The Deep Soundtrack LP
The Deep.
1977, Columbia/EMI.
John Barry/ Various.
Casablanca. LP, 1977, CAL 2018.
Rating: 
This glossy adaptation of Peter (‘Jaws’) Benchley’s bestseller about a couple (played by Jacueline Bisset and Nick Nolte) who stumble across a drugs haul while diving for treasure in the Bahamas, is visually lush but lacks the bite of its predecessor. John Barry’s score effectively harnesses the beauty of the Caribbean locations to good effect with a swaying melodic main theme, ‘Deep, Down Inside’, underpinned by a gentle disco beat. While his twenty four minute ballet based on the score provides a slightly more substantial element, three versions of the main theme, two performed by Donna Summer, who also wrote the lyrics, make this seem more like a marketing exercise aimed at DJs than a score; not very flattering for a composer of Barry’s standing.
The Deep Movie Review. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
Side One:
1. Return To The Sea – 2033 A.D.
Side Two:
1. Theme From ‘The Deep’ (Down, Deep Inside) (Donna Summer).
2. Theme From ‘The Deep’ (John Barry).
3. Disco Calypso (Beckett).
4. Theme From ‘The Deep’ (Down, Deep Inside) (Donna Summer) (A Love Song).
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