In semi-celebration (or contextual excuse) of the frat-packers “Ocean’s Thirteen” goofoff/finale, we thought we’d look back on David Holmes’ first Stephen Soderbergh score for “Out Of Sight.”
In contrast to his busy and snappy cool cats ‘Ocean’s’ scores (a hip exotica concoction of sharp, well-dressed and whimsical beats tethered to deep funk cuts and groovy acid jazz), the ‘Sight’ score sports a slower, sexier groove; subtler and lush with chilled-out trip-hop flavors that were still de riguer at the time.
The soundtrack also featured classy swing tracks by Dean Martin, samba inflected tunes by Walter Wanderly and Mungo Santamaria (you’ll recognize the oft-heard “Watermelon Man,” classic) and funk by the Isley Brothers.
Here’s the very memorable love scene between Clooney and Jennnifer Lopez; some fantastic time crosscutting in this scene.
The original trailer is here. The blog, I Am Fuel, You Are Friends wrote a bit more about the soundtrack last year (but the mp3 links are dead, fyi).
Download: David Holmes – “The Drive To Ripley’s”
Download: David Holmes – “The Trunk Scene”
Download: Mongo Santamaría – “Watermelon Man”
Download: David Holmes – “Foley Part 2”