who wrote the theme song for miami vice
Miami Vice Theme "Miami Vice Theme" is a musical piece composed and performed by Jan Hammer as the theme to the television series Miami Vice. It was first presented as part of the television broadcast of the show in September 1984 and released as a single in 1985, peaking at the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the last instrumental to top the Hot 100 until 2013, when "Harlem Shake" by Baauer reached number one.[1] It also peaked at number five in the UK and number four in Canada. In 1986, it won Grammy Awards for "Best Instrumental Composition" and "Best Pop Instrumental Performance." This song, along with Glenn Frey's number-two hit "You Belong to the City", put the Miami Vice soundtrack on the top of the US album chart for 11 weeks in 1985, making it the most successful TV soundtrack of all time until 2006 when Disney Channel's High School Musical beat its record.
Jerry Fielding Fielding combined his film scores with television work, not an unusual combination at the time, particularly since the theme song for a hit television series could go on paying dividends for years, paying royalties every time it was played on the air. He scored two episodes of the first Star Trek television series: cult classic The Trouble With Tribbles and Spectre of the Gun. He also wrote the title themes for what became enduring 1960's shows of the network era: Hogan's Heroes; Run, Buddy, Run; He & She and The Bionic Woman. His last television theme tune was for the 1970 situation comedy The Tim Conway Show.[26] He also did notable work with Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974). His last television soundtrack, for the mini-series High Midnight, won an Emmy.