Classically trained, and a graduate of the first Popular Music degree in the UK, Barry Thompson, the force behind Underwater Music, has played keyboards and sax in assorted Indie Pop, and Ska bands and released lush, quirky Electronica, Orchestral, and Lounge music under various guises, including Baby Grand. His music has been featured on BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4, and Radio 1 in the UK, and in various programs worldwide. Underwater Music has also written original music for short films and provided sound design for theatre.
Lush exotica track with swooping strings, cool vibes & gentle percussion. 50s, 60s big hotel floor show lounge style of Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Esquivel. Quirky romantic drama, Bob Hope road show, tropical holiday comedy theme, travel program, island vacation, starlight dancing, Instrumental, Jazz, Exotica
Driving, action-packed big band swing track full of horns, strings and enormous tenor sax and hammond organ solos. Ideal for heist movies and mean streets, shady characters and chase scenes - this track means business. Perfect for Film, TV gangsters crooks, scammers, embezzelers or wheeler dealers. Instrumental, Jazz, Swing Big Band
This cool, mellow bossa nova has everything but Astrud Gilberto! Imagine Stan Getz playing at an intimate beach bar in Brazil and you're there - golden sand, clear blue sea, palm trees swaying in the breeze, bronzed bodies everywhere. Breathy sax, lilting piano - sophisticated, laid-back and lush! Instrumental, Jazz, Bossa Nova Jazz
Prohibition big-band swing baby! 1920s / 1930s, Al Capone, gangsters and molls, bootlegging and racketeering. The liquor is cheap, the band is hot, and the joint is swingin! Instrumental, Jazz, Swing Big Band
Downhome tub-thumper with elements of hoe down, cajun, zydeco, bluegrass, creole, New Orleans jazz, Carnival, and Mardi Gras. Yee-haw! Also reminiscent of Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant. Instrumental, Jazz, Dixieland
