Using the John Williams-composed piece as a sonic cane irked some and delighted others on social media. By Shirley Halperin Nothing sends the message “Hurry up and get out of there!” quite like the ...

LIU Post University’s Tilles Center for the Performing Arts will have its very own performance of the entire “Jaws” soundtrack on Sunday, Sept. 14. The roughly 2-1/2-hour performance will begin at 3 p ...

Music historian Jon Burlingame joins us to explain. Why the 'Jaws' film theme music is terrifying Film music historian Jon Burlingame speaks with Here & Now producer Lynn Menegon about why the music ...

CHICAGO - A great movie theme sticks with its audience long after the credits have rolled. Whether it’s those two ominous notes from "Jaws," the menacing rhythms of Darth Vader’s "Imperial March" or ...

The horror genre is known to have some of film's most legendary scores. It's music, after all, that helps to manipulate our emotions when we watch a movie, and what better way to manipulate one's ...

Film music historian Jon Burlingame speaks with Here & Now producer Lynn Menegon about why the music score of the "Jaws" movie is so effectively frightening.