun shots also fire to the cadence of the song, and even to the seven beats before the pause in the song, and “Tequila”. In another scene, the classic “Tequila”, this time covered by Button Down Brass, is the track behind a gun deal that doesn’t go exactly as planned. And it’s this way for the entire film, using the structure of the song to drive the action. We cut to Baby, sitting in the car also paused and sitting motionless, and when the music kicks back up with a scream, Baby starts headbanging to the beat. Example: as the group enters the bank and the door closes behind them, “Bellbottoms” pauses.
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More than just an awesome soundtrack, the movie hits beats and pauses to the cadence of each song.
Staring with the first six minutes of the movie, set to the funky “Bellbottoms” by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, you immediately get a taste of what’s to come. First, the name of the movie is taken from a Simon and Garfunkel song from the album Bridge Over Troubled Water about a hot rod teenager and his car (you’ll hear it in the closing credits). It’s this latter plot point that drives the movie to its memorable soundtrack. Related: “Movie Car Chases That Race Into the New Millenium” A violent car accident as a child killed Baby’s parents and afflicted him with loud ringing in his ears (tinnitus) which he masks by listening to music during “jobs” via earbuds and a variety of iPods. He’s a master driver, capable of evading the authorities through dazzling maneuvers and nervy adjustments. Baby is indentured into this role as payback for robbing one of Spacey’s character’s cars. The story involves a group of criminals organized by Spacey who score a number of dangerous robberies, each more daring than the previous, leveraging the superb driving skills of Miles, aka “Baby” (Egbort). The movie is a fast-moving, unpredictable thriller with a surprising yet satisfying ending popular with audiences. The breakout 2017 movie hit Baby Driver includes a cabal of big actors (Ansel Egbort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza Gonzales, Jamie Foxx, and John Hamm).
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