It was one of the first shows to incorporate popular music into the episodes at appropriate moments. Universal reportedly paid out around $10,000 per episode for the rights to use songs by artists such as Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Depeche Mode, The Doors, Foreigner, Peter Gabriel, Billy Idol, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mike + The Mechanics, Todd Rundgren, Tina Turner, U2, and many others, including many underground acts. The show was also complimented by background music specially composed by Jan Hammer (seasons 1-4) and Tim Truman (season 5), instead of using the stock or made-for-TV music common in programs of the time. Hammer's "Miami Vice Theme" was a hit all around the world. MCA Records released three soundtrack albums from the series: Miami Vice in 1985 (which to this day is the last TV soundtrack to reach #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart), Miami Vice II, released in 1986, and Miami Vice III, released in 1988. These albums mostly consisted of popular songs featured in the series, but also included some compositions by Hammer. Hammer has also released his own cues independently, first with his album 'Escape from Television' in 1987 and again in 2002 with the much more comprehensive 'Miami Vice: The Complete Collection', featuring an extensive selection of his background music used in the series' first four seasons. Frequently cited as the show's hallmark moment, in no small part due its innovative inclusion of music, is the "In the Air Tonight" sequence from the show's pilot, Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (1984), when Crockett and Tubbs drive through the Miami night to a drug deal accompanied by the Phil Collins song.
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