Blogcritics Comments on Hammer Time: Talking Vice with the Legendary Composer

Comment by Ed Driscoll

Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:55:03 EDT

A. Farrow, Thanks for the kind words--glad you liked the interview! Ed

Comment by A. Farrow

Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:50:10 EDT

This Is a Very Good Jan Hammer Interview That Was Done Here On This Webpage!!,I've Been Following The Career of Jan Hammer Ever Since I Started Tuning Into Miami Vice Back In 1985 When The Show Was Ending It's 2nd Season and I Was Very Happy When I Found Out That He Released a 2 CD Set W. Some of The Instrumentals That He Did for The Series When He Was Scoring from 1984 to 1988!!.I'm Hoping to See More Stuff of Jan's In The Near Future Maybe Even Another MV CD Revival as Well!!.There's Been Some Talk About A Movie Version of Miami Vice and If It Is I'm Hoping That They'll Get Jan to Do The Film Score as Well!!

Comment by Michael King

Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:24:51 EDT

I'll simply include the review of the Miami Vice set that I posted to Amazon.com: This is the soundtrack album for "Miami Vice" that should have been released 15 years ago. It contains most of the music from Jan Hammer's defacto "Miami Vice" score, "Escape from Television" on disc 1, but the real treasure is on disc 2 - nearly all of the music there is previously unreleased in the US, and conveys the flavor of the quintessential 80's television series. You know the story by now, but the style of "Miami Vice" set the stage for action television and movies of today. Jump cuts, strong musical tracks, noir-driven sequences; all mainstays of contemporary shows like "CSI" and "ER" have "Miami Vice" to thank for setting the table. This set lets you feel the wind in your hair, hear the roar of the Ferrari motor and recall the question: "How would you like a career in Southern law enforcement?"

Comment by Phillip Winn

Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:02:56 EST

Hmmm... really bad movie. A Night In Heaven or Gimme An 'F'? From the reviews, it appears either one might qualify.