Record Label: Warner Bros Records
Genre: Soundtrack
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I loved Ocean’s Eleven, but disliked the second film. Just thought it was too much of an inside joke and a lot of the great things about the first movie weren’t in the second. The cast spends most of the time in freakin’ jail, how exciting! But thankfully they go back to Vegas, where it all began and I’m hoping this movie will be just as good as the first flick.

I thought the first soundtrack to Ocean’s Eleven was decent. It had that Elvis song (“Little Less Conversation”) that got super popular after that film, but the score from David Holmes was pretty cool too. I don’t even remember the soundtrack to Ocean’s Twelve, except that one cool dance song Vincent Cassel danced to in the movie. I don’t believe that song was even on the soundtrack. The third soundtrack to the Ocean’s series could be the best score in my opinion. The first film had the best variety of songs but this score just shouts cool! The style is a very 70’s acid jazz, funky Ennio Morricone sound that makes this album very enjoyable. I haven’t even seen the movie yet and I’m already loving the music. I just love to hear the electric guitar, the bongos, horns and all the neat sound effects in the songs. There’s a couple of non-Holmes songs on the soundtrack as well. Isao Tomita does an interesting version of Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” and “Suite Bergamasque” on the Moog synthesizer. You might remember that song at the end of the first movie, when they are all staring at the Bellagio fountain. Now the song sounds like something out of A Clockwork Orange. It’s definitely a unique version of that song. You can’t have a Vegas movie without some big band/lounge singing, and what better person to have on the soundtrack than Frank Sinatra. Frankie baby does “This Town” and it makes me want to snap my fingers and drive a Cadillac. If you liked Ocean’s Thirteen and loved the music in the film, be sure to get this soundtrack then!

Bottom Line: Probably one of the best scores by Holmes to date!
Notable Tracks: Not Their Fight, Trapdoor, S***! S***! S***!, Suite Bergamasque/Clair De Lune, snake Eyes, This Town – Frank Sinatra
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