Harold Faltermeyer

Made films the shows talk about.

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Counted as composer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they scored, which the two lists below run through too: Beverly Hills Cop (1984); Fletch (1985); Top Gun (1986); Beverly Hills Cop II (1987); Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

1970s cop movies: 1 line

  1. lineage (tone lineage) · through Beverly Hills Cop (1984), which they scored: 1970s cop movies ⇒ Beverly Hills Cop (the host's read). The first film feels like an extension of 70s cop movies, especially the Detroit material, while the sequel feels glossy and 80s.
    “There's a world in which that almost feels like an extension of like 70s cop movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:07:52 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which they scored: Edge of Tomorrow ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Edge cracked a new era of Cruise; Ethan Hunt and Maverick run on what he learned here.
    “That Maverick is really running on a lot of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:03:24 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Gregory McDonald: 1 line

  1. lineage (source material) · through Fletch (1985), which they scored: Gregory McDonald ⇒ Fletch (the host's read). Fletch adapts the McDonald novels; the noir voiceover feels like the book, the ad-libbed scenes deviate.
    “So it's a Gregory McDonald novel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:25:35 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

In the Heat of the Night (1967): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Beverly Hills Cop (1984), which they scored: In the Heat of the Night ⇒ Beverly Hills Cop (the host's read). Described as In the Heat of the Night meets Beverly Hills; both are fish-out-of-water movies.
    “said that the Beverly Hills Cop is essentially in the heat of the night meets Beverly Hills.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Michael Eisner: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Beverly Hills Cop (1984), which they scored: Michael Eisner ⇒ Beverly Hills Cop (the maker said so: a podcast the speaker did with Eisner). Eisner claims he came up with the idea after a speeding ticket in 1975; Simpson claimed it from 1977.
    “in 1975, he got a speeding ticket with a cop, thought the guy was a little bit of a dick”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:23 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018): 1 line

  1. unmapped (enabling success) · through Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which they scored: Mission: Impossible – Fallout ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Fallout's success is what lets Cruise do Top Gun: Maverick.
    “he's not in a position to do what he's doing now with Top Gun 2.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:35:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Color of Money (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (legacy-sequel heirs) · through Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which they scored: The Color of Money ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Gap-based legacy sequels like Top Gun Maverick, Tron Legacy and Blade Runner follow the template Color of Money invented, though in 1986 sequels were derided.
    “now we get more and more like your your Tron legacies and your Top Gun Mavericks, where it's just casually... 37, 40 years later”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:07:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The French Connection (1971): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Beverly Hills Cop (1984), which they scored: The French Connection ⇒ Beverly Hills Cop (the host's read). Recast Popeye Doyle as Axel Foley and the movie barely changes; the apartments are essentially the same.
    “Like you take the French connection and you recast Dean Hackman's, you make Popeye Doyle, Axel Foley.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:34 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

Thomas Dolby: 1 line

  1. lineage (sonic influence) · them, directly: Thomas Dolby ⇒ Harold Faltermeyer (the host's read). Faltermeyer's Fletch score starts one way then shows Thomas Dolby influence.
    “You can hear the Thomas Dolby influence.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:43:18 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Top Gun (1986): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (sequel verdict) · through Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which they scored: Top Gun ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Chris says the sequel delivered and is better than the first, and Amanda agrees.
    “It's better than the 1st one”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:26:26 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Days of Thunder (1990): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Top Gun (1986), which they scored: Top Gun ⇒ Days of Thunder (the host's read). Days of Thunder is essentially Top Gun with cars.
    “it's essentially just Top Gun with cars”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:49 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (retread) · through Top Gun (1986), which they scored: Top Gun ⇒ Days of Thunder (the host's read). Days of Thunder is tapping the same vein as Top Gun in its afterburner.
    “we're still like in the vapor trail, the afterburner of Top Gun here”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:00:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Confess, Fletch (2022): 1 line

  1. unmapped (reboot) · through Fletch (1985), which they scored: Fletch ⇒ Confess, Fletch (the host's read). Chris describes it as a riff on the long-promised Fletch franchise reboot, with Jon Hamm taking the role Chevy Chase made iconic.
    “Chevy Chase did an iconic turn as a Fletch character, a journalist come detective in Los Angeles.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:08:48 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Ryan Reynolds: 1 line

  1. theme (persona successor) · through Fletch (1985), which they scored: Fletch ⇒ Ryan Reynolds (the host's read). Reynolds stole the Chevy Chase playbook; Deadpool is Fletch.
    “Deadpool is Fletch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Shawn Ryan: 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Beverly Hills Cop (1984), which they scored: Beverly Hills Cop ⇒ Shawn Ryan (the host's read). Shawn Ryan tried a Beverly Hills Cop TV show; CBS made a pilot that didn't work.
    “that CBS did a pilot for and apparently it didn't work.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:37 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Rock (1996): 1 line

  1. theme (scrapped premise) · through Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), which they scored: Beverly Hills Cop II ⇒ The Rock (the host's read). The abandoned England/Scotland Yard concept with Sean Connery became the backbone of The Rock a decade later.
    “initially written Beverly Hills Cop 2 to be Eddie Murphy in England, solving crimes with Sean Connery, actually, which basically, I think, winds up being like essentially the backbone for what the rock is 10 years later or whatever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:00:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (sequel verdict) · through Top Gun (1986), which they scored: Top Gun ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Chris says the sequel delivered and is better than the first, and Amanda agrees.
    “It's better than the 1st one”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:26:26 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (8) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Harold Faltermeyer → Howard Jones. Faltermeyer's synth score fit an era of synth-based musicians like Howard Jones and Wang Chung.
    “this was an era where you had synth-based musicians, like the great Howard Jones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:19 · a host (unattributed) (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Harold Faltermeyer → Top Gun: Maverick. Faltermeyer is credited alongside Hans Zimmer on Top Gun Maverick.
    “he's credited with Hans Zimmer on Top Gun Maverick?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:31 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Harold Faltermeyer → Stephanie Mills. Speaker prefers Faltermeyer's score to the Stephanie Mills theme song 'Bit by Bit' that opens Fletch.
    “I don't like the Stephanie Mills bit by bit at the beginning.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): Harold Faltermeyer → Beverly Hills Cop II. Faltermeyer's score opens the robbery with suspense before the comedy loosens up.
    “It just kicks off with the, da, da, da, na, na, na, na, na, na, it's, it just feels, there's a little suspense in it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:07:16 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (score echo): Harold Faltermeyer → Escape from New York. The Faltermeyer opening has hints of 48 Hrs., Escape from New York, Miami Vice, and Fletch.
    “Little Escape from New York?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:39:48 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (score echo): Harold Faltermeyer → Fletch. A speaker hears Fletch in the score as the drums come in.
    “We're in the height of Miami Vice.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:40:00 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (sonic influence): Harold Faltermeyer → Thomas Dolby. Faltermeyer's Fletch score starts one way then shows Thomas Dolby influence.
    “You can hear the Thomas Dolby influence.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:43:18 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (composer trajectory): Harold Faltermeyer → Top Gun. Faltermeyer scored Beverly Hills Cop then Fletch; the sky is the limit after, literally with Top Gun.
    “So he's got cop and then this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:04 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Harold Faltermeyer: The theme from Beverly Hills Cop hit number three on the Billboard US charts.
    “Number three.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)