Ocean's 12
Steven Soderbergh's antic sequel to his remake of the Rat Pack's shaggy  casino caper may well be one of the most playfully goofy action flicks  to come out of contemporary Hollywood. But while the director confounds  the expected sequelitis at every turn, he wisely lets Irish club DJcumfilm composer David Holmes reprise the same winning formula  that made his collaborations onthe previous filmand Soderbergh's underrated jewelOut of Sightsuch  hipster delights. While Holmes' original music is rooted in  70's-inspired acid-jazz , he punctuates its innate club cool with an  eclectic, equally hip selection of source music. The film's  foreign locales inspire choices like Ornella Vanoni's seductive  opener "L' Appuntamento" and  Piero Umiliani's shadowy " Crepuscolo Sul  Mare," while elsewhere Holmes indulges his own savory tastes for  everything from Gallic neo-psychedelia (Roland Vincent's "L.S.D.  Partie") to adventurous jazz (Grusin's "Ascension to Virginity") and  rock-exotica mash-ups (John Schroeder's intoxicating "Explosive  Corrosive Joseph").--Jerry McCulley