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JAWS

Complete Score
Original Album Remastered

(2015)
Intrada INT 7145 Composed and Conducted by John Williams
Format: 2 CD Produced by John Williams
Total Playing Time: 70:20/45:29 Mastered by Mike Matessino
Date of Purchase: Jan 14, 2016 Director: Steven Spielberg
Cat. No. SC423 Academy Award

German Title: Der weiße Hai
Track Listing CD1
01. Jaws – Main Title (0:59)
02. The First Victim (1:45)
03. Remains On The Beach (0:59)
04. The Empty Raft (Extended Version) (1:45)
05. The Pier Incident (2:30)
06. Father And Son (Film Version) (1:59)
07. The Alimentary Canal (1:58)
08. Ben Gardner’s Boat (3:33)
09. Montage (1:35)
10. Into The Estuary (2:53)
11. Out To Sea (Film Version) (1:01)
12. Tug On The Line (2:39)
13. Man Against Beast (Film Version) (5:34)
14. Quint’s Tale (2:48)
15. Brody Panics (1:16)
16. Barrel Off Starboard (1:41)
17. Great Chase (3:02)
18. Shark Tows Orca (0:41)
19. Three Barrels Under (2:17)
20. From Bad To Worse (1:07)
21. Quint Thinks It Over (1:14)
22. The Shark Cage Fugue (2:02)
23. The Shark Approaches (Film Version) (0:53)
24. The Shark Hits The Cage (2:03)
25. Quint Meets His End (1:27)
26. Blown To Bits (3:17)
27. Jaws – End Title (1:57)

Total Score Time: 54:55

The Extras
28. Jaws – Main Title (Alternate) (1:12)
29. The Typewriter (0:21)
30. Man Against Beast (Alternate) (5:38)
31. Barrel Off Starboard (Alternate Segment) (0:54)
32. Great Chase (Alternate) (3:03)
33. Shark Tows Orca (Alternate) (0:42)
34. The Shark Approaches (Alternate) (0:55)
35. Quint Meets His End (Alternate) (1:32)
36. Wild Shark Theme (1:10)

Total Extras Time: 15:15

CD2
Original 1975 MCA Soundtrack Album
01. Main Title (Theme From Jaws) (2:24)
02. Chrissie’s Death (1:42)
03. Promenade (Tourists On The Menu) (2:48)
04. Out To Sea (2:30)
05. The Indianapolis Story (2:27)
06. Sea Attack Number One (5:25)
07. One Barrel Chase (3:10)
08. Preparing The Cage (3:26)
09. Night Search (3:34)
10. The Underwater Siege (2:34)
11. Hand To Hand Combat (2:34)
12. End Title (Theme From Jaws) (2:21)

Total Album Time: 34:52

The Extras – Music From Amity Town Beach
13. Joplin Rag (Original Rag) (Scott Joplin) (2:07)
14. Winter Stories Waltz (Alphons Czibulka) (1:46)
15. In The Good Old Summertime (George Evans & Ren Shields) (1:29)
16. Thousand And One Nights Waltz (Johann Strauss Jr.) (1:49)
17. Marching Band No. 1 (1:09)
18. Marching Band No. 2 (2:05)

Total Source Music Time: 10:30

Forty years after the 1975 release of the film, Intrada presents a special, 2-disc presentation of the iconic, Oscar-winning score. One disc features a reissue of the original MCA recording released in ’75 — a rerecorded, reworking of the score for commercial audiences that won Williams his first Grammy. The other disc features the original film tracks, sourced from the unmixed 1/2″ elements, completely restored using state-of-the-art technology. These master tapes featured a nontraditional mix, allowing for the low strings — the force behind the shark — to be a dominant presence amongst the orchestra. While these tracks were previously released in 2000 featuring a stereo mix derived from the 5.1 DVD spread, its mixdown and added reverb took much of the punch out of the score. Going back to the original recording, engineer Mike Matessino was able to create a thrilling new experience and achieve a stunning sound, the likes of which have not been heard from this score before.

Most of the original score was presented on the 2000 Decca release, but in addition to the remastered quality the music is now presented in narrative sequence, with a few previously truncated phrases and one short unused cue added to the program. The original elements also yielded a healthy collection of “Extras” that include an alternate version of the “Main Title.” Rounding out the disc with the 1975 album is a selection of source cues from the film, also previously unreleased. John Williams reviewed and approved this entire presentation.

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