Anyone can slap music in a film, especially with the right budget and soundtrack supervisor. But placing music in a scene carefully and thoughtfully in an inspired moment can create the kind of cinematic magic that got us into writing about movies on this website in the first place. There’s an art to it and Edgar Wright’s “Baby Driver” is extremely clever in its terrific use of music (read our review).
Most films are lucky to have one moment of music that defines them. For example, you can never really listen to “Stuck In The Middle With You” by Stealers Wheel again without thinking about “Reservoir Dogs.” The same obviously applies to the best soundtracks out there — the marriage of film and music takes the moment to the next level, solidifying it as something iconic. “Baby Driver” arguably has several of those kinds of special moments, including the use of the Jon Spencer Blue Explosion and Barry White (the latter of whom has been used in movies before, but “I’m Never Gonna Give You Up” might just have been redefined cinematically by Mr. Wright).
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So, you’re thinking to yourself, “Wait, the soundtrack details to ‘Baby Driver’ have already been released, they’re mega long so I’m good to go.” Well, while the stellar soundtrack disc runs 30 cuts deep, the movie features over 40 tracks and because we’re completists, we thought now would be a good time to detail all the songs in the movie.
Here’s the songs in “Baby Driver” that aren’t featured on the soundtrack (note: some of them are just cues from other movies briefly used in quick moments) and below, as your reminder, are the songs that are on the soundtrack.
Baby Driver Songs In The Movie Only
“Secondo Intermezzino Pop”— Ennio Morricone
“You Are So Beautiful” from the Motion Picture “The Little Rascals” – Bug Hall
8. “The Original Five” from the Motion Picture “It’s Complicated”— Heitor Pereira, Hans Zimmer
“Randall’s Attack” from the Motion Picture “Monsters Inc.”— Randy Newman
“Harlem Shuffle”—The Foundations
“Baby I’m Yours”— Barbara Lewis
“Cry Baby Cry”— Unloved
“Threshold”— Steve Miller Band
“Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)”—Handsome Boy Modelling School
“Run The Jewels”— Run The Jewels
“Ready Let’s Go”— Boards Of Canada
“Debora”— Kid Koala
“Hollaback Girl”— Eiza González
“New Orleans Instrumental No. 1″— R.E.M.
“Baby Driver” Soundtrack Tracklist
1. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion—“Bellbottoms”
2. Bob & Earl—“Harlem Shuffle”
3. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers—“Egyptian Reggae”
4. Googie Rene—“Smokey Joe’s La La”
5. The Beach Boys—“Let’s Go Away For Awhile”
6. Carla Thomas—“B-A-B-Y”
7. Kashmere Stage Band—“Kashmere”
8. Dave Brubeck—“Unsquare Dance”
9. The Damned—“Neat Neat Neat”
10. The Commodores—“Easy (Single Version)“
11. T. Rex—“Debora”
12. Beck—“Debra”
13. Incredible Bongo Band—“Bongolia”
14. The Detroit Emeralds—“Baby Let Me Take You (in My Arms)“
15. Alexis Korner—“Early In The Morning”
16. David McCallum—“The Edge”
17. Martha and the Vandellas—“Nowhere To Run”
18. The Button Down Brass—“Tequila”
19. Sam & Dave—“When Something Is Wrong With My Baby”
20. Brenda Holloway—“Every Little Bit Hurts”
21. Blur—“Intermission”
22. Focus—“Hocus Pocus (Original Single Version)“
23. Golden Earring—“Radar Love (1973 Single Edit)“
24. Barry White—“Never, Never Gone Give Ya Up”
25. Young MC—“Know How”
26. Queen—“Brighton Rock”
27. Sky Ferreira—“Easy”
28. Simon & Garfunkel—“Baby Driver”
29. Kid Koala—“Was He Slow (Credit Roll Version)”
30. Danger Mouse (featuring Run The Jewels and Big Boi)—“Chase Me”