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The Original Soudtrack by Nicolas Winding Refn movie Drive. Refn wanted electronic music for the film and to have the music occasionally be abstract so viewers can see things from The Driver's perspective. He gave composer Cliff Martinez a sampling of songs he liked and asked Martinez to emulate the sound, resulting in "a kind of retro, 80ish, synthesizer europop".

Editor Matt Newman suggested Drive's opening credits song – "Nightcall" by French electronic musician Kavinsky. The score contains tracks with vintage keyboards and bluntly descriptive titles. As Refn was going through mixer Johnny Jewel's catalog, he picked out "Under Your Spell" and "A Real Hero" because he thought of Drive being a fairytale.

Jewel worried that the latter might be too literal but soon realized it is used in Drive "in the exact same way that I was feeling it when I wrote it. He definitely got the nuance of the song, and understood what it was supposed to mean, and he wanted to give that emotion to the viewer, that same feeling."Thinking of music in terms of basic elements, he would tell the director, for certain scenes, it should not have bass since, as an earth tone, it usually is used for a more emotional or ominous part, since Jewel thought the music should be upper register and relaxing for the "dreamlike" scene. To help himself with the writing process and conjure up melodies, the mixer would perform a procedure where he highlighted many phrases from the novel, then printed those words in large font and hung them on his walls or drew pictures during viewings of Drive.

Sold as Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), it was released in physical format to stores on September 27, 2011, by Lakeshore Records. Prior to that however, thanks to viral reviews, such as those found on social networking website Twitter, the soundtrack has sold well on iTunes climbing as high as number four on the sales charts. James Verniere of the Boston Herald gave it an "A" grade, stating "The cool crowd isn’t just watching Drive; they’re listening to it, too...The Drive soundtrack is such an integral part of the experience of the film, once you see it, you can’t imagine the film without it." Allmusic reviewer James Christopher Monger selected opening track "Nightcall", "I Drive", "Hammer" and "Bride of Deluxe" as highlights on it.

Digital Spy's Mayer Nissim gave it a four out of five star rating, finding it to be as important as the film itself. She stated the album beginning with non-Martinez songs instead of mixing it up for a more enjoyable listening experience cost it a star.

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    Kelly Kitsiouli favorited and reviewed Drive
    
    Smells like oscar nomination...Absolutely renovative, radical and up-to-date.
    
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    Kelly Kitsiouli I´m sure you won't regret it!
    
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    Sylwia liked and reviewed Drive
    
    This soundtrack was just unbelievable! I've had "A Real Hero" song stuck in my head ever since I saw the movie!
    
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    Cleve Calhoun I love how the score and songs went so good together and so well with the movie! And that song just haunts you after!
    
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    Chabe liked and reviewed Drive
    
    Great Soundtrack by Cliff Martinez Goes perfect with the movie
    
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    Gregory Sahadachny liked and reviewed Drive
    
    fantastic 80s-lined synth. dark, deep, neon. fits the film perfectly.
    
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    Jonathan Petrasek liked and reviewed Drive
    
    Great Movie...Awesome Soundtrack...Being a child of the 80's it reminds me of back then...
    
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    Nofeartina liked and reviewed Drive
    
    You gotta listen to the soundtrack after watching the movie... ;)
    
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    Cleve Calhoun liked and reviewed Drive
    
    I watched this earlier today and still can't stop listening to "A Real Hero" or thinking about it!
    
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    awesome
    
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    Renata Pelissioni @dukzzz como faz pra vc ser? Acho prestígio.
    
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    Albert Fagundes ASUASHUAHSUAHUSHS.. não queira esse mal na sua vida, menina Pelissioni.
    
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    Listening the OST what a brilliant movie!!!
    
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As Refn was going through mixer Johnny Jewel's catalog, he picked out "Under Your Spell" and "A Real Hero" because he thought of Drive being a fairytale. Jewel worried that the latter might be too literal but soon realized it is used in Drive "in the exact same way that I was feeling it when I wrote it. He definitely got the nuance of the song, and understood what it was supposed to mean, and he wanted to give that emotion to the viewer, that same feeling."Thinking of music in terms of basic elements, he would tell the director, for certain scenes, it should not have bass since, as an earth tone, it usually is used for a more emotional or ominous part, since Jewel thought the music should be upper register and relaxing for the "dreamlike" scene. To help himself with the writing process and conjure up melodies, the mixer would perform a procedure where he highlighted many phrases from the novel, then printed those words in large font and hung them on his walls or drew pictures during viewings of Drive.

Sold as Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), it was released in physical format to stores on September 27, 2011, by Lakeshore Records. Prior to that however, thanks to viral reviews, such as those found on social networking website Twitter, the soundtrack has sold well on iTunes climbing as high as number four on the sales charts. James Verniere of the Boston Herald gave it an "A" grade, stating "The cool crowd isn’t just watching Drive; they’re listening to it, too...The Drive soundtrack is such an integral part of the experience of the film, once you see it, you can’t imagine the film without it." Allmusic reviewer James Christopher Monger selected opening track "Nightcall", "I Drive", "Hammer" and "Bride of Deluxe" as highlights on it. Digital Spy's Mayer Nissim gave it a four out of five star rating, finding it to be as important as the film itself. She stated the album beginning with non-Martinez songs instead of mixing it up for a more enjoyable listening experience cost it a star.

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