Back in August when covering the soundtrack to Irish gangster comedy TIFF film, “Perrier’s Bounty.” we asked aloud, “when in blazes is Steven Soderbergh going to team-up with David Holmes again” — the DJ/electronic producer behind the excellent cocktail-stirred and grossly underrated scores to the ‘Oceans 11-13’ series,” not to mention the brisk and funky “Out Of Sight” beats (a couple of his tracks were also used in “The Girlfriend Experience“).
Our wish is apparently also our command. The Playlist has just learned that Holmes has been chosen to score Soderbergh’s upcoming action spy thriller, “Knockout.” While we have no details on what the music will sound like because Holmes just came on board, this is exciting news as all the music Holmes has penned for Soderbergh films have been impressive concoctions of vintage spy music and hip, beat-laden Mondo exotica (folks like Combustible Edison, Beck and any kind of soundtrack connoisseurs and LP-crate diggers highly regard these excellent deep cuts).
A source close to the project also reiterates something we had in our original report. “Knockout,” is just the working title and it’s guaranteed to change sometime between now and when the film is released (or possibly simply when the script is complete). Feisty screenwriter Lem Dobbs (“The Limey,” “Kafka”) is still in the middle of writing the picture’s first draft and a title won’t be settled on until at least after he’s finished.
As reported, the film will star American Mixed Martial arts champion Gina Carano — she’s on the cover of ESPN this month — and a cast of names will surround her in supporting roles once it’s clear who these characters are.
We’re told relatively “big” names, but no usual Soderbergh-suspects (Pitt, Clooney or Damon). We’ve been tracking the various spy/action influences that might mark the film, but our source says, “more ‘Point Blank‘ than ‘Bond‘ or ‘Bourne,'” which is great for all the heads that adore that abstract, but still lean and gritty John Boorman film.
We’re big fans of Holmes’ work and have covered the music of “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Ocean’s Thirteen,” and “Out Of Sight” if you want to take a deeper look and listen.
We’ve embedded some ‘Ocean’s’ cuts below. You have to at least listen to “69 Police,” the final track from “Ocean’s Eleven,” that plays over the film’s final moments and credits. It’s phenomenal and a keeper track we’ve always filed away for good use.