With its unmistakable Jupiter-8 lead synth line, Moog bass and Linn drums, Harold Faltermeyer’s Axel F is synonymous with not only the ‘80s, but also Beverly Hills Cop, the movie from which it came. Now Netflix is reviving the Eddie Murphy-led franchise with a new movie, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, and guess what? That theme is back, too.
We’re made to wait 17 seconds, but as soon as the synth drops in the trailer for the new movie, we’re whisked back to 1984. But wait, what’s this? Before long, that familiar Axel F theme takes a harder hip-hop turn, and the main riff is given the orchestral treatment.
