Jaws: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

jaws: music from the original motion picture soundtrack [soundtrack]

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Jaws, film score
Composed by John Williams

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John Williams's second collaboration with then-wunderkind director Steven Spielberg not only gave Hollywood one of its most indelible musical motifs--the rampaging shark's rhythmic, swelling two-note figure that's long since become a sonic archetype for terror--it won the composer his first scoring Oscar (he'd previously won for adapting Fiddler on the Roof) and arguably made him a film music superstar. Williams's oft-brooding score is one of the key elements of the film's gut-wrenching success, a shrewdly manipulative orchestral underpinning that evokes the idyll of a beach resort one bar, the horrors of being eaten alive the next. There are more motifs than melodies here, but as with Bernard Herrmann they evoke almost subliminal emotional responses, creating a masterfully menacing, brass-heavy concerto of surprising depth. Music for fly-fishing it isn't! --Jerry McCulley

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Jaws: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

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Get Them BOTH!!!
Excellent Horror Score
DuuuDum!
This is the original record version from 1975
Not Good

Jaws: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002NZU
Release Date: 1992-04-21

Tracks:

Main Title (Theme From 'Jaws')
Chrissie's Death
Promenade (Tourists On The Menu)
Out To Sea
The Indianapolis Story
Sea Attack Number One
One Barrel Chase
Preparing The Cage
Night Search
The Underwater Siege
Hand To Hand Combat
End Title (Theme From 'Jaws')

Amazon.com essential recording

John Williams's second collaboration with then-wunderkind director Steven Spielberg not only gave Hollywood one of its most indelible musical motifs--the rampaging shark's rhythmic, swelling two-note figure that's long since become a sonic archetype for terror--it won the composer his first scoring Oscar (he'd previously won for adapting Fiddler on the Roof) and arguably made him a film music superstar. Williams's oft-brooding score is one of the key elements of the film's gut-wrenching success, a shrewdly manipulative orchestral underpinning that evokes the idyll of a beach resort one bar, the horrors of being eaten alive the next. There are more motifs than melodies here, but as with Bernard Herrmann they evoke almost subliminal emotional responses, creating a masterfully menacing, brass-heavy concerto of surprising depth. Music for fly-fishing it isn't! --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Get Them BOTH!!!.......2006-04-29

I've been reading a lot of people's displeasure at this version of the seminal soundtrack, and I just wanted to leap to its defense. Those who don't recognize this as the "real" soundtrack have a point; especially if you have heard the new 25th Anniversary version, which does contain the music actually used in the movie.

But those people probably weren't around for the original release of the movie, and this version of the soundtrack in conjunction with it. I was, and I can tell you as someone who (like everyone else at the time) ran out and bought this...I don't feel like this re-recording blunted or distorted the effect of the music one bit. The memories of the film that it helped me recall each time I listened to it were just as bone-chilling and terrifying when they were supposed to be.

In fact, because the earlier version was more an evocation of the film's essence, rather than the music that actually enhanced the visuals, a lot more nuances and a lot of the primal essence was brought out here than with the "true" soundtrack.

I'm not one to fall victim to the obvious calculation of marketing tactics, but in this case I would strongly recommend that the die-hard movie soundtrack lover purchase BOTH versions. Think of this one as the "concert" version, and the new one as the "true" soundtrack. Either way, hey, how can you go wrong? It's JAWS, and it's John Williams, for cripes' sake! Either way, just enjoy...and appreciate the fact that you can listen to this music while having a snack...instead of BEING one...

Excellent Horror Score.......2006-04-07

This soundtrack is a perfect blend of happy/classical music, and downright disturbing attack music. Just when you think things are sounding brighter, the frightening music begins. The stark contrast is quite shocking, and is a plus in this score. I highly reccomend this.

DuuuDum!.......2005-11-07

Ah, the classic JAWS score. An extreme favorite in my film score collection. Nothing will ever replace this famous score. Buy it now before it is too late!

This is the original record version from 1975.......2004-11-28

Not the fragmented cue-track version. And I share bossrock's preference for this version. My favorite passage is the second part of PREPARING THE CAGE. It sounds like the musical equivalent of suspended animation.

There's a recurrent string chord that runs thru JAWS. A single sustained chord. With an off-kilter feel. Due to the presence of the dissonant violas. It sounds like the violas are playing a descending second to the tonic violins. Or something like that. Well in any case, PREPARING THE CAGE contains the best use of that chord.

Bram Janssen said: "Could one compare it with STAR WARS or RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK? I think one would better compare it with THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS and THE COWBOYS."

This is a profound truth. Williams wrote JAWS shortly before his soul got possessed by the malevolent ghost of Richard Strauss.

Not Good.......2004-09-09

This is a huge disappointment. There are so many errors like the first track. It says main title and first victim but this is not the first victim music at all. And you can barely hear the the melody in the music. If you want a better cd get the Jaws Anniversary collectors edition. It is well worth it.

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