The Synthesized Sound of the Eighties: Jan Hammer on “Miami Vice”

MUSIC“From the moment its sensory-assaulting opening credit sequence kicked in, “Miami Vice” brought Eighties TV audiences a weekly dose of South Beach escapism — a world of bikini-clad blondes, speedboat formations, palm trees and pink flamingos. Viewers watching at home on Friday nights probably wouldn’t have guessed that the swaggering, synth-filled theme song playing over the credits, and the rest of the instrumental music that gave the show its moody Miamicentric pulse, was actually made in an upstate New York farmhouse by a balding, one man band from Prague.” Read more here and on his website. And, just for fun, here’s the “Miami Vice” theme song!

 

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