10 Alternative Version Of Movies You Didnt Know About
10. Drive With An Alternate Soundtrack
Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive is fondly remembered for, among other things, its fantastic music, by way of both Cliff Martinez's moody original score and the fantastic inclusion of existing electro-pop tracks from the likes of Kavinsky, Desire, College, and Chromatics.
Though Refn's musical selections feel inextricably intertwined with key scenes from the film, in 2014 BBC Radio 1 produced a re-scored version of Drive with the director's approval, whereby DJ Zane Lowe replaced Refn's chosen songs with his own picks.
This new version contained new songs from Chvrches, Banks, Bastille, Eric Prydz, SBTRKT, Bring Me the Horizon, The 1975, and Laura Mvula, and viewers were able to switch between the original and new soundtracks with the mere press of a button.
Reviews from both music critics and general audiences proved decidedly mixed, some appreciating the effort while others felt that Refn's original music choices were so instinctively perfect that it was a fools' errand to bother messing with it.
For those curious, at least, the remixed version can still be viewed on Amazon Prime Video.