In his field, Laurent Bouzereau is an absolute reference. It is to this Frenchman who has lived in the United States for years that we owe some of the most fantastic films. In 1995, he signed on for Steven Spielberg’s fabulous Jaws as a movie! And which was even available in a longer version in the laserdisc era.
Most recently, since he arrived at Disney + in early November, he is the author of the music of John Williams, which traces the career of this great composer, whose name is forever associated with the careers of Spielberg and George Lucas. The mythical theme of Jaws stands out clearly.
“I thought he was joking!”
Steven Spielberg She loved John Williams’ signature soundtrack to the movie Reivers so much that she dreamed of meeting him, and why not? Ask him to sign an upcoming film score. At a surprise luncheon hosted by Universal in 1972, Spielberg met the man who would become his favorite composer for decades, inseparable from his storied career.
After releasing the Sugarland Express soundtrack in 1974, Williams returned Jaws. the result A masterpiece of simplicity and, above all, superb efficiency, with its second Oscar, barely four years after it was won for Fiddler on the Roof.
An ostinato, two notes, E and F, played in the bass. The motif plays louder and more oppressively as we sense a giant shark prowling the area and closing in on its prey. When Williams played the theme to Spielberg, he burst out laughing. That couldn’t be the main theme of the movie, could it? One who envisioned a more epic and far less stripped-down tune…
“I thought he was joking!” Speaking with Williams, Spielberg says in the documentary, he discusses his first reaction to him. “I said to myself, ‘Oh my God, we’re not going to have an orchestra, we’re going to have a piano and Johnny’s going to play some low notes.'”
The filmmaker adds a bit further: “My shark didn’t work. And I had no idea that John was going to give me a shark that worked thanks to music. His musical shark was much more efficient than my mechanical shark.”
It goes without saying that the huge success of the film, which forever changed the face of the box office and took it into the era of blockbusters, is also closely related to this legendary main theme.
Source: Allocine
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