Axel F : Theme From Beverly Hills Cop : Recreated on Vintage Synthesizers

I'm revisiting one of my favourite movie themes of all time composed by Harold Faltermeyer with a full length cover of The Theme from Beverly Hills Cop - "Axel F".
In the original, Harold used a Jupiter 8, JX-3P, Moog Model 15 and DX7 paired with a Linndrum.
I have stayed close to the original but have incorporated some other of my favourite synthesizers to give it my own flare.
Synths used in order of appearance:
Roland Jupiter 8
Oberheim OB8
Moog Multimoog
Roland Jupiter 4
Sequential Prophet 5
Roland Juno 6
Yamaha DX7 Mark II
Yamaha DX7 Mark I
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#beverlyhillscop #axelf #synthesizer

[@DrJohnnyFever.]

Luke Million has about a million dollars of vintage synths.

[@infn8loopmusic]

You might be missing a digit somewhere 🤔 I always imagine this is stored in some hidden luxury home underground bunker made from an old missile silo. And actually I know a guy that builds those so, it could be a thing

[@stanvanillo9831]

easily 10 million

[@Xlr8ive]

Just getting started

[@michaelbytner9346]

How many vintage synths have 50 Cents?

[@olfreal]

We need more full versions! This is totally amazing! Almost no difference between this and the original!!!

[@jeffreypaterson72]

Correct!

[@-The-Darkside]

I love Harold Faltermeyer. This, bad guys, tango and cash, running man, Fletch 1 and 2 , thief of hearts, loads more. He was in many ways subconsciously the sound of the 80s.

[@lukemillionmusic]

He is fantastic! He certainly crafted his own unique sound and helped make those movies iconic. And he did so much other studio work like programming synths for Giorgio Moroder 😁

[@-The-Darkside]

​@@lukemillionmusiche did. He did an interview on here a few years back, it's great if you haven't seen it. Sponsored by Red Bull or something

[@sheepdavis]

Top gun

[@jokerfleckcast3196]

​@@lukemillionmusicharold f is the GOAT

[@gandalf0987]

Truth!

[@astrodax2753]

The music is iconic. The cover is brilliant. And seeing all this vintage hardware in such great condition is a joy bonus.

[@thedoc1210]

that bass tone is lovely

[@JunktionJack]

Why this song is timeless it’s own 80’s cheesy way but yet can’t stop listening to it we’ll never know.

[@JasonRasmussen]

This was the song that made me fall in love with electronic music. The first time I heard it on the radio I knew I was forever changed and keep seeking out these vibrant electronic sounds scapes.

[@lukemillionmusic]

Harold Faltermeyer is a genius and a lot of people probably don’t realise what he contributed to electronic music. His film scores were epic and then there’s the work he did with Giorgio Moroder and Pet Shop Boys for example. He’s a huge inspiration to me!

[@pmberry]

40 years old and still sounds fresh! Thanks a million, Luke!

[@Supermunch2000]

It's like I'm back in the 80's, which happened just 20 years ago. Right, 20 years. Right? 😢

[@skylilly1]

Unfortunately, no! 😂 well at least we have a few minutes to pretend we are back there with this cool rendition 👍🤩

[@positronalpha]

In our hearts, it was yesterday.

[@herbertdorfmeister6756]

One Masterpice from Harold Faltermayer. ❤

[@pichincho7]

The best 3 minutes of today for me. Thank You!

[@jokerfleckcast3196]

🎉the linndrum is on point, exact. Reverb too.

[@FrankieWildeDJ]

Good work! I watched the latest incarnation of BHC last night. Was happily surprised to see the original theme still being used, well loosely used. This was the first tune I learnt to play on keyboard in 1984, probably like many of us watching this who are also old!

[@TheOriginalCoda]

They've remade it? 😖😠

[@FrankieWildeDJ]

@@TheOriginalCoda Yep, I watched it for the nostalgia but you know how it goes with these films. It’s all been done before and it still didn’t have that magic the first one did in 1984.

[@mrnk7911]

I loved the new movie

[@nomlaskire8870]

we're NOT old, we are VINTAGE... 😊😅😂

[@RobertMartensFly]

Perfect recreation. Back there in time it was hard for me to play it without multitrack recording equipment. Much easier today.

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Perfect right? Screw the synths. Great playing. The chord stabs especially,

[@positronalpha]

Holy hell, what an amazing reproduction. Beautiful playing and _perfect_ instrumentation.

