VA - Beverly Hills Cop II - OST (1987)

Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 American buddy 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 installment in the Beverly Hills Cop film series. Murphy returns as
Detroit police detective Axel Foley, who reunites with Beverly Hills
detectives Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton)
to stop a robbery/gun-running gang after Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox)
is shot and seriously wounded.

The movie's soundtrack was released in 1987 through MCA Records. Composed
of eleven songs, production was handled by Andre Cymone, Giorgio Moroder,
Keith Forsey, George Michael, Harold Faltermeyer, Howie Rice, Michael
Verdick, Narada Michael Walden, Ready for the World and Stephen Bray. The
song "Hold On" as sung by Keta Bill plays during the scene wherein Axel,
Rosewood and Taggart confront Dent at the Playboy Mansion.

However, the film's soundtrack CD released by MCA Records includes only a
different song entitled "Hold On", sung by Corey Hart. This song has
different music and slightly altered lyrics. The film introduced George
Michael's controversial song "I Want Your Sex", a number 2 hit on the
Billboard Hot 100. It also includes "Cross My Broken Heart" by The Jets (a
Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100) and "Shakedown" by Bob Seger (which
became a No. 1 hit on that same chart), as well as "Better Way" performed
by James Ingram.

The Pointer Sisters scored a moderate hit with "Be There" (42 on the Hot
100), their single from the soundtrack. It was the second time the sisters
had contributed to the Beverly Hills Cop franchise; they'd notched a top 10
single with "Neutron Dance" from the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. Harold
Faltermeyer's 1988 album, Harold F, includes a song called "Bad Guys",
which is used as part of the film's score - an instrumental section of the
song plays during the opening jewelry store robbery scene, and also during
several other scenes throughout the film.

The soundtrack debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 albums charts and
spent 26 weeks on the charts, a far cry compared to the 49 weeks spent by
the first film's soundtrack. Despite this, one song from the album,
"Shakedown", was nominated for an Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award
for Best Original Song. However, another song from the album, "I Want Your
Sex", won the Razzie Award for Worst Song, despite it going on to achieve a
platinum certification for sales by the Recording Industry Association of
America.