Yes, the title refers to what you think.
To the composer the psychological thriller "Deep Throat" wasn´t so exiting due to its images, but more to the underlying score.
Variations on "Deep Throat" (double woodwind & double horn) actually are (musical) variations on the main melody of the "Deep Throat-"song.
Not the standard melodic, harmonic & rhytmic ´classical´ variations (which are dull to the composer´s ear), but variations upon the main intervals of the "Deep Throat-"melody: thirds, diminished thirds, fifths and diminished seconds. How far does a composer have to go to score his score.
The variations are preceded and concluded by an arrangement of the famous melody.
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