Isaac Hayes scores Shaft film Caf Reggio Shaft Theme 1971
Isaac Hayes was born in Covington Tennessee in 1942 the secondborn child of Isaac Sr and Eula Hayes but after their deaths was raised by his grandparents Mr and Mrs Willie Wade Sr The child of a poor family he grew up picking cotton in Covington He dropped out of high school only to be encouraged later by his former high school teachers at Manassas High to get his diploma He earned his diploma at the age of 21 He began singing at the age of five at his local church and soon after he taught himself how to play the piano electronic organ flute and saxophone In early 1971 Hayes composed music for the soundtrack of the blaxploitation film Shaft in the movie he also appeared in a cameo role as the bartender of No Name Bar The title theme with its wahwah guitar and multilayered symphonic arrangement would become a worldwide hit single and spent two weeks at number one in the Billboard Hot 100 in November The remainder of the album was mostly instrumentals covering big beat jazz bluesy funk and hard Staxstyled soul The other two vocal songs the social commentary Soulville and the nineteenminute jam Do Your Thing would be edited down to hit singles Hayes won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the Theme from Shaft and was nominated for Best Original Dramatic Score for the films score More on Shaft the movie Shaft is a 1971 American film directed by Gordon Parks and released by MetroGoldwynMayer An action film with elements of film noir Shaft tells the story of a black private detective John Shaft who travels through Harlem and to the Italian mob in order to find the missing daughter of a black mobster It stars Richard Roundtree as Shaft Moses Gunn as Bumpy Jonas Charles Cioffi as Lt Vic Androzzi Christopher St John as Ben Buford and Gwenn Mitchell and Lawrence Pressman in smaller roles The movie was adapted by Ernest Tidyman and John D F Black from Tidymans 1971 novel of the same name The movie is widely considered a prime example of the blaxploitation genre The Shaft soundtrack album recorded by Isaac Hayes was also a success with the Theme from Shaft winning the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Song In 2000 Shaft was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally historically or aesthetically significant Tagline The mob wanted Harlem back They got Shaftup to here Production for Shaft the movie According to Melvin Van Peebles the original production was of a white detective story but after the success of Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song 1971 the original script was scrapped in favor of an adaptation of Ernest Tidymans 1970 novel Shaft which focused on an AfricanAmerican detective Tidyman who was white was an editor at The New York Times prior to becoming a novelist He sold the movie rights to Shaft by showing the galley proofs to the studio the novel had not yet been published Tidyman was honored by the NAACP for his work on the Shaft movies and books Box office and Academy Awards The film was a surprising and runaway boxoffice success grossing 12 million with a budget of only 1125000 Isaac Hayes won an Academy Award for Best Music Song for Theme from Shaft Hayes was also nominated for Best Music Original Dramatic Score Sequels Two sequels were made Shafts Big Score in 1972 and Shaft in Africa in 1973 These were followed by a series of TV movies starring Roundtree as Shaft on CBS during the 19731974 TV season In 2000 a sequel was made featuring Samuel L Jackson in the title role see Shaft 2000 film Jackson plays the nephew of Richard Roundtrees character Roundtree returns as John Shaft still a private eye trying to get his nephew to join him Similar artists and followers include Booker T the MGs The MarKeys Charles Wright Zapp The Ohio Players Cameo Dazz Band Rufus Thomas Carla Thomas Otis Redding Willie the Mighty Magnificents The Funk Brothers The Meters James Brown George Clinton Chuck Brown The Average White Band Kool the Gang The Salsoul Orchestra Brass Construction Norman Harris Earl Young Ectomorph Ron Baker Aristocrats Cee Knowledge Lefties Soul Connection Arthur Conley The Artist Formerly Known as Prince and the Revolution New Power Generation Earth Wind Fire Funkadelics Parliament Jimi Hendrix Van Halen Stevie Ray Vaughan afros 70s 70s 1970s 1970s Rolling Stones The Beatles Bob Dylan Nirvana disco Percussion BarKays barkays Gordon Parks film scores Theme From Shaft Barry White Curtis Mayfield Gap Band Bill Withers Al Green Marvin Gaye Smokey Robinson Motown Eric B Rakim Caf Reggios R Kelly
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