The soundtrack for The Deepest Breath is now available from Lakeshore Records.
Lakeshore Records released The Deepest Breath—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on September 29 with an original score by Emmy-winning composer Nainita Desai (The Reason I Jump).
Descending to remarkable depths below the sea on one single breath, Alessia Zecchini enters what she describes as the last quiet place on Earth. The Italian champion is determined to set a new world record in freediving, a dangerous extreme sport in which competitors attempt to reach the greatest depth without the use of scuba gear. Freedivers are often subject to blackouts upon ascent, necessitating the help of safety divers like Stephen Keenan, a free-spirited Irish adventurer who fell in love with the sport in Dahab, Egypt. Having formed a special bond on the freediving circuit, Alessia and Stephen train together to make an attempt on Dahab’s legendary Blue Hole and its challenging 85-foot-long tunnel 184 feet below the Red Sea, their fates inextricably bound together.
Notes Desai: “Given the gorgeous seascapes and enormous stakes in this story, combined with the deeply interior nature of the freediver’s journey, the music had to traverse a wide emotional spectrum.
The score weaves together the parallel stories of Alessia and Stephen, capturing the thrilling danger of the sport whilst also capturing their nascent relationship against a stunning underwater backdrop. In the film, we experience so much of the extremes of the sport and the emotions of life and love; I also tried to capture the immersiveness of the beauty, the stillness, and the perils of the deep, particularly so in the title track where you hear the force of nature with the thundering drums and the intimacy of the sole human diver captured with the breathy vocals.”
