Hover Cop
By NickLong on February 1, 2026 1:34 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7bjH2s_lhs
The theme music to the imaginary 80's cop show "Hover Cop" a hard bitten detective solves crime and upholds justice using his high tech hovercraft.
The track is heavily based on the Air Wolf theme along with an influence by the song Runaway by Dakota which features as the theme song to a Danny MacAskill video and Phil Colins and other songs of the 80's which feature a pedal bass.
In terms of composition the track is making heavy use of a pedaled A around which the other instruments vamp. The main bit of interest is the end of the B section which uses a "Neopolitan" chord to create the overblown dramatic transition into the solo.
In terms of production it was made in Bitwig. All synths are Synapse Audio Obsession which is a brilliant Oberheim emulator. Guitars are all via Neural Rabea which I used for the first time and I'm very impressed with.
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