Ocean's Thirteen [Music from the Motion Picture]

by David Holmes

Overview

For his score to Ocean's Thirteen, the third entry in director Steven Soderbergh's franchise remake of the Frank Sinatra Las Vegas caper movie Ocean's 11, composer David Holmes deliberately harked back to what was considered hip jazz around the time the original film appeared. You would almost think that, having amassed his band, including Bruce Fowler (trombone), Steve Tavaglione (reeds), George Doering (guitar), Jason Falkner (guitar, bass), Woody Jackson (guitar, bass), Stephen Hilton (keyboards), Scott Kinsey (electric piano), Zac Rae (organ), Robert Hurst (acoustic bass), Tim Lefebvre (acoustic bass), Zach Danziger (drums), Davey Warf Rat Chegwidden (percussion), Luis Conte (percussion), Hugoth Nicolson (percussion), and Tommy Morgan (harmonica), he locked them in a room and played them some of the soul-jazz hits of the mid-'60s, such as "The 'In' Crowd," by the Ramsey Lewis Trio and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," by the "Cannonball" Adderley Quintet, plus occasional tracks by Booker T. & the MG's and Jimmy Smith, then asked them to come up with music in the same vein. That is what they did, even if it was actually composed by Holmes, who probably was thinking of such predecessors as Neal Hefti and Dave Grusin as he wrote. All that keeps this music from working well on its own is that, due to the editing demands of the film, the cues tend to be so short, some less than a minute in length, so that the band launches into an interesting musical idea, only to stop abruptly when a scene in the movie changes. The few additional tracks fit into the overall style of the score, particularly Puccio Roelens' update of Duke Ellington's "Caravan." And, of course, Frank Sinatra's swaggering rendition of "This Town" from 1967 is just icing on the cake. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	06/05/2007
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624997344
Rank:	62138

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Holmes   Primary Artist
Puccio Roelens   Primary Artist
Frank Sinatra   Primary Artist
The Motherhood   Primary Artist
Tomita   Primary Artist
Motherhood   Primary Artist
Zac Rae   Chamberlin,Marxophone,Organ
Walt Fowler   Trumpet
Leo Abrahams   Guitar
Jason Falkner   Guitar,Guitar (Bass),Bass (Electric)
Scott Kinsey   Fender Rhodes
Luis Conte   Percussion
Hugoth Nicolson   Percussion
Robert Hurst   Bass (Acoustic)
George Doering   Guitar,Dulcimer
Tim Le Febvre   Bass (Acoustic)
Woody Jackson   Bass,Guitar,Chamberlin,Toy Instruments
Billy Strange   Conductor
Tim Lefebvre   Bass (Acoustic)
Zach Danziger   Drums
Tommy Morgan   Harmonica
Stephen Hilton   Keyboards
Steve Tavaglione   Flute,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Bruce Fowler   Trombone
Davey Chegwidden   Percussion
Hugo Nicolson   Percussion

Technical Credits

Klaus Doldinger   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Eddie Brackett   Recording
Walt Fowler   Orchestration
David Holmes   Composer,Music Supervisor,Score
Lee Hazlewood   Composer
Hugoth Nicolson   Mixing,Engineer
Juan Tizol   Composer
Phil Ramone   Recording
Jimmy Bowen   Producer
Mint Royale   Producer,Remix Engineer
Tomita   Composer
Gary LeMel   Executive in Charge of Music
Billy Strange   Arranger
Claude Debussy   Composer
Stephen Hilton   Programming
Irving Mills   Composer
Isao Tomita   Composer
Wesley Seidman   Engineer,Second Engineer
Valente Torrez   Music Editor
Frankie Pine   Musician,Music Consultant
Doug Frank   Executive in Charge of Music
Debi Streeter   Music Administrator
Joyce Ryan   Orchestra Manager,Orchestra Contractor
Hugo Nicolson   Mixing,Recording
Linda Colianni   Orchestra Contractor
Zac Rae   Musician