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The atmospheric aquatic adventures of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASPs) provided the perfect grounds for the evolution of Barry Gray’s own musical odyssey. After navigating otherworldly vistas with experimental minimalism in Fireball XL5, Gray anchored Stingray’s underwater exploits with a cannon of earth-bound incidentals. Employing flutes and gentle woodwind sounds to set the scene, Gray’s music drew attention to the wonder of the series premise, employing lush heavenly strings for the series’ closing theme, ‘Aqua Marina’ (a croon brought to life by in-demand vocalist Gary Miller).
The off-duty exploits of the WASP characters also allowed Gray to return to his jazzy routes, with the production team adding a loving reference to the composer in the episode Tune of Danger with a ‘Graystein’ Piano. Episodic melodrama was once again brought to life with bold brass, and driving military marches would establish the WASPs’ base, Marineville, and an unforgettable Match of the Oysters (in The Secret of the Giant Oyster). The DNA of the which would foreshadow the iconic theme for the Andersons’ next series…
Tracklist
Side A
Stingray
1. Stingray Main Titles
2. Evil and Mysterious
3. Marineville High Alert
4. One Marine Minute
Plant of Doom
5. A Flower to Take Your Breath Away
6. Two Worlds United
The Golden Sea
7. Fools Gold
Side B
Hostages of the Deep
1. Trouble in Paradise
2. Battle for Marina
Sea of Oil
3. Atlanta's Achievement
WASPs sessions
4. Friday Night at Blue Lagoon
The Big Gun
5. The Might of Solarstar
Countdown
6. Master of Infinite Disguise
7. Home Sweet Home
Side C
The Ghost Ship
1. No Laughing Matter
The Loch Ness Monster
2. The Legend of Loch Ness
Treasure Down Below
3. Bounty of the Deep
Star of the East
4. The Big and Small Toe
Search for the Tajmanon
5. One of Our Wonders is Missing
Secret of the Giant Oyster
6. March of the Oysters
A Christmas to Remember
7. Skating
Side D
Echo of Danger
1. Marvellous Madness
Emergency Marineville
2. For Want of a Button
Tune of Danger
3. Harmonic Homocide
Raptures of the Deep
4. Tempest's Trip
5. Stingray End Titles - Aqua Marina