John Williams - Jaws: Anniversary Collector's Edition
Decca Records | 2000 | MP3 320 kbps | 49'56" | 117 MB
Decca Records | 2000 | MP3 320 kbps | 49'56" | 117 MB
“ | Jaws was the film that introduced the name of John Williams to the wider movie-going public. He had been working in television and film for 15 years or so and had already received the admiration of colleagues within the industry with two Academy Award nominations and one Oscar. It also wasn't the first time he had worked with director Steven Spielberg. However, that now familiar, two-note "Shark Theme" is permanently embedded in the public consciousness as an authentic piece of American pop culture. The two notes increase in speed and intensity, until the theme bursts into full, menacing power in the strings, similar to Mussorgsky's darker music, and using the French horn in the opposite of its typical nineteenth century idiom, the hunting call. Instead of inviting you to chase after the beast, it's encouraging you to run away. In a way, Williams' music makes up for the fact that, due to technical difficulties, there is not much of the shark to see in the film. The remainder of his music for the film is typical of his film scores, rooted in the Romantic tradition with themes that are developed to match the emotion and action on the screen. Although it is not as notable as his music for later films, the score for Jaws is what earned Williams his second Oscar. ― from All Music Guide | ” |