 Ed Bogas and Ray Shanklin returned to write and perform the film 's score , as they had done for Bakshi 's previous feature , Fritz the Cat . Other music featured in the film included the songs " Twist and Shout , " performed by The Isley Brothers , " Take Five , " as performed by the Dave Brubeck quartet , and Chuck Berry 's " Maybellene . " " Scarborough Fair " is used as a recurring musical motif , first heard in the film 's opening credits and later reappearing during the end of the film as performed by Sérgio Mendes and Brazil ' 66 . Bogas also created several other arrangements of the song that appear throughout the film . A soundtrack album was released in 1973 . 
