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 Posted:   Nov 25, 2016 - 12:56 PM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

There were some dynamite songs featured in the 5 Seasons of MV. Let's forget the score for a moment, and concentrate on the songs. My favorite songs would be these:

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Russ Ballard - Voices
Phil Collins - I Don't Care Anymore
Peter Gabriel - The Rhythm Of The Heat
Bryan Ferry - Windswept
Phil Collins - Take Me Home
Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love
Godley & Creme - Cry
Mr Mister - Kyrie
Propaganda - P Machinery
Steve Jones - Mercy
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
The Damned - In Dulce Decorum
Depeche Mode - Fly On The Windscreen
Peter Gabriel - We Do What We're Told
Propaganda - Jewel
The Mission - Wasteland
Shriekback - Underwaterboys
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Depeche Mode - Pleasure Little Treasure
The Truth - The Edge Of Town
Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy
Mr Mister - Stand And Deliver
Peter Cetera - You Never Listen To Me
The Church - Under The Milky Way
Bryan Ferry - Bete Noire
Yanni - Keys To Imagination
Alan Parsons Project - Paseo De Gracia

Song list:
http://miamivice.wikia.com/wiki/Music

 
 Posted:   Nov 25, 2016 - 1:06 PM   
 By:   drop_forge   (Member)

"Keys to Imagination" is also an instrumental, from Yanni's solo album of the same name.

Out of your list, Phil Collins, Russ Ballard and Billy Idol have the best songs.

And how can you leave out Ted Nugent's "Little Miss Dangerous"? wink

 
 Posted:   Nov 25, 2016 - 1:21 PM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

Yes, KTI is an instrumental, but I still would call it a song and not score.

I'm not familiar with that Nugent song.

 
 Posted:   Nov 25, 2016 - 1:29 PM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

It was a good series for well-placed and well-chosen music. Enhancing if anything, michael Mann's rep.
Im not a big Collins fan but Take Me Home and in the air tonight worked briliantly.
Since then the latter has become a bit an over-used cliche, but back then, in miami vice, it was genius.
And slave to love was slotted in just right.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 25, 2016 - 1:42 PM   
 By:   gmanca   (Member)

You already listed some of the greats but here are some that stuck with me:

The Nobodys - No Guarantees
Chris Issak - Dancin
Kate Bush - Hello Earth
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Mike and the Mechanics - Par Avion
Fleetwood Mac - I'm So Afraid
Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane

 
 Posted:   Nov 25, 2016 - 1:59 PM   
 By:   drop_forge   (Member)

I'm not familiar with that Nugent song.

It's the title song of TN's 1986 album, used in the Season 2 episode "Little Miss Dangerous" which featured (the singer) Fiona as an underage runaway.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0647090/?ref_=_58

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 25, 2016 - 2:27 PM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Of those listed, the Alan Parsons track is unquestionably my favourite (being an APP completist), but I think "In the Air Tonight" is severely underrated -- probably because it's been played to death over the years. But I recently saw a video from a few years back, with a performance by Collins that gave me goosebumps. This was before he retired because of his illness (his recent comeback seems to be without drumming due to this):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeDMnyQzS88

 
 Posted:   Nov 25, 2016 - 9:16 PM   
 By:   ZapBrannigan   (Member)

I'll have to check out that wiki page to re-discover what Sheena Easton song I liked on the show one night (in first run) but can't remember now. And of course I'm at work now, so I'll have to look into it at home.

 
 Posted:   Nov 26, 2016 - 1:46 PM   
 By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member)

http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=68073&forumID=1&archive=0

 
 Posted:   Nov 26, 2016 - 2:23 PM   
 By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member)

There were some dynamite songs featured in the 5 Seasons of MV. Let's forget the score for a moment, and concentrate on the songs. My favorite songs would be these:

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

Phil Collins - I Don't Care Anymore
Godley & Creme - Cry
Steve Jones - Mercy
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain

The Damned - In Dulce Decorum
Depeche Mode - Fly On The Windscreen
Peter Gabriel - We Do What We're Told
Song list:
http://miamivice.wikia.com/wiki/Music

 
 Posted:   Dec 10, 2016 - 8:53 AM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyNkS0HCroo

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 10, 2016 - 1:48 PM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

My two favorites were:

You Belong to the City - Glenn Frey
Hit Me with Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

Did all of the songs used in the episodes make it on to the video releases?

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2016 - 3:15 PM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

Why shouldn't they?

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2016 - 3:19 PM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

Why shouldn't they?


Because many TV shows encounter licensing issues that prevent the use of original pre-existing songs to be used in making the transition from original broadcast to home video release.

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2016 - 3:40 PM   
 By:   David Kessler   (Member)

Peter Gabriel´s BIKO
Nobodys "No Guarantees"
Peter Gabriel´s We do what we´re told
Peter Gabriel´s Red Rain
Russ Ballards Voices
Russ Ballards In the Night
Kate Bush Hello Earth
The Whos Baba O´Reilly
Roger Daltrey´s After the Fire
Todd Rundgren Tiny Demons
Glenn Frey´s You belong to the city
Phil Collins Long long way to go
Billy Idol´s Flesh for Fantasy
Phil Collins I don´t care anymore
Lionel Ritchie All Night Long

are my top 15 smile
I did a 4 disc 80 track Miami Vice song edition that gets alot of playtime over here smile

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2016 - 4:20 PM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

Why shouldn't they?


Because many TV shows encounter licensing issues that prevent the use of original pre-existing songs to be used in making the transition from original broadcast to home video release.


Well, I have absolutely no reason to believe that happened in Miami Vice.

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2016 - 4:41 PM   
 By:   David Kessler   (Member)

There are still some shows like Werewolf etc that is still unreleased because of the Music licensing issues, and as MV was heavily on Music and big artists this caused a problem at first.
On every new media released VHS, then DVD, then BD etc the owners have to license the Music etc again and that can cost alot.

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2016 - 4:47 PM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

Well, I have absolutely no reason to believe that happened in Miami Vice.


There's really very little guess work involved.
It would probably say on the packaging.
(Generally in VERY small print--heh!)

 
 Posted:   Oct 12, 2017 - 8:01 PM   
 By:   Viscount Bark   (Member)

Russ Ballard - Voices
Russ Ballard - In the Night


I've started a rewatch of MV and, as is usually the case, songs that didn't strike me on previous watches get under my skin this time. Three years ago, Ferry's "Boys and Girls" was the example - this time it's this pair of Russ Ballard tracks from the Calderone's Return two-parter. I need to hear more of this guy's stuff.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 12, 2017 - 8:22 PM   
 By:   Graham   (Member)

Phil Collins "Life Is A Rat Race" [Never Released]

 
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