La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere releases of the original score for the 1984 action comedy Beverly Hills Cop directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy & Judge Reinhold and its 1987 sequel Beverly Hills Cop II directed by Tony Scott. The albums feature the films’ original music composed by Harold Faltermeyer (Top Gun, The Running Man, Fletch, Tango & Cash). The Beverly Hills Cop album also includes the original soundtrack release’s most notable songs performed by Glenn Frey, The Pointer Sisters & more and the Beverly Hills Cop II album features songs by Bob Seger, George Michael & more. Both soundtracks are limited to 3000 copies and will be available for purchase on the label’s official website on November 29. Click here for the full details of the Beverly Hills Cop album and click here for the details of the soundtrack for the sequel.
The label’s other new releases include a compilation featuring musical rarities from the Star Trek universe and a 2-CD set featuring re-mastered re-issues composer Don Ellis’ scores to William Friedkin’s The French Connection and John Frankenheimer’s The French Connection II, as well as the world premiere of the original score to the 1986 TV pilot Popeye Doyle composed by Brad Fiedel (The Terminator, True Lies).