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you 🙏

[@andrzej3472]

Pure 80's 🤩🤩 perfect sound, perfect re-creation. Thank you 🫡

[@jmer3536]

Sounds exactly like the original! thanks

[@stevedj101]

Fantastic. Can't tell the difference from the original.

[@MoneyMattSlots]

If hearing this doesn't make you feel good NOTHING will. VERY well done as always!

[@adamharris7775]

In this song, the Yamaha DX7 steel drums patch was heard.

[@manuelignaciogalafeherrera5585]

and Marimbas ;)

[@ryanulinski3]

This deeply accurate to the original. Never change Luke!

[@CocktailFridays]

Welp it's the best thing I've seen on youtube today. Masterpiece.

[@tafadzwatagurwa6332]

Very talented. Still good in 2024.

[@peterbense5650]

Thanks for finally doing a full length one!

[@christianchall8169]

Harold Faltermeyer is the man of the 80´s soundtrack...unique piece of music...and you man, chapeau....great sound and great skills...and also the synth collection....jealousy x10

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you Christian 🙏

[@BassFunMusic]

LOVE ♥♥♪♪♪

[@PawelZawiejaTwoboys]

BRO

[@grupatropic]

GREAT ☺♦ song

[@sylwiaitomekofficial]

[@warpigroadkill]

Nokia phones and the Crazyfrog have killed this tune for me as that's all I can hear. I used to love this lick. However, great recreation video. 🥳

[@stephaneneron]

Hats off for this master reproduction. Thanks Luke! The force is strong with you!

[@davidefuzzati8249]

and again, you nailed it! BRAVO Luke!!!

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you so much!

[@scottmccloud4231]

Bravissimo!👏👏👏👏 You nailed the patches too! Sounds PHAT!!!!

[@frederickvondinkerberg7721]

"And then another heh-heh heh-heh heh"

[@revvolutions]

0:50 my favorite part too

[@francois-ericlebretonramia1642]

Very to hear this music played on vintage synthesizers thank you Mister.

[@AllexUK]

Fantastic cover Luke, and very like the original. Great work! 🎼🎹

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thanks Alex. I tried to make it close to the original but with a few embellishments 😊

[@enchantress7940]

Absolutely brilliant note for note

[@magnuswarburg4398]

Sound of the 80s😎❤️

[@TheRutefly]

Remember that Axel F. demo came on the C64. Blew everyones mind. LOL

[@FS-HOT]

The Bob Ross of keys ;-)

[@Mark-ec3lp]

Great as always. I have a JX-3P and it was used for the parts where you used the Jupiter 4, this was really close sounding.

[@TheOriginalCoda]

If I ever get bored of synths (and we all do occasionally, right?), I just listen to some of the classics by Faltermayer or maybe spin up some Vangelis or Jarre, and the world seems alright again.

[@lukemillionmusic]

They are such great composers!

[@LFOVCF]

Bloody nailed it!

[@Randomclone5464]

I would pay any amount of money to hear this guy play Anywhere

[@pronzac]

Often we must search among movie's soundtracks to found something of really beautiful

[@ambiguousslime2879]

I remember hearing this song for the first time, when I was a little kid, and it sounded like the future. I never heard anything like it, before it. I wanted a synth so bad when I was a kid, but my parents were poor AF. Now I own too many synths, samplers, drum machines, plugins, etc... I guess my GAS, comes with a little childhood trauma.

[@EricKeinrath]

Blown Away🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@moby1017]

The sound on these technics is crazy🙌🙌

[@keris6991]

Spot on...!!!

[@adjoho1]

That bass is spot on!

[@framax67]

Just perfect 👌

[@paolorusso9077]

Memories... very good memories. Superb rendition! 👍🏻

[@dale3852]

Very good and so close. Pat in the back. 🇬🇧

[@BorderlandVideo]

You are the Synth God. Absolutely excellent 👌

[@JamieFurlong]

I had just about every iteration of this on 12" vinyl and tape. I was a big fan of electro and this was such a great electro pop crossover. Anyway, my point is your version is almost indistinguishable from the original, and that's a good thing. Bravo, thanks for the nostalgia trip.

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you. I wanted to stay close to the original because it is a masterpiece. But I did take some liberties using different synths and making the parts a little cleaner 😁

[@MikeHarrisHazchem77]

Absolutely flawless

[@KodyKimani]

brilliant!

[@johnkowall7558]

Great job , I got to learn this one on the Synth ! 😊

[@EDEEB7]

Wow! Perfection!!!!! Thank you for doing this! 80s forever!

[@Reuben-]

This groove just feels great! Nicely done!

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you 🙏

[@GustavoM.D.]

