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Track Listings
| 1. A Song For Young Lovers - Percy Faith | |||
| 2. Boobytrapping | |||
| 3. The Projects - Handsome Boy Modeling School | |||
| 4. The Plans | |||
| 5. Papa Loves Mombo - Perry Como | |||
| 6. Ruben's Inn | |||
| 7. Lyman Zerga | |||
| 8. Caravan - The Arthur Lyman Group | |||
| 9. Gritty Shaker | |||
| 10. Planting The Seed | |||
| 11. Pickpockets | |||
| 12. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley | |||
| 13. Dream, Dream, Dream - Percy Faith | |||
| 14. Stealing The Pinch | |||
| 15. Blues In The Night - Quincy Jones | |||
| 16. Tess | |||
| 17. Hookers | |||
| 18. $160 Million Chinese Man | |||
| 19. 69 Police | |||
| 20. Clair de Lune - Claude DeBussy | |||
See all 21 tracks on this disc
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Product Description
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The idea of remaking the Rat Pack's infamous shaggy-dog story cum Vegas heist thriller may have seemed ludicrous without a Rat Pack. But that didn't deter ever-inventive director Steven Soderbergh, who's again wisely teamed up with not only Out of Sight star George Clooney but also that underrated project's Irish-born club mixer turned scorer David Holmes. The resulting soundtrack is a spunky, cross-cultural joyride that careens from Perry Como's "Papa Loves Mambo" to the loopy hip-hop of Handsome Boy Modeling School's "The Projects", while paying some gratifying visits to Percy Faith, Arthur Lyman, Quincy Jones, the terminally cool Claude Debussy and, of course, King Elvis along the way. Holmes' own concoctions are as smartly retro-hip and seamless, slyly intertwining cool jazz-funk and smoky cine-Muzak with some dance-floor grooves that keep the musical tension boiling. The sharp dialogue snippets that bubble throughout seem a quirky throwback to soundtracks gone by, a sometimes oversized olive in Holmes' inviting musical cocktail. --Jerry McCulley
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By Adamfrog
Format:Audio CD
this CD is lame.... why you ask? Well, first of all some of the tracks have annoying film dialogue spliced in so if you like hearing a certain song on the track over and over, you're forced to hear the damn dialog from the film. Yeah, that's what I'd love to hear is dialog that if I wanted to listen to, I'd rewind the movie over and over... that's a nuisance, but worse, is the fact that there are about 3 or 4 tracks that were played in the film that are missing here. explanation? who knows, shame on WB for churning out this crappy cd. You'd figure there are certain tracks on the cd that are only 5 second long dialog sequences from the film, that they'd be able to fit in some of the MUSIC from the movie not the damn dialog. Regardless, there are tracks missing and if I want to listen to them, I have to watch the movie... very dissapointing do not give this cd any chance
By Brian Maitland
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
By throwing in sound clips from the movie between tracks, this album flows like an album should. David Holmes' instrumental tracks sure take you into that whole hip/cool mode the movie played on.
Just for Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation" it's worth picking this up.
Just for Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation" it's worth picking this up.
By Wally
Format:Audio CD
The music in Ocean's Eleven is nothing short of brilliant, but this soundtrack release is a let-down. The issues:
1. dialogue inserted over music (not necessarily matching where it landed in the movie)
2. music is missing (where's the cool intro tune where Clooney gets out of jail?)
3. tracks are typically incomplete (either fade out or get cut off)
Not that there's any chance of a re-release, but it would be nice to have all the orginally scored music in its complete, instrumental form.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
OH YEAH!
ok, these people are out of their freakin' minds- "oh! there's too much dialouge" or "oh!, I'm rating this two stars!".... well I'm through. Read more
Published on April 17 2004 by doode567
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too Much Movie Dialog
This confusing, contradictory mishmash of musical styles and movie dialog is a disappointment. It strikes me there's some production inside joke or theme going on here, yet we... Read more
Published on April 7 2004 by Sir Charles Panther
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not great
I don't mind the dialogue on this CD, but it would be better if it were separated from the music a little more...
Published on Dec 29 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
David's Musical Eclecticism applied to a movie soundtrack
Having proven himself admirably with his previous soundtrack inspired albums ("This Film's Crap, Let's Slash the Seats" & "Let's Get Killed"), David Holmes was approached to... Read more
Published on Oct 30 2003 by fetish_2000
2.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been better
I was expecting the cool music from the movie, not dialogue excerpts with background music. All it needed was the chime so you could turn the page...
Published on Oct 15 2003 by T Colbert
5.0 out of 5 stars
David Holmes Does Big Things......
Beautiful soundtrack with a jazzy, laid back groove.....all around a quality CD.
Published on Aug 22 2003 by Olu A.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun music, great for a cocktail party
Sweet retro grooves, mixed with some upbeat hip-hop and calming cocktail rhythms. This is great music for a party, swelling from easy DeBussy to the pumping beats of Jurassic Five... Read more
Published on July 30 2003 by C. L. Schoon
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing?
I picked up this album looking to add the cool filler tracks used in the movie's score (you know the jazzy upbeat riffs) into my MP3 player mixes. Read more
Published on July 28 2003 by D. Hansen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Get over the dialogue
This soundtrack is amazing. The people who wrote reviews slamming the dialogue in the beginning of some of the tracks obviously wrote their review right after they got the cd,... Read more
Published on Jun 21 2003 by Colin S. Megill
1.0 out of 5 stars
A brilliant soundtrack spoiled...
This would be a great cd if it were not for the dialogue inserts. The dialogue is badly edited and poorly selected. If you want hear the dialogue with the music you can... Read more
Published on April 27 2003
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