''Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the

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to the 1984

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film ''

Beverly Hills Cop ''Beverly Hills Cop'' is a 1984 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Martin Brest, screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr., story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr., and starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who ...

''. It was released in December 1984 by

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...

. The soundtrack was

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and features various artists whose tracks were included in the movie plus some other tracks not included in the movie but are similar in electronic style. The instrumental title tune, "

Axel F "Axel F" is the electronic instrumental theme from the 1984 film ''Beverly Hills Cop'' performed by Harold Faltermeyer. It was an international number one hit in 1985. Background The title comes from the main character's name in the film, Axel ...

" by

Harold Faltermeyer Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (born 5 October 1952) is a German musician, composer and record producer. Faltermeyer is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme for the feature film ''Beverly Hills Cop'', an influential synth-pop hit in the 1 ...

, became a worldwide hit single and has since been covered by numerous artists. The soundtrack was reviewed by ''Billboard'' magazine in the issue dated December 15, 1984 and debuted on the US ''Billboard'' 200 the week ending January 12, 1985 at No. 177. It hit #1 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 album chart on June 22, 1985. The soundtrack won a

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in 1986. The Grammy was awarded jointly to

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, Micki Free, John Gilutin, David "Hawk" Wolinski,

Howard Hewett Howard Hewett Jr. (born October 1, 1955) is an American singer–songwriter. Hewett rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the group Shalamar. In 1985, he left the group to pursue his solo career, but he later returned to the group in 2001. He sig ...

, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen and

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. A key song in the movie, " Nasty Girl" by

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, played during the strip club robbery scene, is not included in the soundtrack.

Track listing

# " New Attitude" by

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# "Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills" by

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# "Do You Really (Want My Love?)" by

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# "Emergency" by

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# "

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" by

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# " The Heat Is On" by

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# "Gratitude" by

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# "

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" by

# "Rock 'N Roll Me Again" by The System # "

" by

There was another version of this soundtrack that contains "BHC (I Can't Stop)" by

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in place of "Emergency" by Rockie Robbins.

Official score album

In 2016, La-La Land Records issued a limited edition album featuring the complete film score composed by

as well as several of the songs used. The label originally planned to release it as part of a 2-disc set with the expanded ''

Beverly Hills Cop II ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, written by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren, and starring Eddie Murphy. It is the sequel to the 1984 film ''Beverly Hills Cop'' and the second insta ...

'' soundtrack, but La-La Land Records was contractually obligated to issue each album separately. In 2019, La-La Land Records released a 35th Anniversary Limited Edition album with the same tracks. # "Foley Finds Mikey" (1:20) # "Bad Guys" (1:23) # "Flowers" (0:23) # "Foley Busted" (1:29) # "Cops Follow Merc" (0:43) # "Late Dinner/Warehouse" (2:48) # "Shoot Out" (1:44) # "Customs" (1:31) # "The New Team" (0:40) # "Chase to Harrow’s" (02:42) # "Rosewood/Foley to Gallery" (0:57) # "The Discovery" (2:15) # "Rosewood Saves Foley/Rosewood/Foley to Mansion" (3:10) # "Good Guys on Grounds" (3:14) # "Foley Shoots a Bad Guy" (1:22) # "Zack Shoots" (1:06) # "Zack Shot" (0:54) # "Maitland Shot" (0:51) # "Shoot Out" (alternate ending) (1:42) # "The Discovery" (alternate) (2:18) # "The Discovery" (theme suite) (2:51) # "Zack Shot" (alternate) (0:54) # "

" (album version) (3:00) # "Shoot Out" (album version) 02:44) # " The Heat is On" -

(3:45) # "

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(4:12) # " New Attitude" -

(4:36) # "Do You Really (Want My Love?)" -

(3:41) # "

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(3:36)

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