XHM #754 - "Broadcast from the living oceans" (2025 September 08)

As gak rushed back from the ocean, we explore life underwater as we freely associate the fact that the new Wes Anderson film The Phoenician Scheme has a short score so we can dig up some 2004 gems off The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou to dive into our main theme: music from various documentary series with Jacques Cousteau. Let me tell you about my playlist. 01. Thundercat: The Life Aquatic (Apocalypse, 2013) Brainfeeder 02. Nick Joliat: Underwater Garden of Forking Paths (Casio Music 2, 2023) People Places 03. Jill Sobule: Palm Springs (California Years, 2009) Pinko 04. Nemahsis: Coloured Concrete (Verbathim, 2024) self-released 05. Arid Landscapes: Summerhill (Arid Landscapes, 2025) self-released 06. Dijon: Another Baby! (Baby, 2025) R&R/Warner 07. Peggy Lipton: I Know Where I'm Going (The Complete Ode Recordings, 2014) Ode/Real Gone/Vivid Sound 08. Quincy Jones: Summer in the City (You've Got It Bad Girl, 1973) A&M 09. Ada Lea: Baby Blue Frigidaire Mini Fridge (When I Paint My Masterpiece, 2025) Saddle Creek 10. Big Thief: Incomprehensible (Double Infinity, 2025) 4AD 11. Florist: Jellyfish (Jellywish, 2025) Double Double Whammy 12. Kele Fleming: Sea in Me (The Song I'll Write My Whole Life, 2020) self-released 13. Fine Mist: Because It's the Ocean (Public Domain, 2010) self-released 14. Castle If: Submarine Expedition (From the Sea EP, 2022) self-released 15. Rapallo: Breathing Underwater (Merger, 2024) Unbelievably Spectacular 16. John Williams: The Shark Approaches (Jaws OST: 50th Anniversary Edition, 2025) Geffen 17. Alexandre Desplat: Airplane Crash #1 (The Phoenician Scheme OST, 2025) ABKCO 18. Igor Stravinsky & Columbia Symphony Orchestra: Petrushka - Tableau 1, The Crowds [1947 Revised Version] (The Phoenician Scheme OST, 2025) ABKCO 19. Harry Belafonte: Big Boat Up the River (Ballads, Blues & Boasters, 1964) RCA Victor 20. Mark Mothersbaugh: Let Me Tell You About My Boat (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou OST, 2004) Hollywood 21. Seu Jorge: Rebel Rebel (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou OST, 2004) Hollywood 22. Iggy & the Stooges: Search & Destroy (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou OST, 2004) Hollywood 23. The Mighty Swells: Zissou Twist [Jaguar Shark mix] (The Mighty Swells, 2015) Swamp Fly 24. King Radio: Matilda (Matilda 10", 1939) Decca 25. Young Jacques: Jacques Cousteau (1981) Ambition/Sire 26. John Scott & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Waters of the Wind/The Violent Graveyard [from Cape Horn] (Cousteau: Cape Horn/Channel Islands OST, 1989) JOS 27. John Scott & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Waters of Contention/Days of the Future Past/Islands of Beauty & Adventure [from Channel Islands] (Cousteau: Cape Horn/Channel Islands OST, 1989) JOS 28. John Scott & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Jumping Fish [from Journey to a Thousand Rivers] (Cousteau/Amazon: Part 1 - The River OST, 1989) JOS 29. John Scott & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Rendezvous with Calypso [from Journey to a Thousand Rivers] (Cousteau/Amazon: Part 1 - The River OST, 1989) JOS 30. William Goldstein: Encounter & Transition [from The Great White Shark: Lonely Lord of the Sea] (The Great White Shark & Mekong: A Tribute to Jacques Cousteau, 1993) New Gold 31. William Goldstein: The Temple & The River [from Mekong: The Gift of Water] (The Great White Shark & Mekong: A Tribute to Jacques Cousteau, 1993) New Gold 32. William Goldstein: Farewell [from Mekong: The Gift of Water] (The Great White Shark & Mekong: A Tribute to Jacques Cousteau, 1993) New Gold 33. Vangelis: Les Vagues du Large (Cousteau: Indonésie, Sumatra & Hommage, 1994) Off World 34. Vangelis: Vogue la Calypso (Cousteau: Indonésie, Sumatra & Hommage, 1994) Off World 35. Sergio Mendes: A Tristeza do Adeus [The Sadness of Goodbye, version 2] (Pelé OST, 1977) Atlantic 36. Holly Cole: Where Flamingoes Fly (Dark Moon, 2025) Universal This episode was totally...