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Dominoes meme where the first one is “Anthony Yerkovich pitches NBC ‘MTV Cops’” and the last one is “orchestras play JRPG concerts”

You see Miami Vice began the trend of scoring television with contemporary pop songs rather than orchestration, and while other factors were at play (including ones particular to features – the soundtrack album was establishing itself as a revenue stream) orchestral scoring took a big hit. Now, civic and other “high art” orchestras often subsidized their artistic ambition by playing “Pops” concerts of familiar songs, and “recognizable tune arranged for an orchestra” was traditionally a soundtrack wheelhouse. Well…

Of course Miami Vice has scoring composed just for the show – that’s what Jan Hammer was for!

Oh shit, wait, you want to talk vaporwave?

Beyond the Mind’s Eye. 45 minutes of computer animation scored by Miami Vice composer Jan Hammer, released in 1992.

Listening to Miami Vice: The Complete Collection. Jan Hammer was the shit. Miami Vice was the shit! A little uneven sometimes, especially the first season. Some of it still feels cutting edge today, some of it feels like it must’ve been outdated even then. I hear the later seasons just got flat ridiculous.

Michael Mann does some great dialogue, at least until he has the characters talk.