Zane Lowe’s Re-Scored Drive Soundtrack

Anyone that has seen the 2011 film, Drive, will remember its smooth 80s-synth style soundtrack, making the already cool Ryan Gosling just that little bit cooler. With Cliff Martinez creating the score and Kavinsky and the Chromatics providing some tracks, the Drive soundtrack is undeniably impressive.

It was recently announced that Zane Lowe, BBC Radio 1 DJ, is curating a new soundtrack, paying homage to the spectacular 2011 film. It will feature many artists including Chvrches, SBTRKT and Eric Prydz. The soundtrack is even being shown with the film on BBC Three at the end of this month.

As someone who loves soundtracks and reworks, I, personally, think this is a really awesome idea – contrary to a number of tweets branding the innovative re-scoring as “pointless” or “the worst idea…ever” (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11177029/Zane-Lowe-defends-BBC-decision-to-let-him-re-score-Drive.html) – this remade soundtrack isn’t really hurting anyone. It’ll be extremely interesting to see the finished product; who performs what and whether it changes or adds to the film in anyway.

The film’s director Nicolas Winding Refn has stated that he “consider[s] it a great honour that [his] movie Drive inspired so many wonderful artists to come together and create one ultra-cool glam experience.”

One track by Chvrches – ‘Get Away’ – has already been released; you can listen to it here:

The film with this new soundtrack will be shown on BBC Three on October 30^th at 10pm. I will write a follow-up post with my opinion on it afterwards.

TFDJ