Directed by Howard Hall
Produced by Michele Hall
WGBH Large Format Films
Narrated by Linda Hunt
Music Composed and Conducted by Alan Williams

Park City Film Music Festival (2011) Gold Medal for Excellence

Synopsis:
Island of the Sharks is a tropical Pacific paradise where beauty and danger co-exist beneath the waves.  Otherwise know as Cocos Island, this underwater mountain is a migratory gathering place for a dazzling array of sea creatures, including sharks, manta rays, sea turtles and dolphins.  Boasting the world’s highest concentration of large marine predators, its waters teem with white-tip, hammerhead, black-tip and silky sharks.  A thrilling underwater adventure filled with mystery and wonder.

Soundtrack

Music Composed and Conducted by Alan Williams
Orchestrated by Larry Rench
Recorded and Mixed by Scott Cochran
Recorded at Sony Pictures Scoring Stage
Label:  AWCD 1000

1. Main Title
2. Underwater Currents
3. The White Tips
4. Hammerheads
5. El Nino
6. Marlin Attack
7. Dying Corral
8. Cave Hunting
9. Sea Stars
10. Sea Turtle and Hermit Crab
11. Fairy Turne
12. Rain and Rebirth
13. Night Hunt
14. Hammerheads Return
15. Marble Ray Romance
16. Creole Fish
17. Shark Attack
18. Cocos Island

Running Time:  35:13

Notes:
"The musical score that accompanies a film's images plays an integral part in the outcome.  Images filmed in IMAX are big and descriptive.  They deserve - no, they require, a big sound.  It takes a special talent to compose big sound for that big picture, with the specific requirements of playback in an IMAX theater.  From the first time I heard an Alan Williams' score, I knew that he was the one I wanted to musically capture the emotion of Cocos." -Michelle Hall, producer

 

Reviews:
Hollywood Reporter
Box Office Magazine
Soundtrack Magazine
Filmtracks.com
Tracksounds.com
Music From the Movies

Availability:
Intrada
Screen Archives
Ark Square