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Hi, everyone.
Presently preparing materials for a webinar presentation on the music of "Jaws" and need help in identifying the various themes John Williams composed for the film (other than the obvious shark material) as different sources I've consulted don't seem to be in agreement as to what the various themes represent.
First, which theme is the "Orca" theme? I assume that it is the arioso-like (my description) melody heard in the MT of "Jaws 2 " when the divers come across the wreckage of Quint's boat (1:41 mark). At the end of the first film this theme is heard on the piccolo along with quotations (in augmentation) of a sprightly theme, one with a march-like rhythm, which I also associate with the Orca and the shark hunter trio (Quint, Brody, Hooper). There's also a kind of "urgency motif" (almost like an invention subject) that's used at times when there's increased activity aboard the boat (sometimes used as a counterpoint to another theme). One reviewer suggests that one of the aforementioned themes represents Amity Island. I'm just not sure about any of it (and I want to get this right).
Has Williams, in some interview, ever definitively stated which theme is which (as he did in the original "Star Wars" OST sleeve notes)? Perhaps someone did an analysis of this in a FSM print issue?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
You might want to check out the John Williams Signature Edition full score of "Suite from Jaws" published by Hal Leonard Music. It contains The Shark Theme, Out to Sea and The Shark Cage Fugue.
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Hi, everyone.
Presently preparing materials for a webinar presentation on the music of "Jaws" and need help in identifying the various themes John Williams composed for the film (other than the obvious shark material) as different sources I've consulted don't seem to be in agreement as to what the various themes represent.
First, which theme is the "Orca" theme? I assume that it is the arioso-like (my description) melody heard in the MT of "Jaws 2 " when the divers come across the wreckage of Quint's boat (1:41 mark). At the end of the first film this theme is heard on the piccolo along with quotations (in augmentation) of a sprightly theme, one with a march-like rhythm, which I also associate with the Orca and the shark hunter trio (Quint, Brody, Hooper). There's also a kind of "urgency motif" (almost like an invention subject) that's used at times when there's increased activity aboard the boat (sometimes used as a counterpoint to another theme). One reviewer suggests that one of the aforementioned themes represents Amity Island. I'm just not sure about any of it (and I want to get this right).
Has Williams, in some interview, ever definitively stated which theme is which (as he did in the original "Star Wars" OST sleeve notes)? Perhaps someone did an analysis of this in a FSM print issue?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
check this website, https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/
Maurizio Caschetto might be able to help you
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Nov 21, 2020 - 11:57 AM
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Broughtfan
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The sea shanty theme plays as a B theme for the Orca theme in "The Great Shark Chase" so they're basically parts of the same idea, Quint and his ship.
For some reason, Jeff, I associate the cantabile tune heard in "Blown to Bits" with Brody (Quint at this point of the story having met his demise). This is the same melody that's heard in the MT of "Jaws 2" and what I believed to be the "Orca Theme." In the end title of the first film there's a hint of the shanty/hornpipe theme followed by the Brady/Orca theme played on piccolo, then with French horns, followed by a fragment of the shanty/hornpipe tune on solo trumpet. But your theory that one is simply a 'B' theme makes sense (like the "Raiders" theme, two good, useable pieces of material combined, but unlike Raiders, often presented as separate musical entities).
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