Meaning of needle drop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A digital copy of a vinyl record
   idiomatic
2. The use of a pre-existing song as part of a motion picture's soundtrack
   idiomatic

Examples

“Early on, the film even blunders into outright hackwork, employing laughably literal-minded needle drops. Given the thorny intelligence of Chandor’s previous films (which also include Margin Call and A Most Violent Year), it’s hard to believe that he thought it was a good idea to play Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” over a sequence of Pope telling the others that he can’t do this job without them, or to accompany shots of the men running through the jungle with Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Run Through The Jungle.” (Okay, they’re stealthily walking. But still.)”

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