SPEED Jan Hammer Miami Vice Cover

This cue was first heard in season one "Hit List (Calderone's Return Pt 1)". It was re-imagined in season two "Bought and Paid For". I chose to cover the version of the latter as it's longer, and one of the most iconic car chase scenes in TV history. Thanks for watching!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

0:01 Basses and Keys: Memorymoog, Drums: custom Fairlight Samples 0:31 Muted Guitar: Fairlight CMI IIx 1:09 Guitar Strums: Memorymoog

[@jokerfleckcast3196]

Genius mate. This is god tier work

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@jokerfleckcast3196 - Thank you, Sir!

[@evieraotacon]

37 years later this series still holds strong.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Indeed. Here’s to another 37! 😎

[@evieraotacon]

@@retro-dademusic6403 Right On

[@nofretzDW]

I wish the 1985 me could’ve known this would be possible one day. Never give up on your favorite things!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

What he said 😎

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@pauledgewater8991 That makes 2 of us altogether 😎

[@dariofriso5454]

Brilliant. There's no other words. Cheers from Italy

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Cheers! Thanks! 😎

[@davefox7516]

I'm just revisiting your covers. They all sound so good. You had asked if I was going to go to the Miami Vice reunion, unfortunately I can't go because of health problems. I do however plan to donate an exclusive for auction. It'll be the only one like it in the world. Maybe you will be the high bidder! Wish I could be there. If I had a new kidney I would be. All the best to you my brother. I'm a huge fan of yours. - COOP

[@retro-dademusic6403]

COOP God Bless you man. Thanks. I wish you all the best man. All My Love ! 😎

[@davefox7516]

@@retro-dademusic6403 Thanks Pal!

[@asifkhan4822]

Great track showcasing one of the best car chases from Miami Vice Season 2. This season features a lot of great classic episodes and remains iconic in the shows history. ❤️😋

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks!

[@miamivicetvseries4807]

OMG this song was incredible good 👍

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks. One of my favorite chase scenes! 😎

[@Crockett1984]

Outstanding work Dadrian! One of my favorite Jan's cues. I hope you will also cover The Hit List version.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks! Yeah good idea!

[@davefox7516]

WOW!!! 👀 I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THAT TRACK. NOW, TO HEAR IT IN ALL IT'S WONDERFUL GLORY, IT'S 1985 AGAIN!! 👍👍 WOW THE STILL PHOTOGRAPH, AND THE CAR CHASE VIDEO HELPED TO BRING IT ALL TO LIFE! DARIAN, YOU ARE A MASTER! YOU ARE THE ULTIMATE DIET COKE OF JAN HAMMER. COOP IS NOT EASILY IMPRESSED. YOU IMPRESS ME OVER, AND OVER AGAIN. I'M CERTAIN JAN HAMMER WOULD BE IMPRESSED ALSO. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING MIAMI VICE ALIVE! I TRULY HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE MORE OF THESE, AS I'M JUST BLOWN AWAY! NO ONE HAS EVER ACHIEVED THIS CLOSE TO JAN HAMMER. MUCH RESPECT DADRIAN,... MUCH RESPECT. 👍🌴

[@davefox7516]

ANOTHER REASON YOU ARE EASILY ABOVE ANYONE ELSE, IS YOU TRY YOUR BEST TO KEEP IT AS ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE. BEING BRILLIANT IN YOUR USE OF GOING AS FAR AS TO TAKE SAMPLES HERE AND THERE FROM JAN HAMMER TO BRING SOME TRACKS TO LIFE. I LIKE HOW YOU DON'T TRY TO "GET FANCY AND MAKE IT YOUR OWN", BUT RATHER MAKE A PERFECT CLONE OF A TRACK WE HAVE MEMORIZED FOR DECADES. I JUST LISTENED TO IT AGAIN WITH HEADPHONES ON TO GET THE TRUE STEREO SEPARATION, AND HIGH FIDELITY. I SURE HOPE YOU'VE GOT MORE TRACKS IN YOUR TRICK BAG, AS I'M ABSOLUTELY DIGGING THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS. IT REALLY SHOWS DADRIAN. YOU ARE CERTAINLY AT THE TIP TOP OF YOUR GAME! RESPECT! 🌴

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks so much, Coop! So glad you love it!

[@davefox7516]

P.S. I WAS YOUR VERY FIRST SUBSCRIBER. BECAUSE I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN.

