Groove, Holmes

David Holmes: Track 5 and Track 6
From Ocean's 12 Oscar Consideration Promo CD

David Holmes: Track 12 and Track 13
From Ocean's 11 Oscar Consideration Promo CD

So forget that the story didn't make any sense and the caper was kind of wack; Ocean's 12 was pretty rad. I know people who get all into Lord of the Rings and wish they could fly away on a dragon and live in Middle Earth. Fuck that, I want to get lost in a high society jewel heist world. It's all snakeskin, $400 bottles of wine, Riviera terraces, and my girl Catherine Zeta. And all the music is by David Holmes.

In the comments section a couple posts back some people expressed frustration at the commercial releases of the Holmes soundtracks to the Steven Soderbergh movies. Cosigned; that shit sucks. I don't need to hear dialogue over the music because I saw the damn movies, and the soundtrack was the best part. What's more, some of the hottest tracks didn't make the cut, even though they play in the movies multiple times.

Faced with this predicament, I turned to the internet, where eventually I found out that the Academy promos for Best Original Score feature all the original music, and none of the extraneous crap. The prices get kinda ridiculous, but I figured, "what would Elliot Gould do?" and I plonked down the dough, fuggetabout it.

Seriously, the shit is incredible. David Holmes takes all my favorite elements of 60s and 70s scores and exaggerates them, without making a parody. The music straight knocks, and you can almost feel the silk suits. Here are a couple of my favorite bits from Ocean's 11 and Ocean's 12. Rock them the next time you're playing baccarat, and I guarantee the French girls will wink at you.