Various Artists - Le Flic de Beverly Hills : Axel F (Original Soundtrack) [2 vinyls, orange/red/black splatter]

The film "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" brings Harold Faltermeyer's most instantly recognizable synth riff back into circulation, forty years after its first appearance, now pressed on a speckled orange, red and black double LP.

The original Axel F theme is one of the great accidents in film music history, a synth-pop instrumental so catchy that it charted higher than most songs from 1985 and outlasted the film for which it was written. Lorne Balfe takes charge of the composition of this heritage suite and makes the wise choice to build the entire score around this theme rather than replacing it, letting it resurface, reharmonized and reorchestrated throughout, rather than treating it like a museum piece. Lil Nas

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Curnow Harding's remix, opens the album by immediately reintroducing this theme with a modern production polish. “90210” transforms the tune into something designed for a dance floor rather than a car chase, “Team Talk” brings the action-scoring muscle Balfe is known for, and “Junior Bollinger” gives the score its most playful and comedic pace.

Forty years later, the riff still works as well as when it was first heard. Some catchphrases just don't get old.

List of titles

1. Here We Go (From the Netflix film Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F) - Performed by Lil Nas
2. Snow plow chase
3. Junior Bollinger
4. Meeting Jane
5. Beverly Hills Cop - Axel F (Curnow Harding Remix) Feat. Tim Cappello
6. Trackers
7. Wilshire Boulevard
8. Bribe to Chalino
9. The Return of Axel Feat. Tim Cappello and Sunglasses Kid
10. Escape through the roofs
11. Bad helicopter
12. 90210
13. Rosewood Rescue
14. Shooting in the mansion
15. Team Chat