Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes, RIP

5 comments August 10th, 2008

Tough weekend. First Bernie Mac, star of stage, OCEAN’S 11 movies and his own excellent sitcom, dies at the age of 50. Then Isaac Hayes, star of screen, SOUTH PARK and, of course, the composer of one of the all-time great movie theme songs, dies at the age of 65.  Here’s the opening sequence from SHAFT, when Hayes’ brilliant music sets the mood perfectly.

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