{"id":5483,"date":"2013-10-17T12:34:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T12:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marmoset-journal.flywheelsites.com\/2013-10-5-iconic-soundtracks-1\/"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:40:02","slug":"5-iconic-soundtracks-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/5-iconic-soundtracks-1\/","title":{"rendered":"What if Jaws didn&#8217;t have a soundtrack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n                style=\"padding-bottom:50.93378448486328%;\"\n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n          content-fill\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n  data-animation-override\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jaws.jpg\" alt=\"jaws.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jaws.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jaws.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"589x300\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"jaws.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"525fdb10e4b03075c47eeb4b\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Chances are you&#8217;ve heard the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=73SYMPjG4uc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">theme song<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jawsmovie.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JAWS<\/a> at one or many, many points in your life. Those two familiar notes building in intensity while getting faster now forever burned in your brain.&nbsp; This score from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Williams\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Williams<\/a> presents a quintessential example of how music can be integral in setting a tone for a movie.&nbsp; The classic soundtrack has helped make this film timeless, thus leaving a lasting impression in cinema history.<\/p>\n<p>Music can be a character in film, heightening the experience of any given scene.<\/p>\n<p>Much like other <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.marmosetmusic.com\/read\/2013\/10\/5-iconic-soundtracks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">examples<\/a>, a film score is a dance between music and film, both complimenting the other to create a bigger and compelling story. So for the sake of conversation&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><strong>What if JAWS didn&#8217;t have a soundtrack?<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Would the movie have the same lasting impact without the score?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of scene with AND without the soundtrack.&nbsp; The differences are quite staggering. What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>   <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f2K-YedETiI?feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;enablejsapi=1\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"480\" width=\"854\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Want another example?&nbsp; Check out this classic scene from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psycho_%281960_film%29\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Psycho<\/a> with and without the terrifying soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>   <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/81qweiWqyTU?feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;enablejsapi=1\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chances are you&#8217;ve heard the theme song to JAWS at one or many, many points&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[212,1585,1583,218,33,10,369,1581,195,2233],"class_list":["post-5483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-filmmaking","tag-film","tag-jaws","tag-john-williams","tag-licensing","tag-marmoset","tag-marmoset-music","tag-movie","tag-psycho","tag-soundtracks","tag-theme-song","has-excerpt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8512,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483\/revisions\/8512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}