Editing Minnie Driver (section)

===Music===
[[File:Minnie Driver crop.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Driver performing in 2004]]
Driver began making music at boarding school.<ref name=Guardian-Portrait-2008>{{cite news |last=Barnett |first=Laura |title=Portrait of the artist: Minnie Driver, actor and musician |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/may/13/1 |access-date=1 September 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 May 2008 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903154521/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/may/13/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> She collaborated on [[Bomb the Bass]]'s album ''[[Clear (Bomb the Bass album)|Clear]]'', in 1994, as part of the outfit River.  She was part of the Milo Roth Band, which received a recording contract when she was 19.<ref name=Guardian-Portrait-2008/> In 2001 she signed with [[EMI]] and [[Rounder Records]] and performed at the [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] music festival.<ref name=Guardian-Pounding-2004>{{cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |title='I've taken a pounding' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/sep/03/popandrock |access-date=22 November 2012 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 September 2004 |archive-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424001140/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/sep/03/popandrock |url-status=live }}</ref> The title song of ''[[Everything I've Got in My Pocket]]'', her first album, reached No. 34<ref name=AllMusic-EIGIMP-2010>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r707997|title=(((Everything I've Got in My Pocket> Charts & Awards> Billboard Albums)))|work=[[AllMusic]]|date=5 October 2004|access-date=2 March 2010|archive-date=24 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924070346/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r707997|url-status=live}}</ref> in the U.K., and the song "Invisible Girl" peaked at No. 68. Driver wrote 10 of the 11 songs on the album. In 2004, Driver was the supporting act for the [[Finn Brothers]] on the U.K. portion of their world tour.<ref name=ContactMusic-Finn-2004>{{cite news |title=Minnie Drives at Musical Success With Finn Brothers Tour |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/minnie-drives-at-musical-success-with-finn-brothers-tour |access-date=22 November 2012 |newspaper=[[Contact Music]] |date=8 October 2004 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095638/http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/minnie-drives-at-musical-success-with-finn-brothers-tour |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2004, Driver played [[Carlotta Giudicelli]] in [[Joel Schumacher]]'s film ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 movie)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', based on the [[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|musical of the same name]] by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]. Driver sang "Learn to be Lonely", an original song written for the film by Lloyd Webber. However, because of her lack of opera experience, all her songs as Carlotta were [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] by opera singer [[Margaret Preece]]. Driver released her second album, ''[[Seastories]]'', in July 2007, featuring guest appearances by [[Ryan Adams]], [[the Cardinals]] and [[Liz Phair]].<ref name=Billboard-Sophomore-2010>{{cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1053805/phair-ryan-adams-enhance-minnie-driver-sophomore-set |title=Phair, Ryan Adams Enhance Minnie Driver Sophomore Set |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=16 March 2007 |access-date=2 March 2010 |archive-date=14 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914075027/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1053805/phair-ryan-adams-enhance-minnie-driver-sophomore-set |url-status=live }}</ref> Driver released a third album in October 2014 called ''[[Ask Me to Dance (Minnie Driver album)|Ask Me to Dance]]'' that includes songs by [[Elliott Smith]], [[Neil Young]] and [[The Killers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/minnie-driver-release-ask-me-721766 |title=Minnie Driver to Release 'Ask Me to Dance,' Cover Album |author=Roy Trakin |date=28 July 2014 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=20 April 2020 |archive-date=8 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408052618/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/minnie-driver-release-ask-me-721766 |url-status=live }}</ref>