Steven Spielberg has revealed the hilarious anecdote when he first heard the original theme song for his movie Jaws.
The legendary John Williams He just turned ninety. Throughout his career, the talented film score composer has created some of the most iconic themes in film history. One of them, for example, is from the movie Shark. The composition of this song is overwhelmingly simple and yet manages to convey all the tension that steven spielberg wanted to generate. The director of the remake of West Side Story has revealed his reaction when he first heard. And she has admitted that she thought it was a joke when John Williams showed it to her.
The director thought he was being teased, mainly because he was expecting something more elaborate and because John Williams was quite the joker.
Taking into account what currently represents the theme of Shark, it is hard for us to imagine any other music for this film and all its famous sequences. But you have to admit that it only has two notes and that has caused the occasional joke over time. Interestingly, Steven Spielberg also thought it was a joke at first. As explained in The Hollywood Reporterthe prestigious filmmaker thought his composer was kidding him.
«I expected to hear something strange and melodic, something unique. Perhaps somewhat tonal, but at the same time disturbing. Maybe something from another world, like outer space but underwater«, began to explain Steven Spielberg about the soundtrack of Shark. «However, he played something with only two fingers on the lower keys. It was like…Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun… The first thing I did was laugh. John Williams had a great sense of humor, so I thought he was cheating on me.«.
Notice how curious this is. At the end of the day, that’s how the cinema works and its own. The great stories, the most legendary and unforgettable things, end up arising from anecdotes as natural as this one, don’t you think?