When it comes to funeral music, most of us expect the classics: Ave Maria, Time to Say Goodbye, or a moving orchestral piece.

“His music was scarier than seeing the shark.” But for Greiving — whose Williams biography will be released on Sept. 2 — the “Jaws” theme is even bigger than movies.

Here’s the real takeaway: fear doesn’t come from what’s on the screen—it comes from what you think is there. Jaws understood ...

A malfunctioning mechanical shark forced then-26-year-old director Steven Spielberg to tease audiences with glimpses of a ...

A new Disney+ documentary, JAWS @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story, explores how these problems helped shape the movie's ...

Composer John Williams' two notes create calling card for 'Jaws' shark "Jaws" changed all that. With just two notes, Williams cemented himself as one of the top modern composers, winning in 1976 ...

July 03, 2025 'Jaws' and the two musical notes that changed Hollywood forever Fifty years after its release, the iconic 'da, duh' theme from Steven Spielberg's blockbuster still terrorizes ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Mount Vernon High School orchestra cheered on the Nationals with a creative mashup. They combined the Jaws theme song with the notorious Baby Shark song, creating an ...

Film music historian John Burlingame says film historians cite “Jaws” as one of the most terrifying scores ever written. During the production of the movie, director Steven Spielberg tasked ...

The 1975 “Jaws” theme is just 2 minutes, 49 seconds of brass, strings and drums. But the sense of dread it evokes has endured for 41 years, which means composer John Williams did his job very ...

Academy Award winners who went on a little too long in their acceptance speeches Sunday night received an ominous warning from the orchestra at the Dolby Theater — the theme music from "Jaws ...