Johnny Jewel's synths were dropped from Drive but make perfect Symmetry

Italians Do It Better man was everyone's first choice to soundtrack the Ryan Gosling vehicle, but then things took a wrong turnOne day in September 2010, Johnny Jewel arrived in Los Angeles, chiefly to play a show with his bands Chromatics and Glass Candy, but also to make an appointment. Attending that evening's concert were the Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn and the actor Ryan Gosling. Jewel and Refn were already familiar – the Dane had used the Glass Candy song Digital Versicolor on t...

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