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The Jaws soundtrack (officially Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the music composed and conducted by John Williams for Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws.The soundtrack is particularly notable for the 2-note ostinato which represents the shark, a theme so simple that Spielberg initially thought it was a joke by the composer.
Pauline Kael wrote that "Altman does variations on Chandler's theme the way the John Williams score does variations the title song, which is tender in one scene, a funeral dirge in another. Williams' music is a parody of the movies' frequent overuse of a theme, and a demonstration of how adaptable a theme can be."
Credited for Han Solo theme and original Star Wars music Score composed and adapted by John Powell [4] [5] Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Mine Mission," shared with John Powell) 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: J. J. Abrams: Lucasfilm Ltd. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Bad Robot
From the deep, quickening heartbeat of “Jaws” to the astral opening blast of “Star Wars,” the music of John Williams not only earns its place among the most iconic film scores of all time ...
Iconic artist with over 1,000 illustrations, including movie posters for the movies Jaws and The Empire Strikes Back, Roger Karl Kastel, has died at age 92 in Worcester County, Massachusetts ...
It was here Kastel had his greatest success, painting the iconic paperback book cover for Jaws, which was later used as the movie poster for the 1974 Spielberg film. Kastel was also known for doing movie posters such as Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975), The Great Train Robbery (1978), and his well-regarded movie poster for The Empire ...
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Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley.It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town.