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.

Axel Foley is back in Netflix’s new Beverly Hills Cop movie, and so is Harold Faltermeyer’s iconic theme of the same name. “It’s like having your own James Bond theme,” says Eddie Murphy, who played ...

40 years ago on December 5, 1984, BEVERLY HILLS COP was released in theaters and earned $230 million in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film in 1984. Eddie Murphy’s role as Axel Foley ...

Judge Reinhold is in a truck barreling down the highway chased by angry cops when he turns to Eddie Murphy at the wheel and says something we’re all feeling, “God, I missed you, Axel.” We all really ...

There’s an art to crafting modern sequels to movies that otherwise put a full stop on their stories way back in the ’80s or ’90s. Some nail it; many don’t. Fortunately, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is ...

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“Beverly Hills Cop” spawned a trio of movies, but more significantly, the 1984 film capped off a string of hits (after “48 Hrs.” and “Trading Places”) that launched Eddie Murphy into the movie-star ...

Composer Lorne Balfe is uniquely suited to the challenges of scoring a reboot of a classic like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.” In 2022, Balfe served as score producer on “Top Gun: Maverick” and ...

Composer Lorne Balfe attends the Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix's 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California. Scoring hit ...