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It’s Not a Rip-Off, It’s a Homage: John Williams ‘Jaws’ Inspired by ‘In the Heat of the Night’?

August 20th, 2008 · Comments

Ya know I love doing the ‘It’s Not A Rip-Off, It’s a Homage’ segment on the show.  Well, was watching the 1967 middlebrow classic ‘In the Heat of the Night’ tonight on Hulu.com and happened to notice that whenever the conspicuously fin-shaped bad guy’s car show up so does the echo of a familiar tune, (see clip above).

Was John Williams inspired by ‘In the Heat’ when he wrote the ‘Jaws’ theme?  I say, consciously or not, he must have been - those fins are just too big.

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