HERBIE HANCOCK — The Spook Who Sat by the Door (OST) (review)

HERBIE HANCOCK — The Spook Who Sat by the Door (OST) album cover Album · 2004 · Jazz Related Soundtracks Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
FunkFreak75
The music is good, though the only recordings I've been able to find are set in, around, and within the dialogue and sounds of the actual movie, nothing much separate from it. As other reviewers note, the music here feels much closer to the Head Hunters funk-infused music than the drawn out experimental explorations done by the Mwandishi lineup. There are definitely still a lot of sound/noise experimentations going on here, suggesting that Patrick Gleeson was probably still on board as a collaborator (even producer). I enjoy the music--and the film scene details have me intrigued. (I enjoy the historical perspectives I can reference when watching these old "Blaxploitation" films.) Listening to any of Herbie's funk is a real treat. The soundtrack is short, and the sound engineering and mastering is not great, but it's a soundtrack! The music is still great.

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