This cover is so accurate that the video has a copyright claim for the original song. 🙃

[@DarraghC]

Love it

[@dutchbeef8920]

Now do the safety dance 😁

[@stoneyboyd]

WELL DONE.

[@sammymccormack_]

Will be bumping this all weekend 🔥🔥

[@T0NY66]

Perfect!

[@handywithducttape4824]

There goes that crazy FROG!🐸 Ding Ding!

[@Transit_Biker]

Now i gotta watch the movies again. Nicely done.

[@TvM.TheTechnomage]

Let's get this man to 1M subscribers already!

[@inforobob]

Well done sir!

[@mima85]

Spot on! But knowing the quality of your videos, I wasn't expecting else :-)

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thanks! 😃

[@vskallevag]

s y n t h a s t i c ✨

[@secretreleases]

Insane!

[@adamharris7775]

In this song, the Linn 9000 snare drum was heard.

[@KaiWulf]

Expertly recreated Harold Faltermeyer's most iconic character theme song from the 80s. 💜

[@robertowuerdig-shadao5647]

Axel F está de volta.Axel F is back!

[@JMPSynth]

Fantastic !

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you. I’m still loving the custom Emulator ii sound banks I purchased off you years ago 😁

[@JMPSynth]

@lukemillionmusic Ah great to hear :) Luke, your videos, classic synth track recreations and attention to detail are the best on KZbin. Been a subscriber for years. Keep up the good work.

[@mopar3502001]

That was awesome, Luke! I loved it!

[@fubarsweeklund2141]

Great performed. This reminds me of my best friend watching the Beverly Hills Cop movie and got caught up in the music, he dashed of to the music store to by 12" and came home to me with the records, theme was great but from there it went downhill, he remember that the other cool music was performed by a group with the name Sisters in it, I was a little skeptical looking at the cover, playing the record gave me a laugh. He had not bought the Pointer Sisters "Neutron Dance" but Twisted Sisters (don't remember what record), he was furious and I was laughing, hahahaha.

[@ZRJZZZZZ]

This video brings back great memories of the movie. Synthesizers and drum machines were definitely overused in the 80s, and put a lot of excellent musicians out of work.

[@stevepeterson5943]

PS this video will easily get One million views, and half of those will be from me : ) Already listening again!

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you Steve 😊

[@MrLee2574]

Perfection, better than the original

[@marcinnowak777]

Great job. Greetings from Poland.

[@LukaRay]

Awesome cover, Luke!

[@manuelmaldonado5155]

👍👍👍👍👍🎹🎶

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thanks Luka 🙏

[@djnoleto]

da hora demais

[@dissident4117]

Yeah. As close to the original as possible. 👍🏻 BTW nice jacket 😉 That dreamy glance while you played the DX7 is gorgeous. You must have been far away in your memory..,

[@DjRottencore]

Oh yeah 😍

[@sP33DyEdOld]

Aaah so perfect ❤❤❤ playing myself years but never did a full 💪🏻🥳🥳

[@RetroArchiwizacja]

Great cover! ❤

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you!! 😊

[@orchestralcinematiceducation]

Great stuff. The sounds are really close and using the actual 80s synths rather than plug-ins (and associated in the box EQ'ing, etc.) is a real achievement. Looking forward to more covers like this!

[@viniguazzelli807]

PERFECT!!! Awesome job, man! Just became your fan

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you 🙏 😊

[@tommyfeinstoff]

Love it😊

[@jokerfleckcast3196]

Would be interesting to hear you do the Kuffs Theme Reprise from 1992. Its one of the rare 90s film score tracks by Faltermeyer. Its still synth driven but uses TR909 drums, very catchy, probably almost as catchy as Axel F. I like to think of it as how a Faltermeyer Beverly Hills Cop 3 would have sounded like.

[@helenmutzner8435]

Applause 😊

[@jochenreich683]

Fantastisch!👌👏✌️thx luke🙏🎹🎹🎵🎶🥳😍

[@mrnk7911]

This is absolutely awesome

[@AxelsoftMusic]

*... awesome job, Axel approves!!* 👍😎 Thx for sharing Luke. Best Regards, Axel.

[@Meuh974]

❤

[@16th_channel]

Simply perfect! 💪🏻

[@helisoma]

this is remarkable 🤩👍🏻

[@jeffreypaterson72]

THIS IS WHY WE SUBSCRIBE 🎉

[@nos_leN150]

Ah yeah, the 80s, the beginning of the "one man band" phenomena. Sick cover

[@grahamschmidt444]

Instagram algorithm introduced to me. So glad you're on here to add to my daily playlist.