Deep Deep Down (theme from Danger: Diabolik!)
Danger: Diabolik! bootleg
Ennio Morricone is perhaps best known, unfairly, for his spaghetti western scores, especially those to movies directed by Sergio Leone. As Morricone has been quick to point out, these scores represent only a minute fraction of his actual film work.
One of the many films that Morricone scored in the 60s was directed by Mario Bava, the fantastic, perhaps ultimate Eurospy film, Danger: Diabolik! It’s a rich, lush score that reflects the era in which it was created, and features one of the best theme songs ever heard in a fim: Deep Deep Down.
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Unfortunately, the original master tapes for the score were destroyed in a Cinecittà warehouse fire, and the only copy floating around is a bootleg someone made from their laserdisc. I created this tablature from the English version, and I believe both the English and Italian versions were sung by someone named Christy.
Everyone seems to be crazy for a performance making the YouTube rounds by Mike Patton (of Faith No More and Fantomas), with some even saying they were moved to tears by it. I’m not a fan — it’s too over the top to be truly sincere, with Patton’s crazy eye-mugging, and it aspires to sincerity too much to really be fun.
I’ll tell you who really does a great cover of this song: Kriminal Hammond Inferno.