[@davefox7516]

@@retro-dademusic6403 I LOVE EVERYTHING YOU DO. THIS WAS WONDER FULL! YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF PAL!🌴

[@mareikapanhans2759]

My Favorit ♥️

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks! 😎

[@Crockett1986]

0:50 Miami Vice - Car Chase scene 40 years, Cool

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks! 😎

[@warl3k1]

Dude, you just made my year

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Awesome!! 😎

[@davemcc1977]

Keep ‘em coming Dadrian, now able to play when having friends over

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Awesome! Will do!

[@Michael_Ace]

Do your friends come in Lamborghinis ?

[@rarashamash1216]

Iconic scene 🎥 Bravo..👏

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thank you, Ferrari spotter! 😎

[@rarashamash1216]

@@retro-dademusic6403 absolutely, I'm subscribed!, thanks for the wisdom.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@rarashamash1216 Anytime Bro! 😎

[@MiamiVice-wq8yp]

Just Perfect wow one of my favorite scene, the basses keys and Fairlight are Incredible

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@nmrh]

“Hey you!!!!..,,,Crockett .....Vice Miami....pull it over pal”😎🌴

[@drisselfaiz187]

Bravo. Belles voitures

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Merci!! En effet! 😎

[@themantm]

Brilliant. Highlight of my day. Please keep making more.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Awesome! Thanks, will do!

[@martijnkalf]

Awesome work as always !!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks, Martijn!!

[@sonnycrockett7796]

Great work as always Dadrian, appreciate it!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thank you! My Pleasure!

[@sonnyblack5253]

Another gem.Youve done it again.Brilliant!!!!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Sonny Black thanks!

[@adonisb39]

Dadrian the GOAT!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks!

[@davefox7516]

DADRIAN IS EASILY THE GOAT! I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPRESSED I AM! 🌴

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@davefox7516 thanks coop

[@davefox7516]

@@retro-dademusic6403 It's the truth Dadrian. You ARE the GOAT.

[@mickf1983]

This is pretty astonishing! At first I didn't even think it was a cover. What a marvellous job mate!!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Many thanks!

[@juangranados9040]

Awesome Vice tune. Great work

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks!

[@martycastillo5231]

Amazing job, Dadrian! This is fantastic.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Marty Castillo's Miami Vice Music thanks!!

[@liberalisten007]

Finally! Been waiting for this for ages. Fantastic job!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks!

[@fakespyder5784]

... and then Crockett kicks the Lamborghini :) Beautiful track Dadrian. You nailed it once again. Glad YT didn't censor the MV footage.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

fakespyder thank you!

[@kthx1138]

Beautiful melody that perfectly captures the desperation of the situation and I love how Jan keeps the rhythm off-kilter. This is a re-performance? Amazing!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Yeah Mike Jan really did great on this one. Yes, it’s a cover. Thanks! 😎

[@MIAMI.VICE-CROCKETT.MADRID]

Greath version very greath

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thank you. It was a lot of fun! 😎

[@Marco-ey3ob]

Really nice👍

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks Marco

[@extraordinarymusic5348]

When you forgot your house keys in your friend's car:)))))))))

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Yes! HAHA! 😎

[@drisselfaiz187]

belle voiture la ferrai daytona

[@Vaporvice84]

Thanks for making this. Sounds like the original composition. I'm guessing this is just one of the many cues that's also missing on the so-called "Complete" Miami Vice soundtracks?

[@retro-dademusic6403]

You're welcome! It was a lot of fun, and relatively easy. Right, this was never released.

[@toolman8269]

Superb work, Dadrian! If no one told me, I would think this was Jan Hammer. It's THAT spot on! Fabulous work! One thing that always cracked me up about this chase was how the filmed Countach goes back and forth between the European model and the US model with it's required ugly bumper cover that covers the tail lights except for small rectangular slits, whereas the European (rest of the world, perhaps) model leaves the glorious artwork of the Lamborghini as intended. By the way, what happened to your Instagram page?!

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks, Tim! I was getting overwhelmed with IG. I had to take a break. I plan to make another IG sometime and be a little smarter about following and followers.

