27 July 1985
In other words, the music from Beverly Hills Cop. I suffer a little cognitive dissonance in trying to reconcile this austere post-Kraftwerk electro-bleeping with the actual movie of Eddie Murphy guffawing and swearing his way across upmarket Los Angeles. What sounds like an 808 hi-hat and snare add a slight hint of Americanness.
But really, all there is to ‘Axel F’ is that short familiar synth line. Fair play to Faltermeyer for parlaying it into a three-minute single, and a number one hit single at that. I recall the movie also being an exercise in dragging out a pretty meagre concept, and it’s not a fond recollection.
