Miami Vice (1984-89 Television Series) | 
| Creator: Jan Hammer
Label: Mca
Category: Music
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 8133
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 6150
UPC: 076732615027
EAN: 0076732615027
ASIN: B000002O4W
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Original Miami Vice Theme - Hammer, Jan | | • | Smuggler's Blues - Frey, Glenn | | • | Own the Night - Golde, Franne | | • | You Belong to the City - Frey, Glenn | | • | In the Air Tonight - Collins, Phil | | • | Miami Vice Theme - Hammer, Jan | | • | Vice - Glover, Melvin | | • | Better Be Good to Me - Chapman, Mark | | • | Flashback - Hammer, Jan | | • | Chase - Hammer, Jan | | • | Evan - Hammer, Jan |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
Miami Sounds February 14, 2001
Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
One of the things that made Miami Vice such and cool and popular show was its use of music within the show. Creating an almost music video like setting, the show incorporated hits of the day along with some airy instrumentals by Jan Hammer. The theme to the show is one of the most instantly recognizable themes in TV history and quite catchy besides. The song was a major hit and went to number one in 1985 and is the last instrumental to reach the top of the charts. The other instrumentals by Mr. Hammer are okay, but they work much better in the context of the show then separately. Glenn Frey contributes two songs, the vividly written "Smuggler's Blues" was previously released on his The Allnighter album and it became the title and basis of an episode in which Mr. Frey guest starred and the airy "You Belong To The City" which was specifically written for the show. The song has that dark, brooding sound that captures the essence of the show. "Vice" by Grandmaster Melle Mel is an old school rap song that is decent and Chaka Khan's "Own The Night" is passable. The one song that fit perfectly and captured the mood of the show is Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight". The deep, moody song is one of Mr. Collins' best. The album was a major hit spending ten weeks at the top of the charts.
Response to the previous review October 15, 2005
DRD
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
Oh, BlueCross Boss "Blue", your need to appear cutting-edge and "alternative" is more shallow than anything you could ever say about this groundbreaking show and its music. Phil Collins writes for Disney and Pixar now? So-effing-what. The man's in his fifties. What do you want him to do? Slice his chest with glass and sing "I Wanna be your Dog"? What does Glenn Frey know about smuggling? Oh, I don't know - how `bout the metric tons of blow he did in the 70s and 80s? Street cred enough for ya? You are a culture snob. Ain't nothing wrong with left-of-the-dial, but you've got to have balance. So "Vice" isn't up your alley - that doesn't mean you have to take a p--- all over it.
Oh, and by the way, I'll tell you where U2 is. In the episode "Lombard," which wraps up season one, where "Wire" from "The Unforgettable Fire" is featured.
Music from the MTV-influenced television series January 13, 2002
Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
As soon as "Miami Vice" was to NBC as "MTV cops," it was clear music was going to be an integral part of the show. Rock composer Jon Hammer's theme became a smash hit and because it was a minute long it was used for several years as the official "timer" song for the NBA's three-point shooting contest. But one of the strengths of the show was the way it could integrate songs into its plots; Phil Collin's "In The Air Tonight" provided the emotional resonance to Sonny Crockett's thoughts about his failed marriage as he drove the streets of Miami in the show's pilot. When Ricardo Tubbs had to gun down the drug lord father of the woman he loved, the show used Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It?" They could not possibly have all of the great songs used to great effect on this disc, and, indeed, they do not even try. But then, most of those songs are available elsewhere. Here you get "Smuggler's Blues" and "You Belong To The City" by Glenn Frey as the standout songs, along with what proves to be an inadequate sampling of Hammer's original music. Still, this soundtrack album does give a true sense of the musical style of the show, although if you never watched "Miami Vice," you cannot fully appreciate this album.
Viced ! October 2, 2002
Armando M. Mesa (Chandler, AZ)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Enough has been said about the styles and fashions of this era by previous reviewers relating to Miami Vice...So, I'll cut to the chase and say that I have thoroughly enjoyed this soundtrack throughout the years from it's inception back in 1984 to the present.It has not lost it's freshness in the sense that the music is almost pop/rock classic status to this day ! The soundtrack is one cohesive suite that works with all the various artists and genres compiled...Jan Hammer was to Miami Vice what Vangelis was to Chariots of Fire and other film scores. Glenn Frey's and Phil Collins' and Tina Turner's tracks gave the soundtrack that much needed sophisticated rock edge. Otherwise, the soundtrack would have been just a glitzy synth pop fad project with a couple of dance tunes and a rap track...The other less standout artists do indeed stand out in their own right! Chaka Khan's frenetic and upbeat dance track Own The Night serves as a counterpoint to the other rock edged tracks. Melle Mel's Vice is a sample or intro as to how far the impact rap would later have on the music world for the next decade and beyond...
 Nostalgic; incomplete July 3, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Captures the early (and unfortunately, the more popular)seasons of "Vice". The Jan Hammer instrumentals are important, as is "In the Air Tonight", indelibly a "Vice" song. Others are a waste. Strongly recommend "Vice" music fans who want it all should go directly to Jan Hammer's "Escape From Television" album (which contains other "Vice" instrumentals, including the all-important "Crockett's Theme")and go episode by episode, compiling other songs, such as Godley & Creme's "Cry", Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms", Bon Jovi's "Dead or Alive", etc. The show really hit its zenith, musically and creatively, AFTER ITS POPULARITY WANED.
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