You can obtain 2 episodes a tape for $11 and postage from Videoscreams.com---they provide a list of episodes and I gather you can mix and match. But I haven't ordered yet so don't quote me.

They also had neat items like a letterboxed undubbed Mad Max and lbx copies of The Power, The Blob, The World, The Flesh & the Devil, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Atragon, Dagora, and Frankenstein Conquers the World.

Like all Irwin Allen media, Voyage to the Bottom of the Studio Tank, had it's highs and lows. Some episodes had original scores, like the Goldsmith and Stevens episodes, others were tracked from other 20th Century-Fox films. One neat touch was that the Flying Sub was usually underscored by the same cue from Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, sort of as a theme or motif.

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Yes, Voyage to Bottom of the Swimming Pool was a great series.

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My dad used to piss me off by calling it "Voyage to the Bottom of the Mud Hole."

It's currently on the Sci-Fi Channel at 7:00AM Eastern Time. They're currently showing the first season episodes (black and white). Most of these have been mad scientist, obsessed scientist or enemy agent tales with the occasional giant monster. Brings back some great memories.

Richard Basehart goes around acting as if this is AN IMPORTANT SERIES, with his Shakespearian rendering of Admiral Nelson. I guess he somehow got the reputation of being a serious actor, mostly because of "the voice."

It is fun to see actors who will be more serious or famous in the future show up in the series. Future Academy Award winner Robert Duval (sic) shows up as a survivor from an earth race that went extinct, back to try and wipe out humanity.

The music is a standout of the series, whether it's tracked or original music. In one episode, a robot runs amok on the ship. Guess which music it's tracked with? You're right, Bernard Herrmann's Gort theme from the Day the Earth Stood Still.

The special effects are also standout as well, even in black and white. And most of it was new for the series, very little leftover special effects footage from the original movie was used.

Interesting story...my family (sans me) was on vacation on the West Coast and ran into Richard Basehart in a supermarket. He gave them his autograph. They said he was very short, only about 5'5".

Looking over the Voyage credits, it seems that in addition to the 3 Leith Stevens episodes, there is one scored by Hugo Friedhofer (!), one by Herman Stein, one by Robert Drasnin, and 3 or 4 by Alexander Courage.

I've been watching the current first season credits for composers...with the exception of Paul Sawtell scores, most seem tracked from other sources, though they don't mention who. If this is the case, the only music credit I'm seeing is "Theme by Paul Sawtell" and "Musical Direction by Lionel Newman."