Track Listing

1. Main Title and First Victim
2. The Empty Raft
3. The Pier Incident
4. The Shark Cage Fugue
5. Shark Attack
6. Ben Gardner's Boat
7. Montage
8. Father and Son
9. Into The Estuary
10. Out To Sea
11. Man Against Beast
12. Quint's Tale
13. Brody Panics
14. Barrel Off Starboard
15. The Great Shark Chase
16. Three Barrels Under
17. Between Attacks
18. The Shark Approaches
19. Blown To Bits
20. End Titles

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #79597 in Music
• Released on: 2000-07-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Soundtrack
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .19 pounds
• Running time: 52 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Peter Benchley's bestselling novel about the sobering impact of shark attacks on a New England beach town's tourist season gave director Steven Spielberg the perfect opportunity to craft a suspenseful action-drama. An immediate blockbuster upon release in 1975, the movie is being hailed as a classic 25 years later by being released on DVD. The 20 minutes of additional score and interviews with Spielberg and composer John Williams may be the strongest enticements for anyone who already owns the original soundtrack, but anyone who's put off purchasing this most identifiable score now has the temptation of improved sonic clarity to contend with as well. Since so much of Williams's score--at the time, his second for Spielberg, before going on to ET and Schindler's List, among others--depends on the nearly silent tension buttressed by deep, probing notes, this widescreen audio mapping only heightens the drama. "Shark Attack", "The Great Shark Chase", and "The Shark Approaches", along with the main theme, represent what empathic movie scoring is all about. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews

A classic soundtrack created by the best film composer ever!
John Towner Williams!

It was after Williams did Jaws that he really got famous when in the movie scoring buisness. Before Jaws, he had been composing music for TV shows and news broadcasts, but that was not to last long. ;)

Williams' score for Jaws is truly fantastic. It's hard to explain how good it is, but in my opinion, it gives Superman: The Movie and Star Wars some hard competition! The tracks are filled with great action, drama, happy and sad music. The music that plays when Quint, Brody and Hooper are following the shark at sea, using barrels to hold him up, is my, and hopefully many others favorite musical moment in Jaws.

The Main Theme is also a very classic piece of music. If you ask a friend or just some stranger which film this music is from, and you go like this: dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum di dum dum dum di dum dum, I'm almost positive he's gonna say Jaws. The music for the main theme has been used in many other horror creature films. Mostly shark movies, though. It fits perfectly into the film. Spielberg thought Williams was joking when he played the main theme for him, but he kinda got used to it after a while. I'm glad he did and so are many others!

Jaws is a brilliant soundtrack filled with music that will keep you entertained for hours. Go buy this soundtrack now and discover what a great movie composer John Williams is!

MASTERPIECE!!!!
This musical score is simply EXTRAORDINARY!!!! John Williams is at his best!!!! Here you have the complete score! As a whole it is a real masterpiece! I strongly recomend it!

The Complete Masterpiece
Yes, finally the classic soundtrack gets the treatment it deserves. The original was re-recorded and adapted, but nowhere near as entertaining. This version is much more enjoyable. It plays from beginning to end in order. Lots of unreleased tracks including the piano led Father and Son and The Empty Raft which was left off the original LP, is one of the highlights of this CD.