Song · Jan Hammer
“Crockett's Theme” by Jan Hammer
Released 1987
“Crockett's Theme” by Jan Hammer appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1987. It was first released in 1987. Its best result is #12 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #130 alternative song of 1987.
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Jan Hammer wrote "Crockett's Theme" for NBC's Miami Vice and named it for Don Johnson's character, James "Sonny" Crockett. The instrumental first drifted through the episode "Calderone's Return: Part 1 – The Hit List" on October 19, 1984, and kept resurfacing in new variations as the series went on, but it didn't reach the shops until late 1986, on Miami Vice II, the show's second volume of music. A slightly different mix went out as a single on MCA in 1987 and landed on Hammer's album from that year, Escape from Television.
This is electronic music as mood lighting, all pastel melancholy and open space, the sound of a long night drive with nobody saying a word. Few TV themes have ever sounded this lonely, or this cool.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 12 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987 | 29 |
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