Best Songs of 2012: Chromatics - "These Streets Will Never Look the Same"

Best Songs of 2012

These Streets Will Never Look the Same // Chromatics

If you're looking for a sequel to the excellent Drive soundtrack, Kill For Love is your best bet. Chromatics were Initially penned to provide the movie's entire score, but Refn decided  a variety of artists would be more effective. They still provided the creepy, anxious "Tick of the Clock" for the film's opening scene. Chromatics mixes 70's/80's new wave and modern day reverby electronica, giving them a sound that epitomizes Drive-style noir. "These Streets Will Never Look the Same" is the highlight, an epic, 8-minute long auto-tuned masterpiece.

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Best of 2011: Kavinsky - "Nightcall"

Drive was a divisive film, but just about everyone found something to like on the soundtrack. Perfect mixes of 80's nostalgia and modern day electronica are what most of the songs consist of, the strongest of which is "Nightcall". Spooky synthesizers driven by a slow, plodding beat set the scene for a conversation between a man and a woman and their uncertain, mysterious relationship. After you've really listened you realize "Nightcall" is a Drive microcosm.