kontextmaschine:

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…

Now appreciating that the ‘80s Florida thing wasn’t from Miami Vice, that and “yacht rock” were responding to a real period vogue, like the late '70s Colorado thing or maybe '90s Seattle. Like, this:

was from 1982 (Miami Vice debuted '84), released as a single with the duh-its-about-cocaine White Line Fever on the B-side

Oh I just realized, the single best introduction to the early ‘80s vibe I’m thinking of would be a Miami Vice rewatch

Realizing how many “80s Action Chill!” pastiches and parodies I saw growing up and then watched Miami Vice and was like “huh, it did be like that” were in fact specifically riffing off Miami Vice to begin with

It was a shame that Michael Mann blew the chance of a Miami Vice remake on it being all srsbznss with no chance to revel in the ‘80s, ‘cause Donald Glover would make an AMAZING Tubbs

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 Some of it still feels cutting edge today, some of it feels like it must’ve been outdated even then.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.