German session musician, producer, arranger and composer Harold Faltermeyer (Faltermeier) and percussionist, record producer and Academy Award winner Keith Forsey were in charge of the music for the 1984 Eddie Murphy movie "Beverly Hills Cop". Glenn Frey was invited to an advance screening of the film and was sent a demo to find out if he had interest in participating.

When it was released from the soundtrack album "The Heat Is On" took the former Eagles member and co-founder to number two on Billboard in 1985. Harold Faltermeyer plays keyboards and bass while co-writer Keith Forsey is on drums and backing vocals. The saxophone is played by Davis Woodford. Wikipedia "Frey was the first choice to record "Shakedown", the theme for the film Beverly Hills Cop II. Frey did not like the lyrics and then came down with laryngitis, so the song was given to Bob Seger. After the song went to number one, Frey called to congratulate Seger, saying "At least we kept the money in Michigan!"