Jaws OST Soundtrack John Williams 1975 MCA 2087 Vinyl LP 1st Pressing EX/VG+
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Jaws (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label: MCA Records – MCA-2087 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Pinckneyville Pressing Country: US Released: 1975 Genre: Electronic, Stage & Screen Style: Soundtrack, Score, Modern Classical A1 Main Title (Theme From Jaws) 2:12 A2 Chrissie's Death 1:39 A3 Promenade (Tourists On The Menu) 2:45 A4 Out To The Sea 2:25 A5 The Indianapolis Story 2:24 A6 Sea Attack Number One 5:24 B1 One Barrel Chase 3:04 B2 Preparing The Cage 3:23 B3 Night Search 3:28 B4 The Underwater Siege 2:31 B5 Hand To Hand Combat 2:32 B6 End Title (Theme From Jaws) 2:17 Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville Conductor, Written By – John Williams (4) Engineer – John Neal Liner Notes – Steven Spielberg Mastered By – Don Thompson The Jaws soundtrack (officially Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the music composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony 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.[3]
The film score was recorded in March 1975 at 20th Century Fox Studios and Universal, with expanded tracks recorded in April 1975 for the commercial release of the soundtrack album.[4] The soundtrack album was released on LP by MCA in 1975, and as a CD in 1992. In 2000, two new versions of the score were released to coincide with the film's 25th anniversary: one in a re-recording of the entire Jaws score by Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Joel McNeely, and another by Decca/Universal featuring the entire 51 minutes of the original score. The score was reissued again in 2015 through Intrada Records containing the full film score along with alternate takes, source music and a remaster of the 1975 album. In 2025, a 50th anniversary remastered edition was released digitally by Back Lot Music and on vinyl by Mondo.
The soundtrack was critically well received, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Score,[5] the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[6] and Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. In addition was ranked the sixth greatest score by the American Film Institute.[7][8] The score has been the subject of scholarly discussion in relation to its tradition in classical Hollywood scoring,[9] and its role in creating space in the film.
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