Eddie Murphy, along with the filmmakers and cast of "Beverly Hills Cop," delve into the significance of the iconic theme song, "Axel F," to both their personal experiences and its impact on pop culture. This beloved tune, originally composed by Harold Faltermeyer, has become synonymous with the film and its lead character, Axel Foley. The team reflects on how this theme has transcended the movie, becoming a timeless piece of music that resonates with audiences worldwide.
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Cast:
Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Paul Reiser, John Ashton, Bronson Pinchot, Taylour Paige, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mark Pellegrino and Kevin Bacon
Stream Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F July 3,, 2024 on Netflix!
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Cast:
Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Paul Reiser, John Ashton, Bronson Pinchot, Taylour Paige, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mark Pellegrino and Kevin Bacon
Stream Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F July 3,, 2024 on Netflix!
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00:00It's like having your own James Bond theme.
00:02It's a crowd-pleaser.
00:03It's visceral, it's sensory.
00:05I've never heard anything like it.
00:06One of the most famous soundtracks of all time.
00:08Sexy as f***.
00:09One of those reasons I got into filmmaking.
00:19They'll play that s*** at my funeral one day.
00:30Today we're here doing the scoring session for Beverly Hills Cop Axl F.
00:34I love the original score of Beverly Hills Cop.
00:36It's my first film to have someone like Lorne be able to create a vision together for the film.
00:41It was really amazing.
00:44Right from the beginning, Mark had a clear idea about we wanted to be faithful to the past.
00:49But slightly reinvent it.
00:51So that the audience felt connected to it.
00:54We went right back to the origins by getting the same instruments that were playing it.
00:59The same sounds.
01:00We found a museum that specializes with collecting all these old synths.
01:04Freshening them up so that they're usable.
01:06And we kind of did a session today that they used to do maybe 30 years ago.
01:11Where they had the players in the room with the orchestra.
01:14So that the musicians are all kind of working together.
01:18We have the Rise Diversity Orchestra here too.
01:22I mean I grew up with Beverly Hills Cop.
01:23Axl Foley.
01:24This is really exciting.
01:25But the professionals and the students.
01:27I watched the movie when I was in Brazil.
01:29The song is very famous.
01:32And everybody knows this song.
01:34This room right now is very diverse in terms of what you typically see here on the scoring stage.
01:40Which is really exciting.
01:41I think it brings a lot of hope.
01:42And I think it really opens up the opportunity to a lot of these students.
01:46Okay, same place again.
01:48Two bars in.
01:58I think the Axl F theme is not just iconic.
02:01It connects to us because so many people learned how to play it on the piano.
02:05We're going to do a duet.
02:06You see Mark's going to play the first note.
02:08What can I do?
02:09All you do is the C.
02:15That's one of the first things I remember learning to play on piano.
02:18I remember my older brother showing me how to pluck it out on the keys.
02:23Now I'm showing my son how to play the Axl F.
02:25Now I'm showing my son how to play the Axl F theme on the piano.
02:28He's got it really good by the way.
02:30Okay.
02:31From the same spot.
02:32From one.
02:37I think the music has turned out amazing.
02:39What I love about what Mark has done is he's beautifully laced that Axl F theme through the movie.
02:47The Axl F theme has been reinvented so many times.
02:50It's getting into all these single generations.
02:53People are kind of being very aware of.
02:55It's something that reminds you of your childhood.
03:05If I'm honest, watching Beverly Hills Cop reminds me of being young and like hanging out and watching TV on the weekends with my brother.
03:11It's funny how art is that way.
03:13It comes to mean things that the artists never would have thought of or intended.
03:17I am very proud of myself for being a part of this in some small way.
03:21It was right from the beginning.
03:23Axl F theme and Axl phone.
03:25The perfect combination.
03:27That's why it resonates still and it works.
03:30Hearing Axl F in the room today, I got really emotional.
03:33I've never really heard it like that before.
03:35To hear it in this space played by so many people.
03:37It was amazing.
03:51We're going to close after every shoot.
03:53We're here all day. Well done.