Main Title (Theme From "Jaws")

Main Title (Theme From "Jaws")

Composer John Williams Released 1975-06-20 Title Origin Official

The Jaws Theme was composed by John Williams for the movie Jaws as the shark's theme.

Title

The title comes from the original 1975 LP release of the soundtrack.

Games

Jaws (NES)

Jaws (NES)

Arranger Shinichi Sakamoto Released 1987-11-?? Format NSF

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (DOS)

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (DOS)

Arranger William Goldstein Released 1988-??-?? Length 0:13.83 Format SCI Loops No

Five different types of output were designed for the DOS release, each output corresponds to a different group of devices, the Roland, Yamaha, OPL2, 3 Voice, and PC Speaker.

The official version of the song uses the MT-32 output which uses a similar bass line with the aggravating melody. Both the 3 Voice and PC Speaker renditions are severely lacking in notes to the point where the song is barely discernible.

The file is sound.078 in the resource files.

Game-Maker (DOS)

Game-Maker (DOS)

Arranger Unknown Released 1993-02-?? Length 1:12.97 Format CMF Loops Yes

The Jaws theme is one of the stock tracks included in Game-Maker, and used in several pre-made games. The song would have been converted from a Jaws ROL file.

The song's file name is GMSONG4.CMF.

Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced (GBA)

Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced (GBA)

Arranger Manfred Linzner Released 2003-01-07 Length 0:08 Format MINIGSF Loops Yes

Played in wakeboarding stages, when a shark is incoming.

Links

• youtube.com/watch?v=lV8i-pSVMaQ - The official soundtrack version.