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"Theme from Shaft", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Shaft. [1] The theme was released as a single (shortened and edited from the longer album version) two months after the movie's soundtrack by Stax Records' Enterprise label.
In a 2020 retrospective on the Shaft franchise, RetroFan stated that "Hayes' score helped change the way music was used in film, bringing in a more contemporary, funk/soul-driven sound. It had an especially significant impact on the coming wave of black films , setting the standard for how R&B music would be used in films, and marketed ...
Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its filename extension; [3] [6] [7] pronounced / w æ v / or / w eɪ v / [8]) is an audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on personal computers. The format was developed and published for the first time in 1991 by IBM and Microsoft.
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, [4] serving as an in-house songwriter with his partner David Porter, as well as a session musician and record producer.
Charles "Skip" Pitts (April 7, 1947 – May 1, 2012) was an American soul and blues guitarist. He is best known for his distinctive "wah-wah" style, prominently featured on Isaac Hayes' title track from the 1971 movie Shaft.
Music From and Inspired By Shaft is the soundtrack to John Singleton's 2000 action crime thriller film Shaft. Composed of seventeen contemporary R&B and hip hop music songs, it was released on June 13, 2000 through LaFace Records .
The Rockford Files ("The Rockford Files (theme)") – Mike Post and Pete Carpenter; Rocko’s Modern Life – The B-52s and Tom Kenny (S2–4) The Rookies – Elmer Bernstein; Room 222 – Jerry Goldsmith; The Ropers – Joe Raposo; Roseanne – W. G. Snuffy Walden (later added with lyrics sung by Blues Traveler) Rosie – Ronnie Hazlehurst ...
Shaft (New Zealand band), a New Zealand indie band; Shaft (club), a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey; Shaft (Isaac Hayes album), the soundtrack for the film of the same name, recorded by Isaac Hayes "Theme from Shaft", performed by Isaac Hayes; Shaft (Bernard Purdie album), a 1971 jazz album featuring a cover of the above track