[@CrisBlyth]

YEEAAHHH !!!:)

[@retro-dademusic6403]

🙏😎

[@Doofenshmirtz666]

Your work is incredible! Jan Hammer was always a great inspiration of mine, and his sound was surely unique. I'm surprised that his setup wasn't that complex. Can you guide me on how to came up with this guitar strum sound? I have a memorymoon plugin. Synthesizers are hard for me (I know that there are oscilators, and what matters the most, is how you shape them with filters(?) But I have no clue how to came up with this kind of sound.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks very much! I don’t remember exactly how I got that strum, but I remember the contour knob was the key to the envelope giving it it the reggae sound. 😎

[@Doofenshmirtz666]

@@retro-dademusic6403 Thank you very much. It's high time to actually learn synthesizers, and I think memorymoog might be a great starting point! It's such a shame that so much of Jan's music is unreleased... I'm afraid to say that it's probably because of this Universal Studios fire of 2008... I fear that his unreleased work is gone forever.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@Doofenshmirtz666 You’re right. A couple of years ago I offered to remaster his unreleased cues from his personal tapes, but he said they were deteriorated beyond use after all these years, which is also very sad.

[@Doofenshmirtz666]

@@retro-dademusic6403 That's very sad to hear and it unfortunately confirms my fears. Jan's melodies and sound were incredibly unique. Such a pity...

[@matthewcragg3607]

Somehow I missed that you had done this one Dade. KZbin's algorithm suggested it. Great work!!! It's pretty much indistinguishable from Jan's work. Did any of us ever determine where Jan got the iconic snare drum sample? Did he play and record it himself or is it part of some set?

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks Matthew! Jan said that he sampled his own snare into his Fairlight for that sound.

[@BurnettX360]

@@retro-dademusic6403 As far as my knowledge goes Jan had this loaded in a custom EEPROM in his LinnDrum. Which makes sense since I have a bunch of custom EEPROMS which seems to contain his signature snare. I have loaded that one by default in my VPROM vst.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@BurnettX360 Yes, by this time he was using said EPROMs I believe, although they were originally custom Fairlight samples, if I’m not mistaken. 😎

[@georgeducaed1407]

It’s the memorymoog for the pad ? in 0:31

[@retro-dademusic6403]

George Ducaed Yes

[@georgeducaed1407]

Retro-Dade please come back in Instagram

[@georgeducaed1407]

what's the next Miami vice song ?

[@retro-dademusic6403]

I’m re-recording my old cover “Last Call” with all the correct instruments and sounds. I didn’t have a Memorymoog or correct drum samples on my original cover. Also, the velocity on the DX7 was a little weak.

[@georgeducaed1407]

Retro-Dade I’m sorry,but one day , do you can realise my dream , make a cover of the Miami vice theme , please 🙏

[@YTOnceAgain]

I'm not familiar with the original track, so all I can say is: Sounds pretty legit (i.e. like original J.H. music). Funny how two "Lamborghinis" were used (watch the tail lights). At least one of them is a replica with terrible clearances. The interior shots are from a replica, too. Way too much space. That show was full of fake exotic cars. Even this Ferrari Daytona was a replica based on an '80s Vette (once you know it, you clearly see it). And although they got a real white Testarossa later, lots of shots were done with a replica, too (the wheels are way off).

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Thanks for the kind comment. For the sake of keeping only true statements in my comment section, I will tell you both of those Lamborghinis are authentic. True they are different, but the Daytona is the only replica in that scene. Also, unless you can think of another particular instance, the stunt Testarossa (Pantera) is the only other replicar in the entire series.

[@MrQuicheProductions]

Do you have a .FLAC version, not an MP3 upscale but a real FLAC ? :)

[@retro-dademusic6403]

I have a WAV

[@MrQuicheProductions]

@@retro-dademusic6403 Is it a lossless or better quality than an MP3 version ?

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@MrQuicheProductions It’s the highest quality version I have-the product of my recording software.

[@MrQuicheProductions]

@@retro-dademusic6403 I want it, give it to MEEEEEEEE lol

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@MrQuicheProductions you can send an email nofretz at hot mail if you want

[@laurencec.5616]

Hi Dadrian, it's perfect as usual. I had to come to youtube to find you! Did you delete your Instagram account? 😢

[@retro-dademusic6403]

Hi Laurence! Thank you. I did delete that IG account. It was getting so overwhelming. I plan to make another one soon. I’ll try to make it permanent this time. 👍

[@retro-dademusic6403]

My IG is back 😎 instagram.com/p/CS0iD6agT2q/?

[@laurencec.5616]

Thank you for letting me know. I missed you! Welcome back.

[@retro-dademusic6403]

@@laurencec.5616 You’re welcome! Same here. 😎

[@drisselfaiz3657]

Une belle voiture la Ferrari Daytona

[@retro-dademusic6403]

En effet! 😎

[@drisselfaiz3657]

Voiture la Ferrari Daytona