# I bought the soundtrack to Drive

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 16, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-the-soundtrack-to-drive/618905 "2012-04-16T00:17:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-the-soundtrack-to-drive/618905/1 "2012-04-16T00:17:27Z")

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I really liked the movie a lot, but thought the music was kinda cheesy…80’s synth pop with a weird 90’s twist.

Anyway, the music stayed in my head enough that I watched the movie again just to hear it.

I then bought the album last week and have really enjoyed it.

The song Nightcall is really great.

Am I crazy, or is the music actually good? Anyone else like it?

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**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-the-soundtrack-to-drive/618905/2 "2012-04-16T05:32:00Z")

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I enjoyed the movie but I found the music kind of odd and jarring. I was actually surprised when I saw that it wasn’t some obscure 80s synth-pop.

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**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-the-soundtrack-to-drive/618905/3 "2012-04-16T06:06:43Z")

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I bought this soundtrack too. The first three tracks were completely addictive, to the extent that I’ve hardly listened to the other more instrumental tracks.

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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-the-soundtrack-to-drive/618905/4 "2012-04-16T10:39:36Z")

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It’s retro 80s style synch-pop, with the twist that the lyrics spell out what is happening at certain points in the film. I’m not sure if I really like it based on a single listen while watching it, but I didn’t dislike it.