Two simple notes – E and F – have become synonymous with tension, fear and sharks, representing the primal dread of being stalked by a predator. And they largely have “ Jaws ” to thank.

This compositional technique of alternating between two notes at an increasing speed has long been employed by composers, including by Antonín Dvořák in his 1893 work New World Symphony. John ...

While the fact that Bono and The Edge actually composed the music for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is interesting in itself, the rumor about Imagine Dragons is a well-known falsehood at this point.