Faltermeyer's "Axel F" would become a huge hit as would "The Heat is On," performed by Glenn Frey from the soundtrack. However, Bruckheimer, Simpson, and Faltermeyer would quickly rebound when, around two months later, Beverly Hills Cop was released. Thief of Hearts did not become a hit at the box office and, other than the title song, the music did not make much a dent on the charts. Annabella Lwin, who had departed her lead singer role with Bow Wow Wow at this point, contributed "Passion Play." Anderson would also perform the vocals for Moroder's theme to The NeverEnding Story in 1984. Other tracks and artists on the album include E.G Daily (who would appear in Pee Wee's Big Adventure the next year) with "Love in the Shadows" and "Just Imagine (Way Beyond Fear)" from Beth Anderson and Joe "Bean" Esposito. It became another hit for Manchester when it hit the Hot 100 and went to the Top 20 on both the AC and Dance charts (the latter in a special Dance Mix). The synthpop-flavored "Thief of Hearts" continued the sound that Manchester had begun in her final years at Arista Records and continued with her lone MCA album, 1985's Mathematics. The album was anchored by the vocal version of Moroder's theme performed and co-written by Melissa Manchester. The eventual Casablanca soundtrack album, last reissued on CD in 2018 by Varese Sarabande, preserved five cuts of his instrumental score. A pioneer of electronic music, Faltermeyer would utilize that style for his score. The remainder of the score would be written by Moroder's longtime collaborator Harold Faltermeyer. He would, however, only compose the main theme for the film. Hoping to replicate that success, they turned to Giorgio Moroder, who composed the score to Flashdance, for their new production. Written and directed by Douglas Day Stewart, the erotic drama was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, who had a huge hit the previous year with Flashdance at the box office and also on the charts with its smash theme song performed by Irene Cara. George Wendt, at the time appearing weekly on NBC-TV's Cheers as beloved barfly Norm, also has a supporting role. The two soon begin an affair which leads to complications with Ray and Scott's criminal partner Buddy, portrayed by David Caruso, leading to a deadly confrontation at the end. After inadvertently stealing Mickey's private journals among the other possessions, he becomes infatuated and begins to insinuate himself into her life by posing as a client who needs his apartment redecorated. Thief of Hearts starred newcomer Steven Bauer as Scott, a burglar who breaks into the home of married couple Mickey (Barbara Williams) and Ray (John Getz). Quartet is now shipping the first-ever complete, 2-CD edition of Harold Faltermeyer's score to 1984's thriller Thief of Hearts, featuring all the cues composed by Faltermeyer for the film as well as the remastered, original Casablanca Records soundtrack album complete with Melissa Manchester's throbbing title track. Hot on the heels of such releases as Ron Goodwin and Henry Mancini's scores to Frenzy and John Barry's to Mary, Queen of Scots, the Quartet Records label is turning its attention to an eighties score from a modern master.
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