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Escape from Television
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Top Chart Position (Top 200)
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Did Not Chart
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1987
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RIAA Certification
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NONE
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Escape from Television is a 1987 album by Jan Hammer. While it is not officially associated with the Miami Vice television series, it is often considered an unofficial soundtrack album as 11 of the 12 songs included were taken from the show. It contains a selection of score music from the first three seasons.
The CD edition of the album included an additional bonus track that would later appear in season 4 of Miami Vice. The album was also reissued in 1991 with two further bonus tracks, although neither was used on the show.
Notes[]
- "Tubbs and Valerie" and "Forever Tonight" were released as singles in 1987 to promote the album.
- The track "The Trial and the Search" is actually an amalgamation of two different tracks. In fact, despite both sections being used on the show on multiple occasions, they never appeared together or even in the same episode.
- Per Hammer's own liner notes, "Forever Tonight" was not originally written for Miami Vice (and at the time Escape from Television was released, had not featured in the show). The subsequent use of the Extended CD Mix in the series makes it unique in several ways compared to the bulk of Hammer's score music -- it wasn't specifically written for Vice, it was released before it actually appeared on the show, and a remix rather than the original was used.
- The Miami Vice cues featured on the album would go on to be collected as part of the Miami Vice: The Complete Collection soundtrack release, with the notable exception of "Forever Tonight", which has never been released elsewhere.
Track Listing[]
| Track | Title | Time | Notes/(First) Appears |
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| 1 | "Crockett's Theme" | 3:32 | Single version; first heard in "Stone's War" |
| 2 | "Theresa" | 3:07 | "Theresa" |
| 3 | "Columbia" | 2:39 | "The Prodigal Son" |
| 4 | "Rum Cay" | 3:05 | "The Great McCarthy" |
| 5 | "The Trial and the Search" | 4:55 | "Golden Triangle (Part II)"/"Tale of the Goat" |
| 6 | "Tubbs and Valerie" | 3:33 | "Rites of Passage" |
| 7 | "Forever Tonight" | 4:01 | Not composed for Miami Vice |
| 8 | "Last Flight" | 3:31 | "One Way Ticket" |
| 9 | "Rico's Blues" | 2:54 | "The Great McCarthy" |
| 10 | "Before the Storm" | 4:32 | Not composed for Miami Vice |
| 11 | "Night Talk" | 2:45 | "Made for Each Other" |
| 12 | "Miami Vice Theme" | 2:29 | Single version; never appeared on the show |
CD Bonus Track[]
| Track | Title | Time | Notes/(First) Appears |
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| 13 | "Forever Tonight (Extended CD Mix)" | 6:08 | "Child's Play" |
1991 Bonus Tracks[]
| Track | Title | Time | Notes/(First) Appears |
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| 14 | "Chancer" | 3:18 | Never appeared on the show |
| 15 | "Crockett's Theme (9mm Mix)" | 4:32 | Never appeared on the show |