Deep Water (Promo)

Review by Thomas Glorieux:

Technically, people will associate Beltrami always with horror stock. And if Deep Water is a case in point that Beltrami can write just something similar yet different from that line, then this is proof. Its hard to describe Deep Water as a film but for me its kind of a lonely thriller with dramatic, dark emotional twists. And here again Beltrami does what he does best, meaning supporting the film with the score it needed. Unfortunately, I consider Deep Water to be a very effective score but just not one I want to hear again, because half of the music is rather uninteresting for me (due to the lack of reoccurring themes or uninteresting material) but most of all because it sets a rather depressing mood that does the movie justice, but not the CD itself. Its lonely, cold, rather sad and this is what makes the score not a pure winner for fanatics who want to hear hidden treasures, like I did. Nonetheless, the score has its moments and when played, they are interesting for the time being and make the scene but together its simply not enough for more. 'Main Titles' starts with a techno beat and then begins inserting Chill Factor moments or theme like wise music and in all the commotion, its rather enjoyable. 'Drying Laundry' brings several soft and quite lovely tones to the fore and surprisingly or not, 'Sunday Driving' and 'Monday Drive' are stock action horror cues, with the brass and strings creating non powerful stabs but horror stabs nonetheless as music. Its effective but barely remembered after all the stuff.

'Flatline' is probably the closest this score comes to actual horror build up, with track 15 bringing more disturbing conclusions to the music, effective but again not too memorable. And there are also several lonely piano moments in Deep Water, with 'Reconciliation' and 'Half Mast' being soft yet equally soft to remember at the end. The other part are rather non interesting tracks, classical for instance with the use of violins (made with clear indications towards Bach's Eb cello suite) and appearing or not in the following tracks, simply the classical sense of the word doesn't light up my spirits when hearing 'A Dane in Pain', 'Das Booty', 'Sarabande' and '9m2'. Further, the techno and light vocal effects during 'Nim-phone-maniac' are forgettable while 'Erasing Evidence' is boring all the way and 'Dybt Vand Groove' brings back the techno with actual low stimulating results. Deep Water is not bad and its effective in bringing the world of the movie to life, but I find its not that interesting to hear at all. Its rather depressing by nature or simply is depressing because of the uninteresting music at times. A special taste is required and for even Beltrami fans, the lack of stimulating punch coming from the orchestra is perhaps most dissapointing when hearing the short horror music coming from this score. Intrada released a 38 minute promo, just as The Faculty consisting of short tracks but in case of comparison, The Faculty captures more punch and interest, because Deep Water is a flat listening experience. Again it will fit the movie like dynamite but on CD the powder is worn out rather quickly.

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Tracks

Single Disc

1. Main Titles (1.32)

2. A Dane In Pain (1.26)

3. Drying Laundry (1.37)

4. Suspicious (1.13)

5. Road To Hellerup (0.23)

6. Sunday Driving (1.27)

7. Nim-phone-maniac (1.20)

8. Das Booty (1.01)

9. Flatline (1.44)

10. Erasing Evidence (3.11)

11. Reconciliation (3.54)

12. Dane-sel In Distress (1.10)

13. Monday Drive (1.39)

14. Half Mast (1.23)

15. Storytime (1.24)

16. Sarabande (2.07)

17. Deep Water Overture (3.39)

18. Dybt Vand Groove (2.38)

19. 9m2 (5.36)

Total Length: 38.44

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