The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.

He aspired to follow his father into medicine until a family friend convinced him to develop his musical talents instead. The 1990s saw a renewed focus on scoring starting with I Come in Peace (a. Hammer's next two assignments contributed greatly to his next album.

Jan Hammer (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈɦamɛr]) (born 17 April 1948 in Prague then Czechoslovakia today the Czech Republic) is a composer pianist and keyboardist. He has composed and produced at least 14 original motion picture soundtracks the music for 90 episodes of Miami Vice and 20 episodes of the popular British television series Chancer.