Some will say it’s Crockett’s Theme but I prefer this. In either case, Prague-born musician Jan Hammer’s score for the tv show Miami Vice hit in a big way. The show premiered in fall 1984, with this track released as a single the following spring and went to #1 (the last track to do that until Harlem Shake in 2013).
This video is fun too, tying in the show with Hammer’s scoring. From wiki:
The music video of the theme is a mini-episode of the TV series with Hammer as a fugitive on the run from James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Throughout the majority of the video, Hammer performs the theme in front of a projector screen playing footage from the TV series – including scenes of the Vice duo chasing him. In the end of the video, he boards a helicopter and escapes from Crockett's sight. The video also shows shots of Fairlight CMI screens including the page R (sequencer) page and the waveform page.
Enjoy your song of the day!
One of those cases where going completely over the top is clearly the correct decision.
On a tangent, I just saw this video recommended; an interview with Ray Parker Jr. about writing the Ghostbusters theme -- which does sound like a challenging assignment. What does rhyme with "ghostbusters"? https://youtu.be/8-0JcXH_khU?t=253
I don't think I saw that video back then, but the music sure is familiar. Thanks for the trip back in time.