Miami Vice‘s innovative use of popular music disrupted the industry.However, it was the distinctive work of Jan Hammer that lead to the show setting records. The synthesized music by Hammer used ...

Songs titled “Mr. Miami” and “Miami Don” were quickly discarded. Instead, Johnson pursued a contemporary rock playlist and got contributions from Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Willie Nelson ...

If you want to know how Miami Vice (1984-89) changed TV, start with the show’s directorial style and production design.After he launched The Sopranos, David Chase spoke about how much Vice shook ...

A typical Miami Vice episode would have as much as 30 minutes of music from you… Between me and the songs [licensed for the show] it would be about 30 to 35. It was wall-to-wall.

‘Miami Vice’ Theme: Axed, but Alive By Roger Friedman , Fox News Published July 25, 2006 11:56am EDT | Updated May 19, 2015 2:09pm EDT ...

That set the tone for how the show would use music going forward. Each week, you could count on several songs to appear. Miami Vice took off as a surprising success in the 1984-85 season.