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100 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time: ‘Baby Driver’ (2017)

May 8, 2020 Andy Healy

Editor’s Note: The Albumism staff has selected what we believe to be the 100 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time, representing a varied cross-section of films and musical genres. Click “Next Soundtrack” below to explore each soundtrack in the list or for easier navigation, view the full introduction & soundtrack index here.

Baby Driver
30th Century (2017)
Selected by Andy Healy

When your main character deals with the world by shutting it out and listening to music, you better have an all-absorbing soundtrack. Putting the pedal to the metal, Baby Driver delivers a high-octane collection of tracks that never loses momentum. From the opening “Bellbottoms” from The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the soundtrack winds its way through soul with “Harlem Shuffle” and Motown bumps of “Easy” and “Nowhere To Run” while taking in the sites of rockers like The Dammed “Neat Neat Neat” and Queen’s “Brighton Rock.”

As an integral part of the movie (and its editing), Baby Driver presents the multi-genre world of its protagonist so perfectly as a soundtrack, and works as a great compilation of songs you’ll recognize and ones you’ll come to love. It’s one helluva ride. 

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