Editing Jaws 2 (section)

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Jaws 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| type       = film
| artist     = [[John Williams]]
| cover      =
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = 1978, 2015 (expansion)
| recorded   = 20th Century Fox Studios, Stage One
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Film score]], [[Classical Music|Classical]]
| length     = 41:19 (original release), 101:48 (expansion)
| label      = [[MCA Records]] (original release), [[Intrada Records]] (expansion)
| producer   = John Williams
| prev_title = [[Close Encounters of the Third Kind (soundtrack)|Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = [[Superman (1978 film)#Music|Superman]]
| next_year  = 1978
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = Jaws
 | type       = film
 | prev_title = [[Jaws (soundtrack)|Jaws]]
 | prev_year  = 1975
 | title      = Jaws 2
 | year       = 1978
 | next_title = [[Jaws 3-D#Music|Jaws 3-D]]
 | next_year  = 1983
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jaws-2-mw0000269637|title=Jaws 2 [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - ... &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = Filmtracks
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/jaws2.html|title=Filmtracks: Jaws 2 (John Williams)|website=Filmtracks}}</ref>
|rev3 = Music from the Movies
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Beek" />
}}

[[John Williams]] returned to score ''Jaws 2'' after winning an [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]] for his work on the first film. Williams says that it was assumed by everyone that "the music would come back also and be part of the cast ... it would require new music, certainly, but the signature music of ''Jaws'' should be used as well". He compares this to "the great tradition" for repeating musical themes in Hollywood serials such as ''[[Roy Rogers]]'' and ''[[The Lone Ranger (serial)|The Lone Ranger]]''. In addition to the familiar themes, Szwarc says Williams also composed a "youthful counterpoint to the shark that is always around when the kids are sailing or going out to sea. It was very inventive".<ref name="musicdvd">''The Music of Jaws 2'', ''Jaws 2'' DVD, Written, directed and produced by Laurent Bouzereau</ref>

Szwarc said that the sequel's music should be "more complex because it was a more complex film". Williams says that this score is broader, allowing him to make more use of the orchestra, and use longer notes, and "fill the space" created by the director. Williams used a larger ensemble than for the first film, and "the orchestral palette may have been broader or had longer notes". Delays in shooting meant that Williams was forced to start working on the score before the film was completed. Szwarc discussed the film with the composer, showing him edited sequences and storyboards. The director praises Williams in being able to work under such difficult conditions.<ref name="musicdvd"/> Critic Mike Beek suggests these time constraints enabled Williams "to create themes based on ideas and suggestions, rather than a locked down print."<ref name="Beek"/>

Critics have praised Williams' score, comparing it favorably to the original. Williams "uses a few basic elements of the original—the obligatory shark motif, for one—and takes the music off in some new and interesting directions." The score is "more disturbing in places" than the original, and "Williams {{sic|fash|ion}} some new and hugely memorable out to sea adventure music." Because ''Jaws 2'' "isn't a film that requires subtlety ... Williams pulls out all the stops to make it as exciting and hair raising as possible."<ref name="soundtrack">{{Citation |title=Jaws 2 |work=soundtrack-express.com |url=http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/jaws2.htm |access-date=2006-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928092824/http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/jaws2.htm|archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref>

According to the [[liner notes]] on the soundtrack album, Williams' "sense of the dramatic, coupled with his exquisite musical taste and knowledge of the orchestra definitely stamp this score as truly one of his best." It is "brilliantly performed by a mini-symphony made up of the finest instrumentalists to be found anywhere."<ref name="Ref_p">John Fadden {{cite AV media notes |title=Jaws 2 |year=1978 |author=John Fadden |others=John Williams |type=Cover |publisher=[[MCA Records]]}}</ref>  Mike Beek makes positive comments about the film, saying that "the music certainly elevates it to a level it would otherwise never have achieved."<ref name="Beek"/>

In 2015, [[Intrada Records]] issued a two-disc edition with Williams' complete score in chronological order on the first disc and the original 1978 soundtrack album on the second.<ref>{{cite web |title=JAWS 2 (2CD) |url=http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.9910/.f |date=2015 |work=Intrada |access-date=2018-10-06}}</ref>
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