SonnyCrockettBurnett01 Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 I personally LOVE the album, but I do wish Jan would've provided new material that had a Vice sound to it... Favorite songs off the album: "Crockett's Theme""Last Flight""Night Talk""Miami Vice Theme""Rico's Blues""Theresa""Rum Cay". Least favorite songs: "Columbia""Forever Tonight""The Search" (From "The Trial And The Search").What do you guys think?[ATTACH=CONFIG]7019[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Great album - Last Flight is a great track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nater86zx Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Love this album! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted November 1, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Fantastic album but it should've been a 2 disc set. Even though it was released early in the shows 5 year run there were way too many popular cues that were missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOPER&BURNETT Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Fantastic album but it should've been a 2 disc set. Even though it was released early in the shows 5 year run there were way too many popular cues that were missing.My feelings as well.I guess we're lucky we got what we got! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.Castillo Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Fantastic album definitely and a must have for a VICE fan. Own the CD version."Crockett's Theme", "Miami Vice Theme" plus "Tubbs and Valerie" are my favorite tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leigh Burne Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 It's a great album, unless you happen to own The Complete Collection in which case it's basically redundant. Still, the latter's ridiculously expensive and it doesn't have the two or three non-Miami Vice tracks from Escape... on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Great tracks ! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickusmaximus Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Its a great album, even the cover is great!I agree on the 2 disk thing (Although When released it was on record, cassette & cd)I wish the extended versions of these tracks where on itE.G.Miami Vice ThemeCrocketts ThemeTubbs and valerie (The track I do not have but want badly) Very rare find these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 A lovely album - shame he didnt release more cues when the series ran from 84-89/90:D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrunninman Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 It's a one of a kind album and one of the greatest instrumental synthesizer albums ever released. Jan takes the themes he developed from the show and works them into 3-4 minute structured songs, almost like radio pop. Except they are dark, moody, vibrant, lush, dreamy...he covers a variety of textures that elicit a vast range of emotions. The non-MV tracks could easily fit into MV or (and in fact pieces were used) or exist on their own merit. Snapshots was almost as good too, in my opinion, but is sadly forgotten. The fact that Miami Vice was able to inspire so much creativity in visual editing, clothing, and music...is really humbling. TV soundtracks were common then...but a soundtrack consisting solely of exclusive instrumental songs inspired by and from the show...was rare then and rare now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Good point Coolrunninman - a great album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvnyc Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) I think for it's time, it was a decent effort. Clearly he could've added more cues and/or rare stuff, like "Trudy's Theme." Edited February 20, 2014 by mvnyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 I think for it's time, it was a decent effort. Clearly he could've added more cues and/or rare stuff, like "Trudy's Theme." Easily could have added more I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAir Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 I have the CD and its good!I love "Rum Cay" as its a lovely tune.I wished the album included "Runaround" or "One Way Out" as I love those tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrunninman Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Judging by the way Jan transformed the cues into structured songs for the album, I doubt he wanted to load the album up with too much stuff, as much as it pains us. It wouldn't have been an album anymore. And he probably knew he'd have the opportunity to release more down the road. just some speculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilders Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I love "Before the Storm". I feel like its a song that would be perfect to use in a C+T video montage. Good times, trying times and general vice moments (nothing too dark). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytona74 Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 "Escape from Televison" was a pretty nice album. I bought it the first time when I was 13, on cassette, right when it first came out. It was pretty cool to have a piece of Miami Vice music that I could listen to over and over again. I think Jan Hammer showed with this album that he was a huge part of what made Miami Vice such a cool show. Musicians who can throw together a few chords and a few hooks on two or three synthesizers are a dime a dozen, and were already a dime a dozen back then. But he made the show come alive, and his themes were so good that you enjoyed listening to them over and over again. Just think that "Crockett's Theme" was a Europe-wide top 10 hit in 1987. And "Escape from Television" really was a collection of some of the best and most memorable themes. And when you listen to most instrumental albums of the time, for example movie soundtracks by relatively unknown musicians, their stuff ist just forgettable and doesn't work outside of the film that they were written for. Hans Zimmer is maybe an exception, I like the Rain Man soundtrack and still enjoy listening to "Leaving Wallbrook", a.k.a. the "Rain Man Theme". Hans Zimmer was almost equally skilled with his Fairlight as Jan Hammer... but in the end, nobody comes close to Jan Hammer's works, and every one of his "Vice" related albums, whether it's "Escape from Television", "Snapshots", or "The Complete Collection", are simply among the best works of instrumental theme music that were ever produced. I also really like the track "Made For Each Other" which he did just a few years ago with Junkie XL. It's just as "crisp" as haunting as all his other stuff. So much so that I've made my ringtone out of that track 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Some of my favorite moments in life are associated with driving around listening to that album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytona74 Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 vor 41 Minuten schrieb nofretz: Some of my favorite moments in life are associated with driving around listening to that album. Definitely. I've got a whole "Jan Hammer" folder on my SD card that goes into my car radio. At the moment, what I like the most is when I happen to be driving through downtown here at night, and then I put "Evan" on and turn it up... that track has just something about it, it just captures the essence of that nighttime urban atmosphere. Oh and I also like listening to the main theme from "Phil the Shill". That's another track that just captures that "nighttime urban" mood for me. I've also got a folder with select music from the episodes on that SD card... most of it tracks that weren't on any of the MV albums... like "Voices" by Russ Ballard, or "Call it Love" by Yello. Oh, and "Caribbean Queen", when it's 85 degrees outside and I'm driving with the windows down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 I know just what you mean on all that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 21 hours ago, nofretz said: Some of my favorite moments in life are associated with driving around listening to that album. Yes nice album even "Before the Storm " sounds great which didn't appear till late 1987 in Miami Vice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytona74 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 vor 18 Stunden schrieb Matt5: Yes nice album even "Before the Storm " sounds great which didn't appear till late 1987 in Miami Vice What's funny is that both "Before the Storm" and "Forever Tonight" are mentioned in the original 1987 sleeve notes of "Escape From Television" as NOT being from any of the episodes. "Forever Tonight" made it into the season 4 episode "Child's Play"... that decision was probably made after the album was released. It came out in spring of 1987 IIRC, and filming for season four didn't start until late summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivoryjones Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 On 7/6/2016 at 6:53 AM, Daytona74 said: What's funny is that both "Before the Storm" and "Forever Tonight" are mentioned in the original 1987 sleeve notes of "Escape From Television" as NOT being from any of the episodes. "Forever Tonight" made it into the season 4 episode "Child's Play"... that decision was probably made after the album was released. It came out in spring of 1987 IIRC, and filming for season four didn't start until late summer. That's very interesting, really. I've always wondered if Jan Hammer during the 4th Season thought like "If i just could find a scene for these 2... it would give an additional meaning to the record". I am glad he did it. I just love the teaser of Child's Play. There's a kind of excitement and tension on "Forever Tonight" that is just so right for that scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytona74 Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) To be very honest, I personally think that "Forever Tonight" and "Before the Storm" are both somewhat unremarkable tracks. Given Jan Hammer's usual level of musical genius. Maybe Jan Hammer included them on the album to show that he could do other things besides write amazing score music for Miami Vice. But I would probably have liked it better to hear another two familiar scores from the series. That's kind of why I eagerly bought both "Snapshots" and "The Complete Collection" almost the day they came out. Also, have you guys listened to the Secret Admirer soundtrack? One of Jan Hammer's side projects from 1985... Edited July 12, 2016 by Daytona74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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