Dont get me wrong, I really liked this movie and think it's a great part of blaxploitaion cinema but I cant get the soundtrack out of my head. I was more into the great music more than I was with the movie. Anyone feel the same?
(my favorite song was Soulsvile)
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It's just your opinion.
My 'adventure' with Blaxploitation started with listening to Curtis Mayfield's 'Superfly'. Then I heard Isaac Hayes' 'Shaft theme'. And I started to love Black music from 70s...
I've finished this movie now - for a second time - and I must admitt, that I liked it much more than the watching for a first time.
Its music is so gorgeous, and it really harmonizes with the movie... Worth Oscar, really worth...
And Richard Roundtree - really tough man!
Regards
Great theme music. Really fine use of space. I really like the use of the string section; they play the bent third while the horns play the straight triad. It's sly.
This is one of most well crafted prologue introductions to a movie, around. Brilliant. The timing of the music and the visuals is superb. I like the way the female chorus sing the single word, "Shaft". It's a killer.
The theme starts with that high hat beat. That's talent. Less is more.
I haven't seen this movie for quite a while, and I enjoyed it again. Didn't even hit the fast forward to many times. Great ending.
Doug
Toronto
The theme from Shaft gas always been one of my favorites themes ever. It's a true classic. Black Moses is the man!
shareAnything was better than this film, and I tried to like it.
"So what else is on your mind besides 100 proof women, 90 proof whiskey, and 14 karat gold?"
The theme song is right up there with Goldfinger in terms of iconic motion picture theme songs. Unfortunately the movie was a low budget flick unlike Goldfinger. I too like the movie especially the look back at early 1970s New York before everything became sanitized.
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